Taterf worm still plaguing MMORPGs

by Mattias on the 5th November 2009

The worm Taterf is still going strong, infecting over 4.9 million gamers in six months, according to BBC and Microsoft.

Taterf is a password-sniffing worm targeted at MMORPGs such as World of Warcraft and Lineage, that records and steals passwords for financial gain without the gamer knowing about it.

"It's all about the login credentials", says Cliff Evans - head of security at Microsoft UK.

He's right.

Getting that password sniffed sends you spinning in that downward spiral that Yoda tried to warn you about:

Leaked login credentials lead to account breach.
Account breach leads to your equipment getting sold off.
Losing your equipment leads to anger, hate and ragequitting WoW.

Don't be the naked guy on your server, use protection.