What if your favorite game could unknowingly serve as a hacker’s backdoor to your crypto wallet? The popular gaming software platform Unity has discovered a security issue on its platform. The interesting part is that the platform is quietly working to fix the Unity Android flaw that could allow hackers to sneak in harmful code.
According to reports, if hackers infiltrate, they can embed malicious code into Android-based mobile games, allowing them to easily target crypto wallets on mobile phones. Once a user installs or plays these compromised games, the harmful code can potentially access the user’s mobile crypto wallets.
Unity Android security flaw may affect other systems
As reported by a media outlet, although the vulnerability in the Unity gaming platform can impact Android services, it also has the potential to hit operating systems like Windows, macOS, and Linux to a lesser degree. Notably, projects on the platform dating back to 2017 have been found to contain the security flaw.
A Google spokesperson talking to the media outlet said that the gaming software platform is making a small software update, helping developers to troubleshoot the issue. That said, developers should update their apps soon.
Google Play is actively supporting developers in releasing patched versions of their apps as quickly as possible. “Based on our current detections, malicious apps exploiting this vulnerability are not found on Play,” added the spokesperson.
