If you or your kids are fans of Minecraft then take care before installing apps that modify the immensely popular game. Security researchers at Kaspersky say that they have discovered over 20 fake ...

Fake “mods” for Minecraft, the wildly popular pixelated sandbox game for kids, have turned up in Google Play. Mods, short for modifications, are add-ons for games that change the functionality or add ...

Google has removed 87 fake Minecraft mods from its Play Store that exposed Android users to scammy websites and aggressive ads. The fake applications, which were reported to Google between 16 March ...

Word to the Minecraft massif. Be very careful about the mods and tools (definitely no cheats...) you choose to install. They may come with an unwanted payload of malware that will steal your Minecraft ...

Fraudsters bypassed Google's protections for the official Play Android store and published more than 20 fake modpacks for the popular game Minecraft. The apps are just empty shells designed to lure ...

Cybercriminals are exploiting Minecraft's popularity by distributing malware-infected mods on GitHub since March 2025. Disguised as cheat tools, these fake mods steal personal data like cryptocurrency ...

A large-scale malware campaign specifically targets Minecraft players with malicious mods and cheats that infect Windows devices with infostealers that steal credentials, authentication tokens, and ...

What just happened? Hundreds of GitHub repositories offering Minecraft mods have become the latest battleground in a sophisticated malware campaign, targeting the game's vast and creative player ...

Cybercriminals are actively exploiting the popularity of Minecraft and its modding community to spread malware disguised as game enhancements, a report claims. This hacking campaign is reportedly ...