{"id":11021,"date":"2013-03-01T10:04:28","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T18:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=11021"},"modified":"2026-07-01T13:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T20:27:17","slug":"intego-discovers-a-new-multi-platform-minecraft-password-stealer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/intego-discovers-a-new-multi-platform-minecraft-password-stealer\/","title":{"rendered":"Intego Discovers a New Multi-Platform Minecraft Password Stealer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/MalwareAlert.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/MalwareAlert.png 400w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/MalwareAlert-150x97.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/MalwareAlert-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new multi-platform Trojan that affects OS X and Windows has been discovered. The threat is a Minecraft password stealer that purports to offer the user additional in-game features. It was found on the Virus Total website. This sort of threat could be placed on a Minecraft forum to entice gamers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11029\" title=\"mhk_hidden3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/mhk_hidden3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/mhk_hidden3.png 342w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/mhk_hidden3-150x69.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/mhk_hidden3-300x138.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Java applet, called &#8220;Minecraft Hack Kit.jar,&#8221; tricks the user by offering aggressive in-game features, such as kicking or banning other users, or \u201cForceOP,\u201d which entails taking over as moderator on a game server.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11031\" title=\"mhk_gui\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/mhk_gui.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/mhk_gui.png 414w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/mhk_gui-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/mhk_gui-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Trojan downloads and installs three Java applets from Dropbox:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>mainInstaller.jar<\/li>\n<li>minesender.jar (plugin)<\/li>\n<li>SecCorrect.jar (plugin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It makes these files invisible to the user and runs them persistently by using the Launch Agents mechanism.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the threat is only stealing Minecraft &#8220;lastlogin&#8221; passwords and sending the credentials through secure email to the hacker&#8217;s Hotmail account, but it is able to update and delete itself and its plugins. This may enable the threat to add additional functionality in the future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/features\/virus-scanner\">Intego VirusBarrier<\/a> users with up-to-date virus definitions will detect the trojan and its components as <strong>Java\/Minesteal.A<\/strong>, while NetBarrier detects and warns user of the Java applets\u2019 outgoing connections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new multi-platform Trojan that affects OS X and Windows has been discovered. The threat is a Minecraft password stealer that purports to offer the user additional in-game features. It was found on the Virus Total website. This sort of threat could be placed on a Minecraft forum to entice gamers. 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