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Game Over: WeedHack – The Rise of Minecraft Malware-as-a-Service Campaigns

ID: c4ed8002-6ea9-5c47-8dc5-168d830d060f

STIX ID: report--c4ed8002-6ea9-5c47-8dc5-168d830d060f

Feed Name: McAfee Labs Blog

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2026-06-02

Date Updated: 2026-06-04

Author: McAfee Labs

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McAfee Labs describes 'Weedhack' — an active, large-scale Malware-as-a-Service targeting Minecraft users that spreads via YouTube and SEO poisoning, delivers malicious JARs, and provides a clear‑net dashboard for customers; the campaign performs credential and crypto-wallet theft, remote desktop/webcam access, keylogging and persistence, leverages Ethereum-based C2 discovery and strong obfuscation, and has accumulated over 116,000 hits with numerous IoCs and URLs listed.

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