{"id":29189,"date":"2017-10-20T14:06:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T09:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=29189"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:49:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:49:15","slug":"pubgs-main-menu-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/pubgs-main-menu-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"PUBG’s Main Menu Vulnerability is The Biggest Danger to The Game and The Players"},"content":{"rendered":"
PUBG’s main menu vulnerability could potentially leave your system open to hackers, and your steam account getting phished, a detailed report sheds light on an issue which Bluehole keeps turning a blind eye to.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n PlayerUnknown\u2019s Battlegrounds, developed by Bluehole is better known in the mainstream as PUBG, is a battle-royale FPS that offers some superb graphics, great gameplay, and has dethroned Valve’s own DOTA 2 on its own turf, for a game that is still in early access.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The game’s premise offers an online free-for-all game type pitting 100 players in a large open world setting for an ultimate battle of the last man standing. The game has indeed garnered a significant following and a player base, one that rivals that of Blizzards Overwatch.<\/p>\n While the game has great acclaims in terms of player base, sales, and other accolades to boast, there surely can’t be anything with the game, right? <\/span><\/p>\n According to a blog post on Medium, the author Filip Sufitchi claims that the games own main-menu lacks basic secure connection protocols and security measures, leaving innumerable players exposed to a vicious man-in-the-middle attack (MITM) that takes place within the browser. <\/span><\/p>\n