“Fractureiser” malware in popular Minecraft mods and modpacks
<i>client.jar searches the entire filesystem</i><p>When HDDs used to be the norm, that would raise an obvious audiovisual signal that something isn't right. Unfortunately with almost everyone using SSDs these days, and the loss of activity indicators[1] on a lot of machines, it would be barely noticeable.<p>[1] I suspect that it's also in the interests of "officially sanctioned" malware to hide its presence.