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Fake PS5 Emulators on GitHub Steal Passwords via Malware

NordVPN researchers found that fake PS5 emulators distributed on GitHub are infecting users with password-scraping malware.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 28 Oct 2026 · updated 2h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 28 Oct 2026. RSS 2.0 published first, on 28 October at 17:10 UTC; Latest from Tom's Hardware followed 18h 10m later. The most recent article, from Latest from Tom's Hardware, appeared on 29 October at 11:20 UTC.

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  1. Fake PS5 emulators are being used to steal gamers' passwords — two well-known GitHub repos, including popular AnyPS5, get hit, infecting gamers' computers with password-scraping malware Latest from Tom's Hardware
  2. Fake PS5 emulators on GitHub are spreading password-stealing malware RSS 2.0

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  • NordVPN
  • GitHub
  • AnyPS5
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