I’d like to introduce to you the new Gaveroid group on Steam! If you join the group, you can be alerted with announcements about when we’re going to have a community gaming session, and more! You can also hang out with us in the group chat room, and ask about the website and such.

Hop on Steam, and join the Gaveroid group today, at this link!

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/gaveroid

JC2-MP is a project to bring multiplayer to Just Cause 2 in all of its magnificent glory. Imagine the chaos of normal Just Cause 2, then extending it out to dozens, hundreds, and even thousands of players. You can grapple your way from skyscraper to skyscraper in Panau City, or jump off of the tallest mountain and parachute down to the ground, with your friends. You can experience intense helicopter battles in the sky. You can race the fastest cars and win money for securing a podium ranking, which you can use to buy weapons and vehicles to cause more chaos upon the province of Panau. This can all be achieved with the Just Cause 2 Multiplayer mod.

The mod’s experience highly relies on client-side and server-side Lua scripting. The Boost feature, the nametags, the buy menu, etc., are all the result of Lua scripting. The possibilities are endless!

The mod runs on the RakNet multiplayer game network engine, which is the same technology used to create the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas multiplayer mod. The mod is almost finished, after being in development for the majority of this year. The final beta test is currently going on, and it will continue until the mod’s release tomorrow.

If you are interested in playing, go pick up a Steam key at the mod’s official website. Allow me to note that the mod is only for the PC version of Just Cause 2. It must be an official version from Steam. Join the official Gaveroid group on Steam if you’d like to play with us! You can also stay up-to-date on when we are looking to play other games.

We’ll see you on the streets of Panau!

http://www.jc-mp.com/

Everyone seems to think that Apple’s Mac OS X operating system is 100% virus free – but that’s not true. A new variant of malware has been found that infects Mac OS X machines – here’s more about it, such as how it works, and how you can protect yourself from it.

This new variant of malware (that’s what it’s reported as, I think it’s more towards spyware) has been discovered on OS X by a security company called Intego. The name of the malware is OSX/Tibet.D. It’s a variant of the Tibet viruses, which have been known to infect Macs in the past. This nasty infection enables the attacker to access files on your computer, as well as initiate commands.

According to Mashable, Apple hasn’t yet responded to their request for a comment.

Here’s more on what it does, and how it works (a.k.a. the technical stuff… yay!).

What happens is, a Java applet is ran without asking the user. That installs a Java archive which (once installed) creates a backdoor so the attacker can access the data on your computer.

Now, it’s not the only virus on the Macintosh platform, but it’s one of a select common few. It makes it’s way to your machine using a Java applet on a certain website. Java does not come pre-loaded on Mac OS X, as it has been known to be a big security problem in the past. However, you may install it if you like. If Java is not used in 35 days, it is automatically disabled (but you can re-enable it without reinstalling).

What happens is, a Java applet is ran without asking the user. That installs a Java archive which (once installed) creates a backdoor so the attacker can access the data on your computer as well as run commands. The Java vulnerabilities (which have been recently patched in the latest update) that it uses are CVE-2013-2465 and CVE-2013-2471. If you have not updated your Java to the latest version, I’d recommend doing so… pronto!

According to Intego, the files inside the Java archive are the following (image found at Intego’s website – it can be found at this link).

When that archive is installed, it creates these files:

• /Library/LaunchAgents/AudioService
• /Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.AudioService.plist

LaunchAgent is a tool that starts the malware once you reboot the computer. The malware initates the backdoor, known as “AudioService.” What that backdoor does, is it contacts a Chinese command-and-control server. It recieves commands from the attacker through that server, therefore, letting them access the files on your machine.

If you have a Mac, it would be a wise idea to install some kind of antivirus (Intego claims that their VirusBarrier antivirus will protect Macs from that and similar viruses), as well as update Java. Always make sure your programs are updated for added security!

by Gavin Trutzenbach