# A rigged game: ScarCruft compromises gaming platform in a supply-chain attack

DevFeed: [A rigged game: ScarCruft compromises gaming platform in a supply-chain attack](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-rigged-game-scarcruft-compromises-gaming-platform-in-a-supply-chain-attack-8381.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/rigged-game-scarcruft-compromises-gaming-platform-supply-chain-attack/>)

Author: Filip Jurčacko

Published: 2026-05-05T08:55:27Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [WeLiveSecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/welivesecurity.md>)

Topics: [Threat Research](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/threat-research.md>), [backdoor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backdoor.md>), [LineageOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/lineageos.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [High Profile Threats](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/high-profile-threats.md>), [C++](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/c-plus-plus.md>), [Shell](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shell.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>)

Tags: [analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analysis.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [china](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/china.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [eset-research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eset-research.md>), [gaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gaming.md>), [government](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/government.md>), [logging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logging.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [supply-chain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/supply-chain.md>), [voice](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/voice.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

ESET researchers describe a ScarCruft supply-chain attack that trojanized Windows and Android components of a Yanbian-themed gaming platform. The BirdCall backdoor supports espionage capabilities including collecting data and documents, screenshots, and voice recordings.

## Source excerpt

ESET researchers have investigated an ongoing attack by the ScarCruft APT group that targets the Yanbian region via backdoor-laced Windows and Android games