BeamNG mods are not safe anymore

Hello everyone,

I just want to quickly warn you guys. YouTube recommended me this video today. It seems like there is a mod that contains a malicious LUA file. Unfortunately, author of the video didn't mention any specific mod and the original author of the mod is also unknown. So, if anybody knows more about what is going on, please, let me know. Stay safe guys.

 

Fearmongering unless proven otherwise.

 

Mods off of unsafe sites have a better chance of malware but anything on the repo is checked which lowers the chances anything is possible but it would be EXTREMELY hard.

 

To stay safe, the better solution is to stay on the BeamNG forums. Third-party websites do not have any security moderation. (ModLand moderation is only there to remove mods when they have a copyright claim, but they don't take care of anything else.)

 

I saw the video this morning. But it’s not a new threat. It was possible all the time. You should at least check every mod you download from untrusted source with bitdefender. Just right click the zip and run the check. Or check for Lua files and visually check.