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Valve updates Steam over escalation of privilege security flaw - but accused of ignoring other vulnerabilities

13 August 2019 • 3 min read

Gaping holes still exist in popular Steam app used by more than 90 million PC users every day, warn security researchers

Valve Software claims to have released a fix for the zero-day local escalation of privilege security flaw recently discovered in its Steam gaming software. However, the security researchers who ...

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