Bad movie: how hackers can steal your cryptocurrency with pirated movies?
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Hackers invented a new way to steal cryptocurrency — now they inject malware even in the video. The experts Bleeping Computer received information on the cases of substitution of wallet addresses after you downloaded the file from the torrent tracker The Pirate Bay. Initially, the virus «involved in» substitution of issue in the Google search and re-advertising, which is issued to the user.
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Detailed analysis of the Trojan published analyst Lawrence Abrams.
What had previously seemed like a normal virus with minimal threats, is actually the tip of the iceberg.
The Virus spreads through the torrent tracker The Pirate Bay under the guise of the film «the Girl who got stuck in the web». Hackers managed to code malware in the file itself.
At First, the Trojan does not detect any activity on user's PC, so that it might never be noticed. «main program» Scam is carried out through the clipboard of the Windows operating system. As soon as the user copies it to the address of your wallet, the virus substitutes the combination of signs on the wallet hacker.
Similar tactics From ordinary users are not insured. Since the addresses crypto-currency wallets consist of a long combination of numbers and letters of the different register, the user may not even notice the substitution.
The Arsenal of techniques of scams does not end there. For the most inattentive stashed another trick is a fake advertisement on different web pages. Banners hackers promise a distribution of coins for a small fee from the user.
Source: Movie Mezzanine.
As previous research shows, the activity of different types of malware in the stock market is critical in 2018. In September, experts on cyber security have recorded five times more cases of theft of digital assets, than for the similar period in 2017.
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