Pirate Streaming Site Malware Campaign Infected One Million Devices * TorrentFreak
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A campaign stemming from pirate streaming sites used malvertising redirector URLs to generate revenue, and infected almost a million devices.

In December 2024, Microsoft Threat Intelligence identified a malware campaign stemming from pirate streaming sites. Using iframe malvertising redirector URLs to generate revenue, and redirects up to five layers deep, malware payloads hosted on GitHub, Discord and Dropbox, acted as a dropper for additional payloads hosted elsewhere. Microsoft says the goal was to steal information and it believes almost a million devices were infected.

  • Kualdir@feddit.nlEnglish
    191·
    4 hours ago

    Even if you’re not pirating as ads from google can be dangerous as well: Ublock Origin + Privacy Badger + Decentraleyes + VPN

    • kat@orbi.campEnglish
      4·
      1 hour ago

      PiHole or AdGuard Home as DNS at router level and boom, wider net and smaller attack surface.

      • Kualdir@feddit.nlEnglish
        1·
        40 minutes ago

        I personally had issues with AdGuard as a DNS with quite a few websites breaking. I use Quad9 instead.

        Same with a VPN at router level, I play games that are harsh on VPN usage and don’t want to get banned on those so can’t use it network wide atm.

        • kat@orbi.campEnglish
          1·
          20 minutes ago

          Oh, I meant Adguard Home, in it you can configure whatever upstream you want. Basically another alternative to Pi-Hole. And router level, I meant configuring the DNS there, so all devices default to it. Not a VPN per say.