John Wick 3, Contagion, and more: warning over illegal Downloads and Streams

In times of Corona-lock downs, legal and illegal Streaming and Download services are booming. Microsoft warns Criminals that there wide.

The Corona-Lockdown is forcing people to stay at home. The Entertainment program is actually broad, however, each renowned Streaming service like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Sky and Co. to withdraw its monthly Subscription fee from your account. The not everyone makes.

In the Situation many users are currently – little money, a lot of free time. Illegal offers for movies and TV shows Streams as Downloads can the one or other user to rash acts lead. And exactly these cyber criminals have it currently apart. Microsoft warns that cybercriminals are on the rise Demand for digital entertainment content to take advantage of, and supposedly free Blockbuster with pests of any kind provided.

In the supposed Downloads and Streams of current Action-Blockbuster John Wick 3 with Keanu Reeves, or the Corona winged Virus-Thriller Contagion has found Microsoft malicious Visual Basic Scripts. This script downloads a so-called Coin-Miner on the computer, the now for the cyber criminal to crypto-money “to mine” – Your cost: the electricity and computing power. The script can in addition, other pests, reload, the your computer always more can compromise.

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Such Attacks have so far emerged primarily in Spain and South Africa. Usually extensions to other parts of the world, even by imitators, not long to wait. Harmful Downloads, Microsoft has Torrent networks are observed, these Streaming sites come up with illegal content.

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