![]() ![]() ![]() While Game of Thrones is the biggest malware-delivery “Trojan”, other highly-popular TV shows such as “The Walking Dead”, “Arrow”, “Vikings”, “The Big Bang Theory”, “Suits”, and “Grey’s Anatomy” are also ridden with malicious software. The number of machine infections from these files is estimated to be about 21000, out of a total of 130000 infection attempts in 2018. The variety of malware tools is also impressing, as the researchers found 33 different types and 505 different families of threats hiding inside the Game of Thrones episode bundles. This concerns a year when Game of Thrones didn’t even release a new season, so 2019 is expected to get much worse on that part. According to their findings, pirated Game of Thrones episodes accounts for a jaw-dropping 17% of all malware-infected pirated content in 2018. People are advised to use AV, never run executables downloaded via torrent, and use legal streaming platforms.Īs the eighth season of Game of Thrones is just around the corner, the Kaspersky Lab has taken a deeper look into how cyber-crooks leveraged the popularity of the fantasy series last year. ![]()
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