To trick users into downloading the information-stealing virus Lumma, threat actors are using YouTube videos with content linked to cracked software.
According to a Monday investigation by Cara Lin, a researcher at Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, “these YouTube videos typically feature content related to cracked applications, presenting users with similar installation guides and incorporating malicious URLs often shortened using services like TinyURL and Cuttly.”
YouTube videos of unlicensed software have been used as a successful lure for stealer malware before. Similar attack chains have been used in the past to distribute malware read more YouTube Videos Promoting Cracked Software Distribute Lumma Stealer.
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