Researchers Warn of Self-Spreading Malware Targeting Gamers via YouTube

Web: https://thehackernews.com/2022/09/researchers-warn-of-self-spreading.html

Gamers looking for cheats on YouTube are being targeted with links to malicious password-protected archive files designed to install the RedLine Stealer malware and crypto miners on compromised machines.
"The videos advertise cheats and cracks and provide instructions on hacking popular games and software," Kaspersky security researcher Oleg Kupreev said in a new report published today.
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