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Pirates in the crosshairs: how one cybercrime gang has been infecting book, movie, and TV show fans for years
In late April 2026, a client reached out to us for incident response support after discovering a miner running on users’ computers. We later discovered that the malware was being distributed via illegal movie and TV show streaming sites. The infection chain leveraged a fake update for a video player plugin. When the user attempted to watch a video, the player displayed a message saying the plugin version was outdated and asking to install an update to continue.
Indicators of Compromise (1 / 15 total)
| TYPE | INDICATOR | DESCRIPTION | CREATED | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPv4 | 107.172.212.235 | CC=US ASN=AS36352 colocrossing | 2026-05-28 |