Game of Thrones: The return of the [MALWARES] white walkers by dozens

As with each event where massive interest is
expected, the launch of the final season of Game of Thrones is a golden
opportunity for pirates.

According to a Kaspersky’ study, this series would be the favorite of the cybercriminals. It represented 17% of the infected contents last year, i.e. 20 934 web users! According to this same study, the most targeted episodes are logically the first and last episodes of the season.

For if the fans are many in France, without
subscription, the only solution to watch the so awaited episodes is illegal
downloading on torrent websites.

It is through this means that the
cybercriminals infect the unsuspecting web users’ computers. First warning, do
not install programs at the request of the torrent websites, they can contain a
malware!

Indeed, two kinds of
frauds are principally used:

• Malwares: the malicious software are launched on
  torrent websites used by the fans of the series to access to the watching of
  the precious episodes.
• Phishing: many phishing attempts have been counted, the
  pirates use the official image of Game of Thrones to try to retrieves your
  personal data.

This season, the cybercriminals are almost as
creative as the scriptwriters of the successful series: many and various fake
contests allow these hackers to collect email addresses and other bank details.

Counterfeiting is also in the game, with an
observed increase of websites proposing many so-called “official” products but
being nothing more than counterfeits.

Thus, Nameshield
recommends to the fans to be highly vigilant!

For reminder, here are the basic principles to
respect in order to serenely navigate and not be trapped by unscrupulous
hackers:

• Do
  not download any plugin of suspicious origin
• Properly
  analyze the URLs before any purchase
• Check
  the presence of the famous HTTPS
• Check
  that the final address corresponds to the searched website

As always on the web, an extra vigilance is
needed, because if spring wins our regions, don’t forget that on the web,
winter is coming…

First published at nameshield blog