The lure of free streaming content disguised as popular services such as Netflix is being used by cybercriminals to infect devices. With streaming wars intensify in the race for the consumer so have hackers upped their criminals.
Data from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky shows that between January 2019 and April this year, 23,936 attempts to infect these users were made, seeking to gain access to these platforms through unofficial means via files that used the names of streaming platforms as a lure. The greatest number used Netflix, with more than 22,000 infection attempts detected using the platform as a lure.
