Fans of Pokémon cards fell victim to cybercriminals who posed as an NFT video game

interest in letters Pokemon and non-fungible tokens (NFTs for its acronym in English) has led some users of these collectibles to be victims of a scam that offered to download a new video game of the franchise.

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A website designed to look legitimate offered access to a new Pokémon card video game in NFT format; with it, players could get fun and profit.

However, as ASEC analysts explain, the download of the game actually installed a NetSupport trojan that connected to a server controlled by a malicious actor, in order to receive information from the victim’s computer and control it remotely.

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This phishing campaign, inspired by the Pokémon game, has been active since last month, according to the analysts who have identified it.

Source: Elcomercio

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