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The Last of Usone of the most anticipated series, based on the game of PlayStation of the same name, which will finally premiere on HBO on January 15.
Knowing that with this premiere the universe of The Last of Us will have hundreds of thousands of new fans, cybercriminals are already hatching new strategies.
New scams: offer The Last of Us Part II downloads on PC
Specifically, they are spreading scams about the match, something extremely rare. To infect victims with malwareare offering downloads of the videogame to pcwhen it has not yet gone on sale.
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After seeing The Last of Usmany viewers will undoubtedly want to play this videogame and control the actions of your favorite characters. But if they haven’t been a fan since before, it’s unlikely they’ll know it’s exclusive to PlayStation.
Above all, they may not realize that the first part of the game will only be released for personal computers (pc) in March 2023.
The cybercriminals They constantly take advantage of the public’s ignorance. Kaspersky researchers found a site offering to download The Last of Us Part 2 on PC.
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Users who do not know that this version of the game is not yet available for computers will download a malicious file instead of the actual game. It can hide on the user’s computer undetected for years (you won’t know something is wrong because it may not cause any visible damage, it will just do its job silently).
Cyber criminals offer to download “The Last of Us Part 2″, whose release for PC has not yet been announced.
The company’s experts also discovered a phishing site that offers a code Activation for the video game. To download the file with the code, users are asked to choose one of the “gifts” that they will receive along with the game: for example, a playstation 5 new or a gift card Roblox of 100 dollars.
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However, they are then asked to enter their credentials and bank card details to pay a commission. By giving your information, cybercriminals they will steal your money and use your personal details in other scams.
With him code of matchusers are asked to choose from a list of tempting gifts for any gamer.
“The Last of Us It will be a real boom at the beginning of this year, taking into account the time that millions of fans have been waiting for the series. Interestingly, now instead of offering early access to the series, the cybercriminals have chosen a different path and are distributing malicious files by pretending to be a videogame.
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This goes to show that gamers, especially new ones, who don’t yet know enough about cybersecurity when it comes to gaming, are among the main target audience for criminals, who will come up with more ways to exploit them.
Stay vigilant and check if your game is available on the offered platform, download games only from official app stores and don’t forget to use a trusted security solution,” commented Olga Svistunova, security expert at Kaspersky.
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Source: Elcomercio
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