Dangerous Virus Delivered Through Box Office Movie Downloads
November 19, 2007 – 8:38 am
It happens again and this is a pretty obvious sign that the virus creators are evolving as they attempt to adapt their infections to every new event happening all over the world. Today, Li Ting of Rising International Software Co. Ltd., told Reuters that a new virus is currently targeting the fans of “Lust, Caution” a Chinese Box Office hit which attracted lots of fans in the country. According to the same source, the movie recorded 90 million Yuan ($12.12 million) revenues in its first two weeks on the screens, being one of the most popular movies in the country.
This popularity caught the attention of the virus creators who decided to introduce infections and dangerous codes inside the websites promoting the movie and which are apparently visited by millions of users every day. At this time, the security company mentioned above discovered hundreds of malicious websites while “15 percent of download links were contaminated.”
“People should be wary of Web sites that offer free downloading services because their personal passwords can be stolen,” Li Ting said for Reuters. “Hackers are taking advantage of popular entertainment hotspots for movies and music to attack personal computers and spread viruses.”
This piece of news is not too different from older reports concerning virus infections delivered on Halloween or on Valentine’s Day. Moreover, some websites were entirely hacked to inject malicious code. NHL’s website was compromised by a group of attackers who attempted to distribute infected files to millions of users who access the page every day. Sure, you can always protect your computer with an up-to-date security solution which would be able to discover and block every new threat used by the hackers to compromise visitors’ data. “Lust, Caution” also known as “Se, Jie” was directed by Ang Lee and comes with a pretty attractive cast for the Chinese movie fans: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Wei Tang, Joan Chen and Lee-Hom Wang.
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