Top Web Search Risks ; Watch, Download, Stream Movies,TV shows NOW!!!.. Latest reports suggest cyber criminals are luring movie consumers, who are searching for free download, view on line of the most sought-out movies and shows and leading the click to a high risk, malicious site.
The Maharashtra police have now launched an investigation into this cyber crime racket after receiving several complaints from internet and movie consumers online. An initial investigation has revealed that many such websites are hosted on proxy servers overseas to allow those behind them to evade detection. The keyword that is most vulnerable are
Type in ‘watch’,
‘download’ or
‘stream’ into Google, followed by
the name of a recent movie or TV show
and, the chances are the first page of results will include links to suspicious-looking websites with links that promise to let you watch the movie or TV show of your choice for free.
Click on these links at your own peril, however, as you may end up downloading malware onto your computer that could steal your private information, such as your bank account and credit card details, or take control of your microphone or webcam.
According to the top Maharashtra Police official, cyber crooks track which movies or TV shows are most popular at any given time and promise these for free on their websites.
Explaining the modus operandi of these cyber criminals, Yashasvi Yadav, special inspector general, Maharashtra Cyber police, said, “Cyber criminals know the landscape of internet usage in India and have been targeting users who search for ways to watch popular television shows and films such as Delhi Crime, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Mardaani 2, Narcos, Lost, Akoori, Fauda, Panchayat, Ghoul, Mindhunter and Inception.”
According to“The mostwatched movies and shows change with time, so these lists are updated as and when required,” Yadav further added. The malicious sites came under the police’s scanner after they received several complaints from victims, he adds.
To maximise the number of potential victims, cyber crooks track which movies or TV shows are most popular at any given time and promise these for free on their websites.
This is the new risk that is posing a great danger to the cyber users, and cyber security. This new attack is now among the other list of threats that loom over the internet world like
- Sensitive Data Exposure. …
- XML External Entities (XXE). …
- Broken Access Control. …
- Security Misconfiguration. …
- Cross-Site Scripting XSS. …
- Insecure Deserialization. …
- Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities. …
- Insufficient Logging & Monitoring.
- Insecure deserialization and now
- Watch, Download, Stream Movies and TV Shows
Check out this movie which highlights the risks
A report (sponsored by McAfee, published in 2014, estimated that the annual damage to the global economy was $445 billion. Approximately $1.5 billion was lost in 2012 to online credit and debit card fraud in the US. In 2018, a study by Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in partnership with McAfee, concludes that close to $600 billion, nearly one percent of global GDP, is lost to cybercrime each year.
So be aware, be safe, and have a safe browsing.