ReasonLabs Researchers Discover Large-Scale Cashback Scam Within Torrented Video Game Files
NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ReasonLabs, the cybersecurity pioneer equipping home users with the same level of cyber protection used by Fortune 500 companies, today announced the discovery of a new malware scam primarily affecting internet users looking to download torrented versions of popular video game titles, including Grand Theft Auto V, Assassin's Creed, and others.
- In discovering the previously undetected malware, ReasonLabs uncovered a developing scam, where hackers target users' cashback activity to hijack sensitive, personal, and financial information.
- Once installed, these extensions trigger the installation of further malware without user permission or knowledge, which then disables existing user extensions focused on cashback activities and cybersecurity .
- "Our research team worked diligently to discover the issue and work with Google to alert them and amend the matter quickly."
- To ensure they are going above and beyond to protect sensitive information, ReasonLabs encourages users to take several basic but powerful steps to safeguard sensitive information.