A fraudulent scam is rampant on the Internet when you can watch the “Star Wars / Dawn of Skywalker” free of charge
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“ Star Wars / Dawn of Skywalker ”, the 9th work of the movie “Star Wars” released in 1977 and the final story of the story of the Skywalker family, will be released on December 20, 2019 in Japan time Published. A security company Kaspersky said that a scam that steals credit card numbers or downloads malware with the phrase 'you can see the full movie on the Internet' is a popular phrase, 'Dawn of Star Wars / Skywalker' Called attention.
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According to Kaspersky researchers, more than 30 malicious websites and social media accounts have already been discovered as of the first day of publication. It seems that these fraudulent sites and accounts use a trick that makes them appear to be officially related and ask them to register a credit card number as 'Need to watch movies for free'.
Below is a screenshot of a phishing site that looks like the official website of a movie. If you look at the URL field, you can see that the title of the movie is given as it is, “starwarstheriseof ……”
In addition, the following Twitter account is tweeting that leads to a link to view free movies. When you access the link, it seems that the malware-infected file is downloaded.
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These malicious pages claim that the website is linked to the official form in some way, and if you search for “Star Wars / Skywalker Dawn Free” on a search engine such as Google, it will be easier to be displayed at the top. It is. This is because Kaspersky says that attackers are trying to make it appear high in search engine results through malicious search engine optimization (SEO).
According to Kaspersky researchers, 285,103 phishing attacks targeting Star Wars fans were confirmed in 2019 alone, an increase of 10% over the previous year. On the other hand, the number of distributed malware was 11,499, which was 30% lower than the previous year. Kaspersky security researcher Tatiana Sidrina said, “It's common for scammers and cybercriminals to use popular topics,” and “Star Wars' final version is on the big screen of the cinema. I recommend you enjoy it. '
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