Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is now in theaters, and many of the publicly available peer-to-peer sharing websites are already offering the movie as a download. Public interest in such a blockbuster gives cyberattackers a way to serve dangerous malware through unorthodox means.
Downloading movies from torrent websites is illegal, but people still do it. Many of these indexers offer real TV shows and films, so it’s very easy for attackers to slip in malware, especially under the guis