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Newly discovered Vigilante #malware outs #software #pirates and blocks them <- #WTF?!

source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/newly-discovered-vigilante-malware-outs-software-pirates-and-blocks-them/

Vigilante, as SophosLabs Principal Researcher Andrew Brandt is calling the malware, gets installed when victims #download and execute what they think is pirated software or games. Behind the scenes, the malware reports the file name that was executed to an attacker-controlled server, along with the #IP address of the victims’ computers. As a finishing touch, Vigilante tries to modify the victims’ computers so they can no longer access thepiratebay.com and as many as 1,000 other pirate sites.

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Newly discovered Vigilante malware outs software pirates and blocks them

Most malware tries to steal stuff. Vigilante, by contrast, takes aim at piracy.