Gamers looking for cheats on YouTube are being targeted with links to rogue password-protected archive files designed to install crypto miners and information-stealing malware such as RedLine Stealer on compromised machines. "The videos advertise cheats and cracks and provide instructions on hacking popular games and software," Kaspersky security researcher. Games mentioned in the videos are APB Reloaded, CrossFire, DayZ, Farming Simulator, Farthest Frontier, FIFA 22, Final Fantasy XIV, Forza, Lego Star Wars, Sniper Elite, and Spider-Man, among others. Downloading the self-extracting RAR archive leads to the execution of Redline Stealer, a coin miner, as well as several other binaries that enable the bundle's self-propagation. Once a video is successfully uploaded to YouTube, one of the executables in the archive transmits a message to Discord with a link to the uploaded video. "Cybercriminals actively hunt for gaming accounts and gaming computer resources," Kupreev said. "Stealer-type malware is often distributed under the guise of game hacks, cheats, and cracks. All this is further proof if any were needed, that illegal software should be treated with extreme caution." (Source).
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