Fake mobile version of Cyberpunk 2077 spreads ransomware

From securityaffairs.co

Crooks are spreading fake Windows and Android versions of installers for the new Cyberpunk 2077 video game that is delivering the CoderWare ransomware. Cyberpunk 2077 is a 2020 action role-playing video game developed and published by CD Projekt, it was one of the most

It is not the first time that threat actors attempt to exploit the interest of the gamers into new video games like has happened with mobile versions of the popular Fortnite back in 2028.

The fake version of the Cyberpunk 2077 game was discovered by Kaspersky researcher Tatyana Shishkova and reported by BleepingComputer.

Shishkova has discovered a fake Android version of the game that was being distributed from a website impersonating the legitimate Google Play Store.

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