Look out, n00bs. Hackers are apparently deploying fake game “cheats” for
Call of Duty: Warzone. They sure won’t help you merk your opponents, but they
will inject a crapload of malware onto your computer.
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A recently disclosed report from game publisher Activision shows that discussion of such schemes was recently observed on several different dark web forums. Criminals discussed tricking unsuspecting gamers into downloading a
dropper a malicious program that can be customized to install other, more destructive forms of malware (such as, say, a RAT) onto a computer or device by convincing them it was actually a free cheating program.