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Fake Youtube Page Used To Infect Soccer Fans

ID: 2eb494a6-69ed-5680-8e9a-70593ff46367

STIX ID: report--2eb494a6-69ed-5680-8e9a-70593ff46367

Feed Name: Zscaler Security Research Blog

Threat Score
60/100

Date Published: 2025-04-02

Date Updated: 2026-05-01

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Attackers weaponized World Cup–related search traffic and social posts to present a fake YouTube page that executes obfuscated JavaScript and a Flash payload to download malware and redirect victims to hacked French sites and multiple fake anti-virus landing pages; several malicious domains and redirect variants were observed, with low antivirus detection on the payload and mixed coverage from Google Safe Browsing.

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