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Odyssey piracy scams appear within hours of the movie’s release

ID: 91032c8e-559c-56c7-b7cf-634ecfaf80f7

STIX ID: report--91032c8e-559c-56c7-b7cf-634ecfaf80f7

Feed Name: Security Boulevard

Threat Score
60/100

Date Published: 2026-07-20

Date Updated: 2026-07-20

Author: Malwarebytes

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The report describes opportunistic piracy-targeted scams observed around the release of a major film, where cloned torrent sites display fake browser warnings that route victims into malvertising networks and malicious `.exe` droppers disguised as movie files; these tactics can deliver trojans, infostealers, loaders, or ransomware and rely on social engineering rather than software exploits.

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