Don't download movies from random sites, warns Microsoft

Satya Nadella -led teach giant Microsoft has issued a fresh warning for those internet users, who download movies as they could be putting themselves at major risk.

As per the Cyberscoop report, an attack starts with hackers disguising a malicious file in the same zip folder which includes a movie torrent. When the victim opens a zip file saved from a piracy site, they also trigger a malicious VBScript, a text file. That VBScript then uses BITSAdmin, a legitimate Microsoft protocol, to download a second-stage component, then tries to inject a coin-mining code into the machine's memory," adds the report.

The campaign, primarily observed in Spain but has also shown up in some South American countries, aims to launch a coin-mining shellcode directly in memory. We're seeing the campaign affecting a wide range of customers, from home users to enterprises," said Microsoft in a tweet.