Hackers Use Fake Pokemon NFT Card Game To Take Over PCs

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As an IP, Pokemon is forever under the watchful eye of not only Nintendo, but its other fellow members of

The Pokemon Company. So if you see someone else trying to use the name, you can be sure it’s a fake that may or may not be used for malicious means. The most recent example is cybercriminals making use of a fake Pokemon NFT card game to try to get victims to install a remote access tool.

According to South Korea’s cybersecurity firm Ahnlab and its Emergency Response Centre , these cybercriminals attempt to get victims to install what’s known as the NetSupport Manager. This is a remote control tool that, as the description suggests, allows one to remotely control another PC that has the software installed. The slight irony is that NetSupport Manager is a legit piece software, which threat actors take advantage of since this allows it to more easily evade security programs.

 

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