Own Goal? Piracy as an Attack Vector to Target Football Fans
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Major football events consistently drive audiences toward streaming platforms. In Spain, with millions of football enthusiasts and where premium competitions such as the UEFA Champions League are tied to paid services like Movistar Plus, a portion of viewers continues to look for free alternatives.
In the period before the recent UEFA Champions League final between PSG and Arsenal, our MTI research team observed a clear increase in unofficial IPTV apps containing malware, notably apps masquerading as RojaDirecta apps for Android. Timing-wise this correlated with an increase in legal actions to take down websites promoting these apps.
With the World Cup approaching, similar patterns are expected to repeat at a larger scale, because the underlying issue is not limited to Spain. We are closely tracking similar campaigns targeting other countries in Europe, like for example Italy.
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