Beware of fake blockbuster streaming sites

We all look forward to the highly anticipated summer movies. Hollywood traditionally releases its biggest blockbusters during this season. However, fraudsters are relentless in creating fake streaming sites.

Cybercriminals want to lead users to download video players or sign up for streaming sites via affiliate links. Alternately, they may want to lead users to more traditional survey scams.

Social media sites like Facebook, Google+, Youtube, LinkedIn, and many others to drive users to the fake streaming pages. These are hosted on blogging services like Tumblr, WordPress, and Blogger.

Most pages on these blogs have shortened URLs that lead to the final sites where malware is waiting.