Torrent for DiCaprio’s “One Battle After Another” Movie Drops Agent Tesla

Bitdefender researchers warn that the torrent for Leonardo DiCaprio’s One Battle After Another is a trap deploying Agent Tesla malware. Learn how the fileless LOTL attack targets unsuspecting Windows users.

Cybersecurity researchers at Bitdefender have published findings on a torrent file for the new Leonardo DiCaprio film, One Battle After Another. What seemed like a simple, free movie download turned out to be a hidden, multi-step cyberattack designed to infect unsuspecting Windows users.

Bitdefender researchers first noticed a sudden rise in detections related to this fake movie torrent. As they investigated further, they identified a highly complex infection process that used common Windows programs to evade security protections, a technique known as Living Off the Land (LOTL).

This method is used to blend in with normal system activity. It is worth noting that using fake multimedia files to spread viruses is not new; researchers had earlier reported a similar ...