A cyber security firm exposed a phishing website that offers a Pokemon-featured Non-Fungible-Tokens (NFT) card game. Apparently, the criminals were passing malware onto gamers’ devices via these NFTs.
According to Japanese media, the phishing website “pokemon-go[.]io,” is still online and has an NFT marketplace, including a link that redirects to buy tokens and provides an opportunity to stake NFTs.
The hacker’s mind game
AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (ASEC), an arm of AhnLab and a cyber-security firm, stated in a blog on January 06th that gamers were indirectly downloading a remote access tool that can control users’ devices.
A remote access tool called’ Netsupport’ can be installed and used by any user; it’s a normal application to control other devices used in corporate companies. Mostly, IT engineers of any corporate company use this application to support their employees who are working from home.
The tool could be exploited by malicious organizat
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