Kobe Bryant's death has been used for scamming.

[raidarksword]

These people never get tired of trying different strategies just to scam people, they are sure pathetic losers in a bad way. Let's share this so that everyone are aware of this scam scheme using a dead big personality to fraud people.  I wish they used their talent and skills in a good way, it surely be a good act and good thing to do instead of hacking and scamming people. Nonetheless, i hope they will not succeed that will serve as justice for using dead's man popularity.

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[Asuspawer09]

I have seen an article that talks about the death of the legendary NBA player Kobe Bryant which has been used for scamming people.

Hackers are attempting to profit from the death of Kobe Bryant by hiding malware within downloadable pictures of the basketball legend.

Researchers at Microsoft Security Intelligence discovered that a desktop wallpaper of Bryant contained hidden software that secretly hijacked a person’s computer in order to mine cryptocurrency.

They called it as crytojacking worm. As expcted, scammers uses this opportunity to take advantage for scamming people. The growing trend has been found within images of various celebrities in recent months, often in the form of wallpapers that can be downloaded to a person’s desktop or smartphone.
Cryptojacking software was recently discovered within high-resolution images of musician Taylor Swift ad the actress Scarlett Johansson.
Cyber security firm Sonicwall registered over 50 million cryptojacking attacks in the first half of 2019, typically in the form of social engineering or other online scams similar to the Bryant malware.
Sonicwall said cryptojacking techniques were evolving but that it remained “relevant as a lucrative option for cyber criminals”.

“We found a malicious HTML file posing as a Kobe Bryant wallpaper that contains a coin mining script.”

Here is the source.

Didn't expect this it was possible to run a software or some kind of application in the background with just downloading a photo.

Maybe you could easily notice that something is wrong when you download that file, I doubt if they could run some programs in a JPEG or PNG file.

Buts it's common running some programs in a someone's pc to mine some bitcoin.

[panganib999]

It is really surprising how the methods or the way hackers do intrude other people's private belongings most specially private informations stored in devices have evolved throughout the years because imagine even a wallpaper that supposedly serve as memoir or tribute for the NBA Basketball Legend and Superstar Kobe Bryant have been used for such illegal doings. This just proves how people most specially on the part of hackers will evolve their skills to do everything for the sake of obtaining money coming from other people's account.

In order to protect your device used for bitcoin wallets, exchanges, bank accounts and other sensitive things, you need to get two devices, one for such sensitive things and will not be used for browsing, no matter how expert how are, if they use their device to browsing, there is possibility of installing malware unknowingly.

Using another device for heavy browsing will be good,  not your sensitive devices. Like having two phones, one for only sensitive things and should only go online for such purposes related to bitcoin wallets or exchanges while the other for browsing and related things.

I agree on this and I really like the idea on how using two devices could be a possible solution for cases like this because it will keep your private information and social information apart which makes it safer for you to browse things up most specially this days that we do not totally know if such links or sites can be reliable. The challenge on using two devices is now to identify if when or how you will use those phones because there might come times that you think what you are browsing is a legit site or link but turns out to be not and you have used your device that is intended for private matters. But the idea of this was really good for me though it is a hassle because you will be using separate devices but if it could be a possible thing to keep your private information safe, then why not give it a try then.

[CarnagexD]

Just do not understand what do people get by doing all this things, it’s the money they want it , so isn't doing the ethical hacking could help them and they will also get fame by doing good things and helping sites/apps etc by doing ethical hacking instead of this types of things. Now scam is increasing and very easily you can read anything related to such types of things happening around the world.

When money talks, people will do anything about it because the world revolve around money.

If you don't have money, you are useless.
If you have money, you are powerful.

That's the mentality that is in the mindset of most of us, investors, that's why we are working so hard just to earn profits everyday.

That's the reason why they are so good and creative at stealing your money. These pathetic human beings are just stealing money from everyone using networks and software. That's the reason why I used two, hardware and software so that I have different wallets where I can store my money. Just don't click any suspicious link in a website or any suspicious ads because it can manipulate your computer's system. Always remember that hackers and scammers are everywhere, so be aware.

[Assface16678]

I didn't expect that this will may happen there is no really safe right now with the use of the devices because everything right now they are doing just to earn money. We cannot make any suspicious out there because it's just a normal picture most of us right now is downloading a lot of images to the Internet because this is the easiest now right now they can make a virus with the use of downloading those images.

Just do not understand what do people get by doing all this things, it’s the money they want it , so isn't doing the ethical hacking could help them and they will also get fame by doing good things and helping sites/apps etc by doing ethical hacking instead of this types of things. Now scam is increasing and very easily you can read anything related to such types of things happening around the world.

When money talks, people will do anything about it because the world revolve around money.

If you don't have money, you are useless.
If you have money, you are powerful.

That's the mentality that is in the mindset of most of us, investors, that's why we are working so hard just to earn profits everyday.

That's the reason why they are so good and creative at stealing your money. These pathetic human beings are just stealing money from everyone using networks and software. That's the reason why I used two, hardware and software so that I have different wallets where I can store my money. Just don't click any suspicious link in a website or any suspicious ads because it can manipulate your computer's system. Always remember that hackers and scammers are everywhere, so be aware.

If we are talking about money most of the people getting greed and want to earn more if you want to earn daily profit you just need to think in the other way which is not common and easiest to get money and according to the post of OP, this is one of these.

Right now there is no safety information right here because we have a lot of access to the internet and everything we visit there are a cookie and digital footprint that can use to us and selling the information.

[samputin]

What?! C'mon. Using a dead person just to take advantage of others and earn money? These kind of people have no respect.

It shows how desperate they are but it also shows how smart they are. Personally, I didn't know that such kind of scheme exists. I'm a type of person who likes to download pictures of a beautiful place or my favorite person or celebrity so this is a warning for me to be more careful. Hackers and scammers are everywhere and they're smart. I guess the best way to outsmart them is for us to be more careful with what we do online and offline. Think before you click — always.

[Xxmodded]

I have seen an article that talks about the death of the legendary NBA player Kobe Bryant which has been used for scamming people.

Hackers are attempting to profit from the death of Kobe Bryant by hiding malware within downloadable pictures of the basketball legend.

Researchers at Microsoft Security Intelligence discovered that a desktop wallpaper of Bryant contained hidden software that secretly hijacked a person’s computer in order to mine cryptocurrency.

They called it as crytojacking worm. As expcted, scammers uses this opportunity to take advantage for scamming people. The growing trend has been found within images of various celebrities in recent months, often in the form of wallpapers that can be downloaded to a person’s desktop or smartphone.
Cryptojacking software was recently discovered within high-resolution images of musician Taylor Swift ad the actress Scarlett Johansson.
Cyber security firm Sonicwall registered over 50 million cryptojacking attacks in the first half of 2019, typically in the form of social engineering or other online scams similar to the Bryant malware.
Sonicwall said cryptojacking techniques were evolving but that it remained “relevant as a lucrative option for cyber criminals”.

“We found a malicious HTML file posing as a Kobe Bryant wallpaper that contains a coin mining script.”

Here is the source.

Most sad moment for Kobe Bryant family why they use Kobe Bryant to make manipulated and scam the other, I think scammer is crazy and do not have ideas what is the best way to give support to Kobe Bryant, I think scammer always building every day although one by one under arest every time but not give impact for other scammer.

[Pamadar]

These people never get tired of trying different strategies just to scam people, they are sure pathetic losers in a bad way.

They always take opportunities in whatever extent that they can do, money matters and it's all about it.

Let's share this so that everyone are aware of this scam scheme using a dead big personality to fraud people. 

It's better to exposed this hackers to help more fans to avoid certain activities now that we are already aware of this  sharing it will
bring awareness to more people to prevent downloading this to their machines.

I wish they used their talent and skills in a good way, it surely be a good act and good thing to do instead of hacking and scamming people.

If they only do that for sure they can make much better opportunities but those hackers always looking for easy take
that's why they are in this kind of hacking.

Nonetheless, i hope they will not succeed that will serve as justice for using dead's man popularity.

Looking also for that same result, respect to Kobe and for this legacy to this sport.

[Nellayar]

Humanity is getting lost from the people day by day. A scammer's identity is the only scammer, so it's not surprising to me that someone getting the advantage of a dead person. More sadly, is that scammer using the processing power by hacking other computers. But I am a little confused, is it too much profitable for scammers? Because who knows how long the hacked computer will be online and need a good data connection as well.

Anyway, it's more dangerous for crypto-currency users since hackers are operating the computer. They might even hack our wallet. Increasing awareness regarding this kind of scam would save people and we shouldn't download anything from untrusted sources as well.

Maybe they gained a lot in scamming the people. As we know that scammers and hackers would not make a crime for a cent only. If they wanna scam people, they will probably calculate their expenses and risks to their revenues.

It is really dangerous in cryptocurrency, that is why we should be more careful in clicking some sites because only one thing that we bait, our funds will gone. I hope this OP will become an alert for all of us here in crypto.

[MCobian]

Now scammers like to use the name famous people for scamming people, before they prove successful some hackers use accounts
twitter famous peoples. And the next picture of Kobe Bryant used for hiding malware, this cryptojacking worm is also terrible after
me read the article. Therefore I have two different devices for just browsing and looking for entertainment, with other device use for
transaction-specific finance that I do on the internet.

[LogitechMouse]

Just do not understand what do people get by doing all this things, it’s the money they want it , so isn't doing the ethical hacking could help them and they will also get fame by doing good things and helping sites/apps etc by doing ethical hacking instead of this types of things. Now scam is increasing and very easily you can read anything related to such types of things happening around the world.

The fact that the people sees hackers as a bad person is probably the reason why they aren't doing ethical hacking. Only those who are working under a company or a high ranked organizations are the ones who are doing ethical hacking.

In order for the hackers to make money, they will do everything even it is unethical like this. Didn't expect that they will use him for hacking but at the same I didn't surprised that they do it. Anything that can be used for hacking will be used by these stupid hackers. Lets just be vigilant and careful with what we are downloading.

[alani123]

This isn't new, but really goes to show how creative a piece of scam and malware can get.
Using a famous person's death might get some people's guard down in trusting the host, only to download what's essentially a piece of malicious code.

Thankfully for those that got this particular malware, it was mostly using their processor time for mining for someone else. It wasn't a full compromise at least according to how it was reported. This type of malware must also be easier to pass through antivirus software.

[Velkro]

Kobe Bryant's death has been used for scamming.

Sadly this is nothing new. Scammers always use well known to general public events like disasters, death of famous people, famous people in general etc.
This gets people attention to begin with, this is normal from psychological standpoint.
You just need to see past it, be couple steps ahead and not fall for such tricks.

[erikoy]

Wow, pretty sure scammers becoming techie nowadays so I should be careful now in downloading malware programs or this one is a little bit tricky for just using picture which could download a hacking tool program. Really if one is holding crypto then definitely it is a good practice to use offline or hardware wallet for it especially for bitcoin. Not accessing online also would be advisable and only when it is really needed to avoid any possibilities of getting phished out using this program that they made to access your computer and gain important details in it like private keys to the wallet.

[Insanerman]

Hackers are attempting to profit from the death of Kobe Bryant by hiding malware within downloadable pictures of the basketball legend.

“We found a malicious HTML file posing as a Kobe Bryant wallpaper that contains a coin mining script.”

This is common even back then. The use of injecting malware to pictures and even pdf files can be done by simply using Kali linux and metasploit. I've read some of thread in here that talks about such image and file injection but I can't remember where I've read it. And I think it was expected that the death of a Legend could open a way to scammers and thieves to make profit out of it. But the issue here is simple, malwares and putting a mining script in it is simply legal. I assume that those makers doesn't know what entrepreneurship was lol. They can profit on the other way such as making items with Kobe in it..

[Janation]

Just do not understand what do people get by doing all this things, it’s the money they want it , so isn't doing the ethical hacking could help them and they will also get fame by doing good things and helping sites/apps etc by doing ethical hacking instead of this types of things. Now scam is increasing and very easily you can read anything related to such types of things happening around the world.

As long as they are having victims, it will not stop.

I don't know whats going on with their minds not even thinking that people needed that money than them. Anyway, thanks for this. Despite the time this was posted, it makes us aware of the possible tracks they can do to scam people. If this happened, any ways we can stop that bug from minin using our PCs?

[carlisle1]

Just do not understand what do people get by doing all this things, it’s the money they want it , so isn't doing the ethical hacking could help them and they will also get fame by doing good things and helping sites/apps etc by doing ethical hacking instead of this types of things. Now scam is increasing and very easily you can read anything related to such types of things happening around the world.

As long as they are having victims, it will not stop.

I don't know whats going on with their minds not even thinking that people needed that money than them. Anyway, thanks for this. Despite the time this was posted, it makes us aware of the possible tracks they can do to scam people. If this happened, any ways we can stop that bug from minin using our PCs?

Those people will do everything, as they are knowledgeable that there are victims that will continue being victimized by their works.

Sad to say that every fans who loves Kobe will have the chance being infected of this mining script,
once they download the file it will automatically run inside their machines without knowing it,.

Better to work extra with careful whenever you are dealing online, this info will help people to avoid getting infected, sharing it will
lessen the spread.

[maxreish]

Everything is possible for hackers to do anything. This malware is an example. Even simple wallpaper pictures contains malware inside it. My first time to know about this since I am only aware of those apps containing malwares.

It is very important to know where those can be downloaded so we can be aware and prevent to visit and download such pictures. But regardless of the source or website, if we have crypto coins in our wallets, it is still "best" not to download anything for the sake of our funds. Safety and secured account is morr significant.

[Ridwan Fauzi]

I got thinking that storing money (crypto currency) in a device that connected to internet will never be save even though in an exchange. I read several news on this morning and there is a cases where a thousand of bitcoin from the hacked exchange has sent to some exchanges. This is pointed out that your asset never be safe if you keep them in an exchange. Because the scammer can hack you phone when you try to open your account, such this malware who can attack to your account when you've downloaded something in the internet. You can store your asset on the cold wallet and sell it when you have profited.

[Finestream]

I hope my PC is not hacked, I love Kobe, I'm his fan and I download a picture of him as my deskstop wallpaper and I also do the same with my phone.

Look.



So far, I don't feel anything strange with my PC, I think I'm safe, and I am not too worry about downloading as most of my important files and information are stored in a dedicated computer for crypto alone.

Scammers and hackers are very smart, they are using every opportunity they can find just to steal from us, so we should be aware of that and what we should do is to prevent that from happening to us, and that's the reason why we make such good control of our relevant information.