Pirates in the Crosshairs: How One Cybercrime Gang Has Been Infecting Book, Movie, and TV Show Fans for Years

    Date: 05/29/2026

    Severity: High

    Summary

    In late April 2026, we were retained for incident response after a client detected unauthorized cryptocurrency miners on user workstations. Our investigation revealed the malware was delivered through illicit movie and TV streaming platforms using a deceptive video player plugin update. When users tried to stream content, a prompt claimed their plugin was outdated and blocked playback until the malicious update was installed. 

    Indicators of Compromise (IOC) List

    Domains/URLs :

    urush1bar4.online

    5d14vnfb.space

    r7mvjl67.space

    zgj1tam9.space

    jeaw520i.space

    qdmagva5.space

    m4yuri.online

    kristina.quest

    IP Address : 

    107.172.212.235

    Hash : 

    6A0FE6065D76715FEEBC1526D456DB73

    7F624407AE489324E96A708A09C17E6F

    02A43B3423367B9DDDC24CC7DFC070DF

    Gurucul Threat Detection and Incident Response (TDIR) Queries for Detection

    Detection Query 1 :

    domainname like "r7mvjl67.space" or url like "r7mvjl67.space" or siteurl like "r7mvjl67.space" or domainname like "urush1bar4.online" or url like "urush1bar4.online" or siteurl like "urush1bar4.online" or domainname like "5d14vnfb.space" or url like "5d14vnfb.space" or siteurl like "5d14vnfb.space" or domainname like "m4yuri.online" or url like "m4yuri.online" or siteurl like "m4yuri.online" or domainname like "kristina.quest" or url like "kristina.quest" or siteurl like "kristina.quest" or domainname like "qdmagva5.space" or url like "qdmagva5.space" or siteurl like "qdmagva5.space" or domainname like "jeaw520i.space" or url like "jeaw520i.space" or siteurl like "jeaw520i.space" or domainname like "zgj1tam9.space" or url like "zgj1tam9.space" or siteurl like "zgj1tam9.space"

    Detection Query 2 :

    dstipaddress IN ("107.172.212.235") or srcipaddress IN ("107.172.212.235")

    Detection Query 3 :

    md5hash IN ("7F624407AE489324E96A708A09C17E6F","6A0FE6065D76715FEEBC1526D456DB73","02A43B3423367B9DDDC24CC7DFC070DF")

    Reference:    

    https://securelist.com/video-books-pirates-miners-rat/119943/                     


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    Threat ActorcryptocurrencyCommunications

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