The study, called “Digital Bait,” was commissioned by Digital Citizens Alliance and conducted by RiskIQ, and sampled 800 sites dedicated to distributing infringing movies and TV shows. According to RiskIQ, one out of every three of the sites contained malware.“It’s clear that the criminals who exploit stolen content have diversified to make more money by baiting consumers to view videos and songs and then stealing their IDs and financial information,” Tom Galvin, the executive director of Digital Citizens Alliance, said in a statement.
Source: Study Shows How Piracy Sites Monetize Malware | Variety