"In one of the strangest cases I’ve seen in a while, one of my Labs colleagues recently told me about a malware campaign whose primary purpose appears to stray from the more common malware motives: Instead of seeking to steal passwords or to extort a computer’s owner for ransom, this malware blocks infected users’ computers from being able to visit a large number of websites dedicated to software piracy by modifying the HOSTS file on the infected system."

https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2021/06/17/vigilante-antipiracy-malware/

 

cat and mouse game

 

So legit software makers pay hackers to create malwares to block piracy related websites ?
Amazing ...

Next step : hackers will do the same AND add their own malwares ... so legit software makers will be accused of malware use