Bitdefender warns of Lumma Stealer malware hiding in pirated copies of The Odyssey

Nothing says “summer blockbuster season” quite like cybercriminals racing to exploit your movie habits. Bitdefender researchers disclosed on August 6 that fake pirated copies of The Odyssey, the 2026 theatrical release, are being used to distribute Lumma Stealer, a particularly nasty strain of information-stealing malware that targets crypto wallets, saved passwords, payment details, and browser session cookies. The malicious files are disguised as high-resolution video downloads, complete with filenames designed to look legitimate to anyone familiar with piracy scene conventions. Think formats like “the odyssey 2160phd (2026) engsubs eztv.exe” that mimic popular release groups and encoding standards. The telltale giveaway is the .exe extension, which no legitimate video file would carry, but the attackers even dress the executable icons to resemble VLC media player to reduce suspicion. How Lumma Stealer actually works Lumma Stealer is not new, but it keeps evolving. The malware targets Windows systems and, once executed, silently harvests a buffet of sensitive data from the infected machine. Browser passwords, autofill data, payment card numbers stored in Chrome or Edge, and crypt...