Scammers are using fake Odyssey pirate downloads to spread malware that's more dangerous than the Cyclops and Circe combined

Matt Damon's Odysseus looking over his left shoulder with some ships in the background in The Odyssey.

• Bitdefender says fake pirated downloads of The Odyssey , disguised as scene releases with .exe files carrying VLC icons, are spreading Lumma Stealer malware
• Stolen session cookies are the real danger, because they let an attacker resume an authenticated session without ever triggering a multi-factor prompt
• These builds seemingly ship without droppers or persistence, which is less sophisticated than earlier movie-themed samples but no less harmful, since credential theft does not require staying resident

With The Odyssey set to became one of the year's biggest theatrical launches, people looking for a free copy online started finding one with a few extra caveats in tow.