minute read Share this article: Research from Zscaler ThreatLabZ shows attackers using spam emails and legitimate-looking links to gaming software to serve up Epsilon ransomware, the XMRrig cryptominer and various data and token stealers. A rise in online gaming, tied to pandemic-mandated social distancing, has led to a spike in criminals targeting the demographic. The latest effort to exploit the trend is malicious files planted inside the Discord platform designed to trick users into downloading malware-laced files. Researchers report multiple active campaigns targeting the Discord “cdn[.]discordapp[.]com” service designed to trigger an infection chain and serve-up the Epsilon ransomware, the data-stealer Trojans and the XMRrig cryptominer, according to a report by Zscaler ThreatLabZ. Attackers also are using the service for command-and-control (C2) communication, researchers observed.