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## HBO Max's verified Reddit account hijacked to spread malware

DevFeed: [HBO Max's verified Reddit account hijacked to spread malware](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/hbo-max-s-verified-reddit-account-hijacked-to-spread-malware-26612.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/09/hbo-maxs-verified-reddit-account-hijacked-to-spread-malware>)

Author: Pieter Arntz

Published: 2026-09-15T11:51:03Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Malwarebytes](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/malwarebytes.md>)

Topics: [Malware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/malware.md>), [ClickFix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clickfix.md>), [Reddit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reddit.md>), [Social engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/social-engineering.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/passwords.md>), [Cryptocurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptocurrency.md>), [macOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/macos.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>)

Tags: [clickfix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickfix.md>), [cryptocurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptocurrency.md>), [hbo-max](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hbo-max.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [malware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/malware.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/passwords.md>), [pasteswitch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pasteswitch.md>), [powershell](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/powershell.md>), [reddit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reddit.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [social-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-engineering.md>), [terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terminal.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

### AI overview

Cybercriminals hijacked HBO Max's verified Reddit account and used it to run 108 malicious ads over about 48 hours. The ads promoted fake software and used ClickFix-style instructions to distribute infostealers and cryptocurrency clipboard hijackers to macOS and Windows users.

### Source excerpt

Cybercriminals used HBO Max's verified Reddit account to run 108 malicious ads that tricked people into installing information stealers.

## HBO Max Reddit account compromised to serve ClickFix attacks

DevFeed: [HBO Max Reddit account compromised to serve ClickFix attacks](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/hbo-max-reddit-account-compromised-to-serve-clickfix-attacks-21627.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/09/14/hbo-max-reddit-account-compromised-to-serve-clickfix-attacks/5296408>)

Author: Jessica Lyons

Published: 2026-09-14T22:43:01Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/www-theregister-com-articles.md>)

Topics: [ClickFix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clickfix.md>), [Malware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/malware.md>), [Reddit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reddit.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [macOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/macos.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>)

Tags: [clickfix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickfix.md>), [cyber-crime](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cyber-crime.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [hbo-max](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hbo-max.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [malware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/malware.md>), [reddit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reddit.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

### AI overview

The article reports that an HBO Max Reddit account was compromised and used to serve ClickFix attacks in a massive 48-hour malvertising campaign targeting macOS and Windows machines with malware.

### Source excerpt

Part of a 'massive 48-hour malvertising blitz' targeting macOS and Windows machines with malware