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Bogus Chrome, Firefox extensions pilfer social media accounts |
July 31, 2013
Trend Micro has found two malicious browser extensions that hijack Twitter, Facebook and Google+ accounts.The attackers plant links on social media sites that, if clicked, implore users to install a video player update. It is a common method hackers use to bait people into downloading malicious software.The bogus video player update lures people in a macabre manner: it says it leads to a video of a young woman committing suicide, according to Trend's description.The video player update carries a cryptographic signature that is used to verify that an application came from a certain developer and has not been modified, wrote Don Ladores, a threat response engineer, with Trend.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2045604/bogus-chrome-firefox-extensions-pilfer-social-media-accounts.html#tk.rss_all
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