Google Chrome is at the center of an extremely important alert regarding a major problem that was discovered for the browser of the Google, having to do with the security of the application during use. Google Chrome can be exploited by a new type of very dangerous malware that has been identified with the name Vega Stealer, it was created to steal login data in websites, but also information from bank websites, or those for payments online.
Google Chrome can be exploited by a malware called Vega Stealer, which is a new version of August Stealer, and hackers created it to steal important documents, cryptocurrencies, plus much more. At the moment, Vega Stealer is only used for phishing campaigns, but Google Chrome users can have their computers exploited by hackers to steal a much more varied range of data without them knowing.
Google Chrome: ATTENTION to the MAJOR Problem Discovered
Google Chrome and Firefox are both affected by Vega Stealer, it being created mainly for corporations and stealing data from their employees, but any kind of person can be affected by the software. At the moment, Vega Stealer is distributed by email to corporate employees, and if they open the attachments from those emails in Google Chrome and Firefox, their computers are immediately infected, the malware automatically searching for the data in the computers.
"The first request executed by the document retrieves an obfuscated JScript/PowerShell script. The execution of the resulting PowerShell script creates the second request, which in turn downloads the executable payload of Vega Stealer. The payload is saved to the victim machine in the user's "Music" directory with a filename of 'ljoyoxu.pkzip'. Once this file is downloaded and saved, it is executed automatically via the command line."
Google Chrome is infected by downloading a document to the computer, upon opening it automatically downloads the malware executable, which is saved in the file Music of Windows, from where it is opened automatically. The malware is distributed through lists of products, or product suppliers, which are shared to various people by email, so if you receive an email with attachments of this kind, do not open them in Google Chrome or Firefox, but delete them immediately .
