Davey Winder is a technology journalist who covers cybersecurity news and research. He’s covered everything from the true story behind the hacking of Donald Trump’s nude photos to a record-breaking ransomware payment of $75 million.
Update, Sept. 17, 2024: This story, originally published Sept. 14, now includes details of more credential-stealing threats targeting web browser users.
, for example. But now there’s a new player in town by the name of StealC, which uses perhaps the simplest yet most effective method of gaining access to Google account credentials: annoying the heck out of the victim.The Open Analysis Lab researchers have revealed how the credential flushing campaign has been using the technique since at least August 22.
Finally, there’s the nuclear option of a power button shutdown. If taking this approach, be sure to boot into Safe Mode with the F8 key and do a full system scan for the malware infection to prevent it happening again.
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