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Steam pulls game demo infecting Windows with info-stealing malware
Valve has removed from its Steam store the game title ‘Sniper: Phantom’s Resolution’ following multiple users reporting that the demo installer infected their systems with information stealing malware. The game, published under the developer name ‘Sierra Six Studios,’ was supposed to be an early preview of the title with a release planned in the coming months. Before the title was pulled…
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Forget MFA fatigue, attackers are exploiting ‘click tolerance’ to trick users into infecting themselves with malware
Threat actors are exploiting users’ familiarity with verification tests to trick them into loading malware onto their systems, new research has warned. A report from HP Wolf Security highlighted multiple threat campaigns where hackers took advantage of the fact users are forced to jump through a growing number of hoops to prove they are a legitimate user. The report describes…
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Hackers are using reCAPTCHA to trick users into infecting their own PCs with malware — how to stay safe
Proving you’re not a robot online can be really annoying, but now it can also be quite dangerous as hackers have devised a new way to use seemingly harmless CAPTCHAs in their attacks. A Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (or a CAPTCHA for short) is a security measure you’ve likely come across countless times…
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