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arrow-up1310arrow-down1external-linkHave I Been Pwned adds 284M accounts stolen by infostealer malwarewww.bleepingcomputer.comDa Cap’n to TechnologyEnglish • 1 day agomessage-square28fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]news
minus-square@Manifish_DestinylinkEnglish1•4 hours agoThen they must have tried your password and saved it to one of a specific number of places. Infostealers are by definition a class of malware, which means it’s got to be installed somewhere with access to the directory storing the credential. Or it was from an old computer, or mislabeled. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3f9do5mtT8 Here’s a good talk on infostealers for anyone curious.
Then they must have tried your password and saved it to one of a specific number of places. Infostealers are by definition a class of malware, which means it’s got to be installed somewhere with access to the directory storing the credential.
Or it was from an old computer, or mislabeled.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3f9do5mtT8
Here’s a good talk on infostealers for anyone curious.