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Author Topic: Attackers create elaborate crypto trading scheme to install malware  (Read 3,809 times)

wraith808

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From Bleeping Computer:

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Attackers have created an elaborate scheme to distribute a cryptocurrency trading program that installs a backdoor on a victim's Mac or Windows PC.

Security researcher MalwareHunterTeam discovered a scheme where an attacker has created a fake company that is offering a free cryptocurrency trading platform called JMT Trader. When this program is installed, it will also infect a victim with a backdoor Trojan.

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Re: Attackers create elaborate crypto trading scheme to install malware
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2019, 06:43 AM »
Thank you for warning!

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