Da Cap’n@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoHave I Been Pwned adds 284M accounts stolen by infostealer malwarewww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down10
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minus-squareManifish_Destiny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 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.