Da Cap’n@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoHave I Been Pwned adds 284M accounts stolen by infostealer malwarewww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1298arrow-down12 cross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1296arrow-down1external-linkHave I Been Pwned adds 284M accounts stolen by infostealer malwarewww.bleepingcomputer.comDa Cap’n@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square28fedilink cross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksnews@lemmy.world
minus-squareManifish_Destiny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day 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.