Da Cap’n@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoHave I Been Pwned adds 284M accounts stolen by infostealer malwarewww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10 cross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksdatabreaches@lemmy.zip
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkHave I Been Pwned adds 284M accounts stolen by infostealer malwarewww.bleepingcomputer.comDa Cap’n@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square9fedilink cross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksdatabreaches@lemmy.zip
minus-squareManifish_Destiny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days 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.