Be careful when updating your browser. Google Chrome Warning!
A fake Google Chrome update hit the Internet this Summer. Hackers tried to gain control over systems using an old technique. The fake update installs the banking Trojan Zeus and remote-control software. This allows hackers access to your PC, online banking and anything else that takes their fancy. TechRader take a look at the Google Chrome warning!
Whilst peoples focus is on pandemic issues, hackers are taking advantage of their lack of attention to maximise their returns. Maybe their furlough payments are coming to an end 🙂 .
Using several different methods of attack, hackers are highly sophisticated. The initial attack examines your geographical location, computer and other factors. They then decide whether you are their victim of choice. It then tailors the next phase to any perceived weakness you may have.
Users are fooled into thinking to run the Google Chrome update. In reality they are installing a Trojan and remote-control system by the Google Chrome warning scam.
Google Chrome users are being warned against a convincing and dangerous new online scam. The fake “Google Chrome update” scam gives hackers total control over your device.
Hackers come up with a fake Google Chrome update
Google Chrome is undoubtedly amongst the leading browser software worldwide. Billions of people use Google Chrome making this an easy target for this sort of attack. Security conscious users know that updating apps is important to keep the bad guys at bay. Taking advantage of this, the scam uses a fake Google Chrome update page, to hook its victims.
If you click on the “Update Chrome” button, the dodgy website will download a hacked file. This then installs malware on your computer. The cyber-experts at ProofPoint, identified that one of the programmes used in this this attack is the banking Trojans Zeus. This program is designed to liberate money from the users’ accounts.
It gets worse
ProofPoint also noted similar attacks for Internet Explorer. Probably at the time of writing any other browsers you care to name. Remember, that also included in the attack is full commercial remote-control software. This opens your PC to full remote access from anywhere in the world. This will include access to online accounts, social media and good old-fashioned email.
Proofpoint’s Sherrod Degrippo in a statement explained that this technique is not new. However, it is still effective because it exploits the intended recipient’s desire to practise good security hygiene. He further mentioned that “keeping software updated is a common piece of security advice. As a result of this, hackers use that to their advantage”. Businesses have been targeted worldwide, including ProofPoint.
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