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This as well as a reference to a suspicious JavaScript file in its source code led theRapid7 team to suspect that it had been compromised, Iwamaye said. Upon further analysis, researchers found that birchlerarroyocom presented a browser notification requesting permission to show notifications to the user. “Specifically, the user granted permission to the site hosted at birchlerarroyocom to send notifications to the user.”

“In the first investigation, the user’s Chrome profile revealed that the site permission settings for a suspicious domain, birchlerarroyocom, were altered just prior to the redirects,” he wrote. Investigations into infected users’ Chrome browser history file showed redirects to a number of suspicious domains and other unusual redirect chains before initial infection, Iwamaye wrote. Additional malicious behavior includes preventing the browser from updating and creating system conditions ripe for arbitrary command execution, Iwamaye wrote:Īttackers are using a compromised website specially crafted to exploit a version of the Chrome browser (running on Windows 10) to deliver the malicious payload, researchers found. The ultimate goal of the attackers is using the info-stealer malware to nab data such as browser credentials and cryptocurrency. Attack Target: Credentials & Cryptocurrency

Inquiries as to what the researcher is identifying as a “browser ad service” have not been returned as of this writing. Iwamaye wrote in a blog post published Thursday, the attack chain is initiated when a Chrome browser user visits a malicious website and a “browser ad service” prompts the user to take an action.

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Researchers from Rapid7 recently identified the campaign and warn the goal of the attackers is to extricate sensitive data and steal cryptocurrency from the targeted infected PC.Īndrew Iwamaye, Rapid7 research analyst, said that the malware maintains persistence on PC “by abusing a Windows environment variable and a native scheduled task to ensure it persistently executes with elevated privileges.”

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Crooks behind a newly identified malware campaign are targeting Windows 10 with malware that can infect systems via a technique that cleverly bypasses Windows cybersecurity protections called User Account Control (UAC).