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Sextortion with a twist: Spyware takes webcam pics of users watching porn | Spyware monitors the infected user's browser for NSFW content before activating itself.
Spyware monitors the infected user’s browser for NSFW content before activating itself.
The malware, like all infostealers, is designed to infect a target's computer and automatically send a hacker a wide variety of stolen sensitive data, including banking information, usernames and passwords, and keys to victims' crypto wallets. In the hacking campaigns Proofpoint analyzed, cybercriminals attempted to trick users into downloading and installing Stealerium as an attachment or a web link, luring victims with typical bait like a fake payment or invoice. The pivot to targeting individual users with automated sextortion features may be part of a larger trend of some cybercriminals—particularly lower-tier groups—turning away from high-visibility, large-scale ransomware campaigns and botnets that tend to attract the attention of law enforcement, says Proofpoint's Larson.
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