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5Nov/080

New Password Thiefs Endanger Firefox Users

Firefox users need to increase vigilance. The malware act as a password thief spy on Firefox users.

Disclosed by researchers at BitDefender, it is identified as malware Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.A. It steals banking passwords on the site. However, this malware is only spy on Firefox user.

Malware is stay on folder in the Firefox add-ons, and will act when Firefox started operation.

As noted from detikinet, trojan uses a JavaScript file to filter user data that is sent to the site of more than 100 banks and money transfers, including Bank of America, Barclays, Lloyds page, Halifax and Wachovia site and PayPal. Stolen passwords and then sent to a server in Russia.

"Users should be aware that without the appropriate security solutions, the system they threatened," said Viorel Canja, head of BitDefender lab.

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