“This time, the malware targeted Windows 10 and Windows 11 users. Fraudsters, who have coded the link so that it is opened specifically in the Internet Explorer browser, infect the computer with virus programs that can steal login data, cookies and security codes,” warns the expert.
Suspecting fraud is difficult
A recent report by cybersecurity software company Trend Micro suggests that cyberattacks use tricks to activate the Internet Explorer browser.
Although Internet Explorer is officially discontinued in Windows 10 and Windows 11, Microsoft has not yet removed the browser from the system. Remnants of Internet Explorer continue to remain in the modern system.
Cyber attacks send a malicious link that opens in deprecated Internet Explorer instead of Edge or Chrome browsers. Users may not even realize they’ve clicked on an infected link because it can look like a PDF file in the cloud.
Trend Micro classifies this threat as an advanced persistent threat group. advanced persistent threat), which targets users in the US, Asia, and Europe. The security report says that in this attack, hackers aimed to install the Atlantida virus on victims’ computers.
Don’t delay updating your computer
According to the expert, such a cyber threat can be avoided by simply updating the computer that supports the Windows operating system.
“Practice shows that software updates are the best prevention against malicious hackers, as the manufacturer has deregistered the MHTML protocol driver to make this type of attack impossible,” says D. Drakick.
2024-08-22 00:26:32