What’s the Threat to Edge and Chrome Users?ĭiscovered by cybersecurity researchers from Malwarebytes, the ransomware is inserted onto victims’ computers after a process facilitated by the Magnitude exploit kit.Įxploit kits are tools used by cybercriminals and are packed with exploits that target software a lot of people use, like Javascript or Adobe. The news further reinforces the importance of having antivirus software installed on your devices just in case you click a shady pop-up advertisement. The fake updates, pushed out by scammers using Magnitude exploit kits, mark a shift away from older kits that would typically take advantage of now sparsely-used or deprecated programs like Internet Explorer and Flash.
Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge users have been cautioned to watch out for fake updates that are in fact ransomware.
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