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Fireball – Chinese malware that has infected over 250M computers worldwide
- based2 9y agoref https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Check-Point-Bericht-Gefaehrliche-Backdoor-in-jedem-zehnten-deutschen-Unternehmensnetz-3732893.html https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Check-Point-Bericht-...
- campuscodi 9y agoIf the 250 million stat looks impressive, it's not. There is no malware named Fireball, so don't go checking for IOCs and reports. This is just the name Check Point has taken upon itself to giving to a collective of adware families created by the Chinese company named in the report. You'll find that Fireball consists of adware variants like Youdoo, Trotux, Startpageing123, Luckysearch123, Hohosearch, Yessearches, and others.
- mcraiha 9y ago"The fake search engines include tracking pixels used to collect the users’ private information" AFAIK tracking pixels can only collect info from HTTP headers. So is that line FUD or am I missing something?
- jacquesm 9y agoThat depends on what's served. If the first part that is served is a chunk of javascript you can lift anything you want out the js environment and send that back when you fetch part II.
- DamonHD 9y agoLost me at "Try to imagine a pesticide armed with a nuclear bomb." Try to imagine avoiding hyperbole and scaremongering... All round a fairly sloppy piece, sadly.