Yontoo Adware Targets Chrome Users
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 05/11/2016 06:25 AM
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Yontoo, initially discovered in 2013, has shifted its focus and is seeking to infect Chrome browser users. Yontoo, a potentially unwanted program, which alters Chrome users' browsers settings, previously targeted Firefox users.
Mozilla said it was changing how browser extensions would be implemented in Firefox after researchers discovered vulnerabilities in popular, non-malicious Firefox extensions that allowed attackers to bypass security checks and gain elevated privilege to user information.
Yontoo's change to Chrome appears to be a reaction to be a reaction to Firefox's decision to disable browser extensions.
Malwarebytes security blogger Pieter Arntz said: "Firefox started disabling their browser Extensions as they could not be verified. So maybe we can chalk this one down as a victory for those guidelines. Why they apparently have stopped targeting Internet Explorer is a mystery to us at this point in time. Maybe they are planning a similar move to target Edge with newer variants.”
Source: SCMagzine
Mozilla said it was changing how browser extensions would be implemented in Firefox after researchers discovered vulnerabilities in popular, non-malicious Firefox extensions that allowed attackers to bypass security checks and gain elevated privilege to user information.Yontoo's change to Chrome appears to be a reaction to be a reaction to Firefox's decision to disable browser extensions.
Malwarebytes security blogger Pieter Arntz said: "Firefox started disabling their browser Extensions as they could not be verified. So maybe we can chalk this one down as a victory for those guidelines. Why they apparently have stopped targeting Internet Explorer is a mystery to us at this point in time. Maybe they are planning a similar move to target Edge with newer variants.”
Source: SCMagzine
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