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Hackers exploit Microsoft MSHTML bug to steal Google, Instagram creds

A newly discovered Iranian threat actor is stealing Google and Instagram credentials belonging to Farsi-speaking targets worldwide using a new PowerShortShell stealer. The info stealer is also used for Telegram surveillance and collecting system information from compromised devices that get sent to attacker-controlled servers together with the stolen credentials. The attacks started in July as spear-phishing emails with malicious Winword attachments that exploit a Microsoft MS HTML remote code execution bug tracked as CVE-2021-40444. Almost half of the victims are located in the United States.”]

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-microsoft-mshtml-bug-to-steal-google-instagram-creds/

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