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Malware campaign uses clever ‘captcha’ to bypass browser warning

MalwareHunterTeam shared a suspicious URL with BleepingComputer that downloads a file when attempting to watch an embedded YouTube video about a New Jersey women’s prison. When you click on the play button, the browser will download a file named console-play.exe [VirusTotal], and the site will display a fake reCaptcha image on the screen. Google Chrome automatically warns that the file may be malicious and prompts users to ‘Keep’ or ‘Discard’ the file. Pressing the B, S, Tab, A, F, and the Enter buttons on the keyboard will act as a click, causing the browser to download and save the file to the computer.”]

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-campaign-uses-clever-captcha-to-bypass-browser-warning/

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