- Jan 24, 2011
- 9,378
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Hello everyone,
After abusing the push notifications system in Chrome and other browsers, cybercriminals are now using a new type of attack that uses the legitimate Chrome Progressive Web Apps feature to hijack the browser. To do this, they have created malicious domains that trick the victims into installing a malicious web app.
The victims are redirected via malicious advertisements or adware to sites created to trick them into thinking that their browser needs an update and to do this they should click the "Install app" button. Needless to say that this is just a scam. Here is how the pop-up looks:
If you install this malicious app on your phone or desktop, its icon will look like the Chrome browser app. This is done intentionally so that the victims will click on the app and think it's the regular Chrome browser. The "Target" field has been changed to redirect the users to the malicious app.
When you start this app, your homepage will be set to a malicious site that uses the Google Custom Search. This is done to generate revenue for the cybercriminals for each search the victims perform. As seen in the below image, the malicious app is labeled as "Chrome" and less techy users might be tricked into thinking that this is the real Chrome browser.
To uninstall this type of malicious app, on Windows need to click the 3 vertical dots and select "Uninstall Chrome", while on Android victims will need to identify the malicious app then uninstall it as a regular app.
As always be careful when installing apps or programs on your computer or phone, with this new type of attack it's good to install apps only from sites that you know and trust.
Sites that promote malicious apps:
After abusing the push notifications system in Chrome and other browsers, cybercriminals are now using a new type of attack that uses the legitimate Chrome Progressive Web Apps feature to hijack the browser. To do this, they have created malicious domains that trick the victims into installing a malicious web app.
The victims are redirected via malicious advertisements or adware to sites created to trick them into thinking that their browser needs an update and to do this they should click the "Install app" button. Needless to say that this is just a scam. Here is how the pop-up looks:
If you install this malicious app on your phone or desktop, its icon will look like the Chrome browser app. This is done intentionally so that the victims will click on the app and think it's the regular Chrome browser. The "Target" field has been changed to redirect the users to the malicious app.
When you start this app, your homepage will be set to a malicious site that uses the Google Custom Search. This is done to generate revenue for the cybercriminals for each search the victims perform. As seen in the below image, the malicious app is labeled as "Chrome" and less techy users might be tricked into thinking that this is the real Chrome browser.
To uninstall this type of malicious app, on Windows need to click the 3 vertical dots and select "Uninstall Chrome", while on Android victims will need to identify the malicious app then uninstall it as a regular app.
As always be careful when installing apps or programs on your computer or phone, with this new type of attack it's good to install apps only from sites that you know and trust.
Sites that promote malicious apps:
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