New Toolkit Pushes Malware via Fake Program Update Alerts in 30 Languages

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A new social engineering toolkit called Domen has been discovered that uses fake browser and program update alerts on compromised sites to infect users with malware and remote access software.
Attackers using fake browser and flash player update alerts to spread malware is nothing new [1, 2, 3], but this new toolkit discovered by Malwarebytes researcher Jérôme Segura has a high level of sophistication and customization that allows it to adapt to different clients, browsers, and visitors.
 

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