ChromeLoader, what took you so long? Malvertising irritant now slings ransomware
ChromeLoader – the malware that exploded onto the scene this year by hijacking browsers to redirect users to pages of ads – is apparently evolving into a more significant threat by deploying malicious payloads that go beyond malvertising.
It also comes on the heels of a warning from Microsoft late last week about a click-fraud campaign by a threat group called DEV-0796 and likely using ChromeLoader to infect victims' computers with malware. This multi-stage malware, once running, hijacks the browser and redirects the user to advertising sites, allowing cybercriminals to generate revenue from the ad views and clicks. Crucially, the malware can be customized, allowing extra features to be added – such as credential harvesting from web sessions, and surveillance of a user's online activities – or more stuff to be brought onto the computer, such as ransomware and spyware.
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