Malware that hijacks social media is spreading via Microsoft Store games
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3 min readFeb 26, 2022
More than 5,000 Windows workstations in Sweden, Bulgaria, Russia, Bermuda, and Spain have been infected by a new malware capable of manipulating social media accounts that were spread via Microsoft’s official app store in the shape of Trojanized gaming programs. The malware was called “Electron Bot” by Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point, after a…
