The Pale Moon browser application development team he said on July 10, 2019 that the archive server που χρησιμοποιούν, παραβιάστηκε από hackers and was used to distribute malware.
The team detected the breach on July 9, 2019 and immediately shut down the archive server to prevent further infections from malware. Μια ανάλυση του θέματος αποκάλυψε ότι η contamination πιθανότατα συνέβη στις 27 Δεκεμβρίου 2017.
The archive server is used to serve older versions of Pale Moon, and so according to the announcement the main ones channela browser distribution was not affected by the breach, only the archived versions.
Moreover, the hacker κατάφερε να μολύνει μόνο τα εκτελέσιμα αρχεία του προγράμματος περιήγησης και όχι δεδομένα που υπήρχαν μέσα σε άλλους φακέλους. Για παράδειγμα άλλα προγράμματα που φιλοξενούνται στο διακομιστή μέσα σε άλλα dirs, όπως το program Basilisk browser, were not affected.
According to the publication, the issue affected all archived executables of Pale Moon before and until version 27.6.2.
The team's investigation began with an incident on May 26, 2019 that caused "widespread wear and tear data” on the archive server to the point where it could no longer boot or transfer data.
The hacker or hackers managed to pass a malicious script to the server to distribute malware to its visitors σελίδαof the browser. The infection increased the size of executable files by approximately three Megabytes after adding Win32/ClipBanker.DY inside the exe.
If someone was running the installation exe, you inadvertently add a trojan / backdoor to your system that could allow further infections.
According to the announcement, those who have never downloaded Pale Moon from the archive (archive.palemoon.org) are "almost certainly safe."
However, if you are using the application, it would be good to remove it immediately and then scan your computer with a reliable antivirus.
Η υπογραφή της μόλυνσης είναι “γνωστή σε όλες τις μεγάλες εταιρείες antivirus” σύμφωνα με την ανακοίνωση, που αναφέρει. προγράμματα όπως το Avira Antivirus, το Avast Free Antivirus, το BitDefender Free ή το Kaspersky Free Antivirus.
Archived versions of Pale Moon are now accessible in its archive archive.palemoon.org, and the dates show that they were created on July 10, 2019.
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