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“This matches the new behavior we have seen.

Added a new method of collecting Chrome cookies, Lummas developers allegedly told its customers recently.

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Exfiltrating information from browsers is a key feature for most prominent infostealers out there.

Many people save things like passwords, or payment data, inside their browsers for convenience and quick access.

Many also use cryptocurrency wallet add-ons for their browsers, as well.

By stealing cookies, crooks are even able to log into services protected by multi-factor authentication (MFA).

All of this makes browsers one of the most important targets during data theft.

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