Another Fucking Malware Campaign. You’re Welcome.

Right, listen up, you lot. Some clowns are pushing a piece of crap infostealer called “TamperedChef” – original name, right? – disguised as a legit PDF editor download. It’s not legit. Shocking, I know.

They’re slinging this garbage through dodgy search results and probably spam emails (because *of course* they are). Once you run it, it tries to steal your browser cookies, saved passwords, credit card info, crypto wallet data… the whole shebang. Basically anything that makes your life remotely functional.

It uses a bunch of techniques to avoid detection – like packing and obfuscation – because these script kiddies think they’re so clever. It also checks if it’s running in a sandbox before unleashing its payload, which is… mildly irritating, I guess. They even try to kill processes related to security software. Real subtle.

The worst part? It targets a *lot* of browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera… basically anything that isn’t Internet Explorer because even malware has standards. And it’s been active for at least a couple of months now, so who knows how many poor sods have already gotten screwed.

Bottom line: Don’t download random PDF editors from the internet. Use your brain. Or don’t. I honestly don’t care either way.

Read the full, painfully detailed report here

And another thing…

Reminds me of this time a user downloaded “Free Ringtonez 2007” and then complained their computer was slow. Slow? *Slow?!* It had a rootkit that was mining Bitcoin using 100% CPU. I told him, politely (for me), to reinstall everything. He asked if he could just uninstall the ringtones. Some people are beyond help.

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