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Hackers Weaponize KeePass Password Manager

8 points| mosiuerbarso | 9 months ago |gbhackers.com

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fwn|9 months ago

> The attack ... involved modifying and re-signing KeePass installers with trusted certificates to deliver a custom malware loader ... The infection chain began with malvertising campaigns on popular search engines ... directing users to fraudulent download pages ...

I have my own issues with KeePass, but, to be fair, this was not a KeePass problem. It was a trust problem, starting with search ads and ending in tricking users to install a fake app.

If anything, threat actors "weaponized" irresponsible advertising.

okanat|9 months ago

Misleading oversensationalised title.