Most Popular Malware and Why It Hacks You

[lussor]

I hate infostealers, i miss ransomware era

[joedavids]

Hiya just a tip on your thumbnails.. I find your videos so interesting and informative I thought I'd take the time out to give you a suggestion.. that red line at the top, often makes me think I've already watched your video. It's not just you that does it but if I wasn't paying attention I'd scroll right past you thinking that I've already seen it. Just a thought from a good intentioned subscriber

[dogethegamershibe]

I had no idea the malware scene had changed so much since then. Last time I checked in, ransomware and spyware was all the rage. Now it’s infostealers. Makes me paranoid that I might’ve gotten infected by one and I just haven’t noticed.

Thanks for putting this out there man.

[SFOSam]

I never store payment credentials on any app or website for this exact reason. I also make a point never to click on sponsored links or open any email unless I know EXACTLY what it is. I know these things don’t offer completely failsafe protection, but they will at least make it harder for the bad guys to hit you where it hurts.

[BOOSTEDDUDE]

That's crazy that WannaCry is No 2 on that list you had all these years later.

[malwaretestingfan]

Ransomware is less predominant: STOP is notably absent, so is Dharma and more traditional infostealers (e.g. Azorult, Emotet, Tiny Banker, Nanocore, Dridex), and now I'm noticing that BloomingComputer has even ceased to publish it's A Week In Ransomware series since May of this year. I notice also that the backdoors are mostly long established MaaS/RAT, which was not as pronounced even since 2021 (when most infostealers were at least new), and the return of the IoT theme. Did another extinction event happen in malware?

[MathiasYmagnus]

TBF if they are selling your information that doesn't mean they 'hacked' it from you. IMO* and would be willing to put money on it that there are a lot of 'bad actors' out there doing this. They don't need to hack if you've already given them access.

[sirlukas]

Informative video as always. Crazy how times have changed so much in just the last decade

[shigi_nagisa]

1:21 why is wannacry on 2nd? I thought it was pretty much outdated

[MRF]

How tf people still infected by WannaCry?

[captaincloudy]

I tried to download a virus like software, and brave was like "No" I wanted to do this for educational purposes, but I had to use Edge instead. Anyways, I couldn't run the software in VBox as it was a bootable software.

[kshil]

When you say (2:50) that they disappear, does that mean if you've run a Lumma stealer once, that it is no longer on your device? I had one 2 weeks ago, got most of my accounts hacked and stolen, regained access to some, and then they didn't strike again. Does it mean I'm safe as long as I don't run the .exe again?

[LuggageStardate]

I thought windows was the most common malware.

[erikhansson]

About creditcard in sweden we can close internet payments and international payments for the card. Only works physical in the store. Even if it was on u need to verify with your phone before purchase it calls bank id here.


Just dont click on links and download shit😅

Be safe!

[TheSkunkyMonk]

I miss the old days it was either for espionage or more likely just bragging rights :( worlds become so money focused :(

[D.von.N]

I guess protecting personal data is not really possible these days, due to countlessm eaks of any databases out there, but keeping ownership of particular accounts is still important.

[tomato.mp]

I'm so scared of info stealers since they have no instant symptoms and if the hackers get into important accounts like emails they can take over basically all your accounts plus make recovery a pain I'd guess a 3 month process and a million headaches if your lucky. Also you don't even need to run the info stealer as administrator for it to get everything. Also usually undetected by anti virus

[gregory-jq]

Great analysis, thank you! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?

[GTSongwriter]

Should you use windows sandbox to use Microsoft edge to broswe the internet?

[louis-philippesavard]

Any way to find out if there is one of those on a mac ?