After running a “free game activator”, a user finds that attackers have logged into several of their online accounts without needing passwords or MFA codes. Which kind of malware most likely caused this?
Après avoir lancé un « activateur de jeu gratuit », un utilisateur constate que des attaquants se sont connectés à plusieurs de ses comptes en ligne sans avoir besoin de mots de passe ni de codes d'authentification multifacteur. Quel type de logiciel malveillant en est très probablement la cause ?
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AAdware that showed extra advertsUn logiciel publicitaire qui affichait des annonces
BA logic bomb waiting for a dateUne bombe logique attendant une date
CA worm that spread on to the other computers on the networkUn ver qui s'est propagé aux autres ordinateurs du réseau
DAn infostealer that took saved logins and cookiesUn voleur d'informations qui a pris les identifiants et les cookies enregistrés
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