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ClickFix moves into the browser: Cryptocurrency theft with Google-hosted C2

Cisco Talos · · International · Surveillance & Civil Liberties

Cisco Talos is tracking a cryptocurrency-stealing campaign that abuses the Google Visualization API for command and control (C2), retrieving obfuscated JavaScript from a publicly published Google Sheets document and injecting it into the victim's browser session.

Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity

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