New VOLTA infostealer uses commercial AI models to profile and rank stolen victim data
MALWAREredteam/daily · 2 sources
- Severity
- High
- Sources
- 2
What happened
A newly found Windows malware program called VOLTA steals passwords, login sessions and cryptocurrency data from infected computers. It then asks commercial AI chatbots to work out who each victim is and which stolen data is most valuable.
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What to do
- Enable multi-factor authentication on email, messaging and cryptocurrency accounts to limit the damage from stolen credentials.
- Clear saved browser passwords and sign out of sessions on any device suspected of infection.
- Monitor endpoints for unexpected access to browser credential stores and for unusual outbound connections.
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