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VirusTotal Hacking: Finding Stolen Credentials Hosted on VirusTotal

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James Patterson
Jan 19, 2022

VirusTotal, the popular online service for analyzing suspicious files, URLs and IP addresses, can be used to collect credentials stolen by malware, researchers at SafeBreach have found.

In fact, with a €600 VirusTotal license, they have managed to collect more than 1,000,000 credentials just by executing simple searches with a few tools.

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James Patterson

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