Linux users have long been able to claim that their platform of choice is about as safe as an OS can get, but that sentiment is getting a little harder to side with thanks to the recent discovery of the ‘Hand of Thief’ trojan – it’s a bad one, so listen up.
Hand of Thief’s goal is to lead you to financial ruin by stealing sensitive information that you input into forms on supported Web browsers (Firefox and Chrome lead the pack here), such as those that you will use on banking websites. Hand of Thief’s developers aren’t going to be the ones milking your bank account dry, however. Instead, they’re going to be selling licenses of the trojan to those who will. Current pricing is $2,000 with free updates, but that’s soon to go up to $3,000. That sounds like a high price, until you realize that it could pay for itself instantly if someone with a packed bank account is targeted.
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