Over 55,500 password stealers detected in the Philippines, says cybersecurity firm
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Kaspersky defined
password stealers as “a type of malware that steals account information.”
“In essence, it is similar to a banking Trojan, but instead of intercepting or substituting entered data, it usually steals information already stored on the computer: usernames and passwords saved in the browser, cookies, and other files that happen to be on the hard drive of the infected device,” it said.
In its new research released on May 24, the firm recorded a total of 55,597 password stealers in the Philippines during the first three months of the year, which was a 25% increase from the same period in 2020.