Umtshali wezimali ongaziwa onegama lomsebenzisi elithi "Sell When Over" ku-X ubike ukulahlekelwa kuka-$800,000 ngenxa yezandiso ezimbili zesiphequluli se-Google Chrome okusolwa ukuthi ziyingozi.

Umtshali-zimali uqale waphakamisa i-alamu ngokuthunyelwe ku-X, eveza ukuthi bathole ukulahlekelwa kwe-$ 500,000 kusuka kuzicelo eziningi zesikhwama.

Ukuhlasela Kwesandiso se-Chrome Kuholela Ekulahlekeni kuka-$800k

"Cabanga ukuthi ngihlaselwe isandiso, ngezandiso ezimbili ezisolisayo ezivele kusiphequluli sami se-Chrome," badalule. Uphenyo olwengeziwe olwenziwa yisisulu luveze ubungako bokuyekethisa, okulinganiselwa ku-$800,000. Basola ukuthi kukhona ukuyekethisa kusiphequluli sabo se-Google Chrome, okungenzeka kubandakanye i-keylogger eqondise izandiso ezithile ze-crypto wallet.

Isamba sokuyekelela sibonakala singaba ngu-$800k. Ngiyasola ukuthi lokhu kube ukuyekethisa ku-Google Chrome equkethe okungenzeka ukuthi i-keylogger iqondise kuzinhlelo zokusebenza ezithile ze-wallet (kungaba ngenxa yokuba sengozini kwe-Chrome ngenxa yokuthi ngibambezela izibuyekezo ezivamile noma ukuthola uhlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha olungazange lutholwe... pic.twitter.com/yMJfHAFzQo

- Thengisa Lapho Sekuphelile | 9000.sei (@sell9000) April 8, 2024

Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, umhwebi wahlehlisa kaningi isibuyekezo se-Google Chrome. Kodwa-ke, isibuyekezo se-Windows esiyisibopho ekugcineni siphoqelele ukuqaliswa kabusha kwesistimu. Lapho bephinda bethula i-Chrome, baqaphele ukuthi wonke amathebhu abo anyamalele futhi ukungena kwesandiso kwase kusethwe kabusha.

Ngemva kwalesi sigameko, isisulu saphoqeleka ukuthi siphinde sifake zonke izicucu zaso ku-Chrome futhi singenise kabusha imishwana yembewu yezikhwama zemali ye-cryptocur lwemali zisuka kudivayisi evikelekile ehlukile.

Umsebenzisi usola ukuthi i-keylogger ifake engcupheni ulwazi lwabo olubucayi, okuholele ekutheni imali ikhishwe ngemuva kwalokho. Umsebenzisi futhi akazange abone noma yikuphi ukuziphatha okungavamile esipheqululini sakhe ngemva kokuqalisa kabusha, nesithwebuli segciwane sakhe esibonisa ukuthi azikho izinkinga futhi azikho ezinye izandiso ezisolisayo.

Izandiso ze-Chrome Zikhonjwe Njengama-Keylogger

Ngemva kophenyo lokuqala, bahlonze izandiso ezimbili ezisolisayo – “Vumelanisa i-beta yokuhlola” kanye “Negeyimu Elula” kanye nesilungiselelo sokuhumusha esizenzakalelayo sesi-Korean esinikwe amandla ku-Chrome.

Umsebenzisi uhlale engaqiniseki ukuthi isiphequluli sakhe se-Chrome sifakwe ebucayini kanjani kodwa waqinisekisa ukuthi isandiso sokuthi “Vumelanisa ukuhlola i-BETA” bekuyi-keylogger. Ngaleso sikhathi, "Umdlalo Olula" ubonakale uqapha imisebenzi yethebhu futhi uxhumane nombhalo we-PHP wesayithi langaphandle.

"Leli iphutha elibiza u-$800k - isifundo siwukuthi uma kukhona okungahambi kahle kangangokuthi kukutshela ukuthi ufake imbewu, bese usula yonke i-PC kuqala," kuxwayisa umhwebi.

Nabo wachaza ukuthi ukuqapha kwabo bekuphansi ngoba isibuyekezo sihambisane nesibuyekezo esikhulu se-Chrome, esihlanganisa izinguquko kunqubo yokukhetha umsebenzisi kanye nesixhumi esibonakalayo sokungena ngemvume ne-Google. Lokhu kubenze bacabanga ukuthi ukusethwa kabusha kwezandiso nokulahleka kwamathebhu kungenxa yalesi sibuyekezo esibalulekile.

Njengesibuyekezo sakamuva, abahlaseli kubikwa ukuthi badlulisele izimali ekushintshanisweni okubili: I-MEXC, etholakala eSingapore, ne-Gate.io, ekomkhulu e-Cayman Islands.