Muva nje, inethiwekhi isebenze uhlelo olusha oluyingozi lwe-Vega Stealer, oluba lonke ulwazi lomuntu siqu lwabasebenzisi be-Mozilla Firefox neziphequluli ze-Google Chrome.
Njengoba kusungulwe ochwepheshe ngokuphepha kwe-cybersecurity, isofthiwe enonya ithola ukufinyelela kuwo wonke idatha yomuntu siqu wabasebenzisi: ama-akhawunti enethiwekhi yomphakathi, ikheli le-IP kanye nedatha yokukhokha. Leli gciwane liyingozi kakhulu ezinhlanganweni zezentengiselwano, ezifana nezitolo ze-inthanethi namawebhusayithi ezinhlangano ezihlukahlukene, kubandakanya amabhange.
Igciwane lisakazeka nge-e-mail futhi lingathola noma iyiphi idatha mayelana nabasebenzisi.
I-Vega Stealer virus isakazwa nge-imeyili. Umsebenzisi uthola i-imeyili enefayili enamathiselwe kwifomethi emfushane.doc, futhi ikhompyutha yakhe ivuliwe igciwane. Uhlelo oluhlelekile lungathatha ngisho nama-skrini amafasitela avulekile kusiphequluli futhi wamukele lonke ulwazi lomsebenzisi kusuka lapho.
Ochwepheshe bezokuvikeleka kwenethiwekhi banxusa bonke abasebenzisi be-Mozilla Firefox ne-Google Chrome ukuba baqaphe futhi bangavuli ama-imeyili kusuka kubathumeli abangaziwa. Kukhona ingozi yokuthi igciwane le-Vega Stealer lisithinteki kuphela ngamasayithi okuhweba, kodwa futhi nabasebenzisi abavamile, njengoba lolu hlelo ludluliselwa kalula phezu kwenethiwekhi kusuka komunye umsebenzisi ukuya kwenye.