AmnesiaStealer Hijacks Chromium Sessions to Give Attackers Live Browser Control on macOS
- ID
- 14796
- Status
- new
- Published
- 13 Aug 2026, 9:43 PM
- Fetched
- 17 Aug 2026, 8:47 PM
- Provider
- The Hacker News
- Category
- security
- Original URL
- https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/amnesiastealer-hijacks-chromium.html
- Source URL
- https://feeds.feedburner.com/TheHackersNews
Excerpt
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new macOS-oriented, Rust-based information stealer called AmnesiaStealer that's capable of hijacking Chromium web browsers to steal session data. The multi-stage stealer is spread via a counterfeit GitHub download page titled "Download for macOS" and claims to be from a verified publisher. The page employs a ClickFix-style lure that
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