Security News > 2023 > August > Over 100K hacking forums accounts exposed by info-stealing malware
Researchers discovered 120,000 infected systems that contained credentials for cybercrime forums.
Analyzing the data, threat researchers found that the passwords used for logging into hacking forums were generally stronger than those for government websites.
After pouring through 100 cybercrime forums, researchers at threat intelligence company Hudson Rock found that some hackers had inadvertently infected their computers and had their logins stolen.
Hudson Rock says that 100,000 of the compromised computers belonged to hackers and the number of credentials for cybercrime forums was in excess of 140,000.
Info-stealers are a type of malware that search specific locations on the computer for login information.
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