Security News > 2024 > August > Sneaky SnakeKeylogger slithers into Windows inboxes to steal sensitive secrets

Criminals are preying on Windows users yet again, this time in an effort to hit them with a keylogger that can also steal credentials and take screenshots.

In an alert this month, Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs warned of an uptick in SnakeKeylogger infections.

By zero-day detection, Fortinet means in this context software that was acting suspiciously though was not yet in its database of known software nasties, indicating the SnakeKeylogger encountered by its antivirus was a new strain, as far as Fortinet was concerned.

A signature to detect the malware was added to FortiGuard's detection engine on July 31, in version 92.06230.

While the Fortinet alert doesn't specify how the criminals are breaking into machines to deploy SnakeKeylogger, this stealer is usually spread via phishing campaigns.

"The malware embedded in the document is typically a downloader," the security shop explained.

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