In appearance of the YouTubers getting phishing emails for VPNs and free editing apps that ask them to download the link which later once the YouTuber inadvertently downloads the malicious software, it grabs specific cookies from their browser. These “session cookies” confirm that the user has successfully logged into their account. Then the account belongs no more to the owner but to the hacker who created the virus.

Feds prosecutors said that Boris Shadari 46, of Swampscott, fraudulently posed as a tax professional and falsely inflated the federal income tax refunds of his clients in order to enrich himself. He pleaded guilty in Boston federal court to a range of charges including conspiracy to defraud the U.S., filing a false tax return, aggravated identity theft and witness tampering.

A first-of-its-kind malware targeting Amazon Web Services' (AWS) Lambda server less computing platform has been discovered in the wild. It can be in links, cookies, folders, messages, emails, which corrupts the computer that make it unusable