<ul><li>The Qilin ransomware variant has been spotted successfully exfiltrating sensitive data stored in the Google Chrome browser.</li><li>Researchers from Sophos revealed how a criminal group used previously compromised credentials to access the IT infrastructure of an unnamed organization.</li><li>The ransomware operation, Qilin, steals credentials stored in Google Chrome browsers on network endpoints connected to the initially compromised machine.</li><li>Organizations are advised to rely on password managers and enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) to minimize the risk of falling victim to such attacks.</li></ul>

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