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Telegram Founder: Crypto Mining Malware Attack Isn’t Due to App Flaw

  • February 13, 2018
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Telegram Founder: Crypto Mining Malware Attack Isn’t Due to App Flaw

Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab reported today that a vulnerability in Telegram’s messaging app had been exploited to turn desktop computers into unwitting crypto-miners – a claim that the firm’s founder is pushing back against.
 
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    • February 13, 2018
    Pavel Durov told 
     
    Well, this is not a real vulnerability on Telegram Desktop, no one can remotely take control of your computer or Telegram unless you open a malicius file.  This kind of vulnerability is based on social engineering . In fact, it was a .js file hidden on a a .png file, this happened thanks to RTL characters Windows users must click on the Run dialog in order to install the malware.  So don't worry, unless you opened a malicius file, you have always been safe.
     
     
     
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