Vidar Malware Bypasses Chrome Encryption Using CryptUnprotectMemory
Sat Jun 20 2026
Cryptography
Malware
Vulnerability
cyberpress.org
A sophisticated new technique employed by the Vidar infostealer to bypass Google Chrome’s Application-Bound Encryption (ABE), a security mechanism introduced in 2024 to protect cookies and credentials stored by the browser. Documented by Gen Threat Labs, the latest Vidar versions now drop weekly updates, using a combination of process forking, memory pattern scanning, and APC […]
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