{"id":35298,"date":"2021-01-25T14:14:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T12:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=35298"},"modified":"2025-08-29T00:40:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:40:40","slug":"hackers-escalate-attempts-to-steal-telegram-channels-using-a-trojan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/hackers-escalate-attempts-to-steal-telegram-channels-using-a-trojan\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers escalate attempts to steal Telegram channels using a Trojan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Telegram channel owners have increasingly been receiving messages from criminals containing malware that can hijack their accounts.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As reported by \u00ab\u042a\u00bb, such messages are circulated under the guise of advertising placement offers. They contain attachments with a Trojan. If the victim opens the file, the malware will steal credentials stored on the computer and grant covert remote control of the Telegram channel, Group-IB explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experts noted that the uptick in malicious activity on Telegram may be linked to the rising number of users of the messenger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Telegram&#8217;s active user base has topped 500 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The influx of users may be linked to discontent with WhatsApp&#8217;s changes to its privacy policy, as well as migration of supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump to the platform.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"uKT7yBFVIq\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/whatsapp-troubles-150-million-for-ryuk-operators-and-other-cybersecurity-news\">WhatsApp problems, $150 million for Ryuk operators and other events in the cybersecurity world<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201c\u041f\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043b\u0435\u043c\u044b WhatsApp, $150 \u043c\u043b\u043d \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0432 Ryuk \u0438 \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0433\u0438\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u044b\u0442\u0438\u044f \u043c\u0438\u0440\u0430 \u043a\u0438\u0431\u0435\u0440\u0431\u0435\u0437\u043e\u043f\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438\u201d \u2014 ForkLog\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/news\/problemy-whatsapp-150-mln-dlya-operatorov-ryuk-i-drugie-sobytiya-mira-kiberbezopasnosti\/embed#?secret=JG7oWlHQ4b#?secret=uKT7yBFVIq\" data-secret=\"uKT7yBFVIq\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sign up for ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telegram channel owners have increasingly been receiving messages from criminals containing malware that can hijack their accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1154,1111,723],"class_list":["post-35298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crimes","tag-cybersecurity","tag-telegram"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"36","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35300,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35298\/revisions\/35300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}