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HACKERS ARE USING GOOGLE.COM TO DELIVER MALWARE BY BYPASSING ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE

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Researchers from c/side are reporting on a new attack vector that abuses Google OAuth links to bypass detection. The attack begins in a compromised Magento e-commerce portal, which includes an OAuth logout with a callback parameter containing an obfuscated JavaScript payload. The code will only activate under certain conditions, such as if the URL includes the word “checkout.”