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Hackers are getting more impish by the day. Security researchers have discovered a new hacking vector for Chrome that prompts users to download a ‘missing font’ and then tricks them into installing malware on their systems. The infection was first spotted by Mahmoud Al-Qudsi from cybersecurity firm NeoSmart Technologies, which has since detailed the attack in a blog post. The researcher initially noticed the trap while browsing an unnamed WordPress website that was allegedly already compromised. Unlike other worn-out attacks, this one was particularly well-disguised. The hackers fundamentally use JavaScript to tamper with the text rendering, causing it to resemble mis-encoded text…

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