A virus that steals credit cards would affect 90% of Argentines

The Computer Security Company Proofpoint discovered a few days ago a new ransomware (an attack that "hijacks" user data) that could steal information of credit cards recorded in the base of navigators Chrome and Firefox .
He is two navigators of wide use in the world. In Argentina, according to StatsCounter, the users of 82.04% use Chrome while the 5.57% navigate with Firefox . In other words, it would affect 87,61% of the Net surfers of the country.
The vulnerability was named Vega Stealer and is a variant of the August Stealer that was detected in early May through an e-mail campaign.

This post shows an offer of employment or the return of a product purchased on the Internet. While he first attacked professional users later extended to private Internet users .
The campaign was distributed with the editions in English "Online Store Developer Required" (A developer is required for the online store); "Return Article" (Product Return) and "Our Company Needs Online Store From Zero" (Our company needs an online store from scratch).
These emails contained a malicious file called brief.doc or engagement.letter with macros that downloaded the virus . This file executable was installed in the directory "Music" under the name ljoyoxu . pkzip .
In these cases, it is best not to open or download the files of unknown senders or suspect to avoid falling into this type of trap.