With the development of the internet, the locomotive of digital transformation, it will appear in a billion-dollar market as of 2022. cryptocurrencyThey also came into our lives. These assets, which have the potential to bring serious amounts to their investors if the right moves are made, are also the target of cyber attackers due to their popularity and financial return. There has been an important development in this regard recently. A new tool that imitates cryptocurrency wallets. malware appeared.
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Malware that impersonates cryptocurrency wallets
cyber security firm ESETis a new platform that can imitate some crypto wallets that are frequently used all over the world, including our country, and seize the crypto money of investors. malware Has detected. The software in question Android and iOS It targets mobile devices running the Internet and hijacks users’ investments by infiltrating devices through fake websites.
According to the firm’s research, this malware MetaMask, Coinbase, Trust Wallet, TokenPocket, Bitpie, imToken and OneKey It can imitate crypto wallets such as Apart from that, the company has announced that this software targeting crypto wallets Active since May 2021 thinks it is.
ESET, where malware has been distributed to date 40+ websites announced that he had detected it. At the same time, these are given to real sites. advertisementas well as Facebook and Telegram on social media platforms such as groups It was stated that it dropped users into its network via
For now, only the software Chinese targeted investors, but in the future may spread to other countries. let me specify. Apart from that, ESET said that a while ago, they detected 13 malicious apps on the Google Play Store that impersonated the Jaxx Liberty cryptocurrency wallet, and they were removed immediately after contacting Google. However, as we mentioned above, the danger still continues for fake crypto wallets leaking to devices through fake websites.
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