One of the biggest gifts of the internet, which is the locomotive of digital transformation, is crypto money. These assets, which have the potential to earn serious amounts for their investors when correct and appropriate moves are made, have recently been touted as the money of the future. As this is the case, the number of people investing in this field has increased to a great extent.
There has been a new development that has made investors very anxious to earn income by investing in cryptocurrencies. Malware targeting and emptying crypto wallets has been detected.
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Mars Stealer has caught dozens of crypto wallets
We all know the importance of virtual wallets where cryptocurrencies are stored. These tools, which are no different from the wallets used in real life, are unfortunately the target of a number of hackers. For this reason, there has been a serious increase in the number of malware developed to seize virtual assets in crypto money wallets.
Recently, a new malware has spawned about 40 crypto wallets used as browser extensions such as MetaMask, Binance Chain Wallet and Coinbase Wallet. Developed as an even more powerful version of the Oski trojan that broke out in 2019 Mars StealerIt has the ability to infect all Chromium-based browsers except Opera and Firefox.
Mars Stealeractually infiltrates the targeted device by a familiar method. At this point, it enters computers by hiding in files downloaded from various channels such as unreliable file downloads and torrent sites. Malware that then checks the language used by the device; If it detects the languages of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Russia, it leaves the system without taking any action. It is worth noting that the danger continues in other languages.
Immediately after this step, the software, which detects and copies the information and private key of crypto money wallets used as a browser extension, deletes itself when the process is completed and leaves the system. Finally, it is a matter of curiosity whether any measures will be taken by the crypto money wallets that are the target of the malware, which is sold with a price tag of 140 dollars in places such as the dark web.