Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies The increase in its use has made the crypto industry the target of criminals.
In this context, there have been attacks against many crypto money platforms and projects.
US technology giant drawing attention to these attacks Microsoft especially cryptocurrency startupannounced that it has detected an attack targeting .
This attack DEV-013 Microsoft said that this threat has successfully entered chat groups about crypto startups on the popular social messaging app Telegram.
In the blog post written by Microsoft’s security team, it was stated that the attackers prepared for the attack by gathering extensive information beforehand, and took steps to gain the trust of the target before uploading the threat.
The Microsoft security team said in its warning:
“DEV-013 set its goals among members after entering Telegram chats of crypto startups used to facilitate communication between VIP clients and cryptocurrency exchange platforms.
The threat actor posed as a representative of another cryptocurrency investment firm.
In October 2022, he invited the target to a different chat group and pretended to ask for feedback on the fee structure used by cryptocurrency exchange platforms.”
The team also gained the trust of the malicious actor’s target spotted in Telegram groups. “OKX Binance & Huobi VIP fee comparison.xls” created a malicious excel file with the name
Drawing attention to this situation, Binnace CEO CZ said do not download this file.
“Do not download these files!
Compromised friends can send an Excel file armed with the name “exchange fee comparision.xls”. Malicious code, hard-coded backdoor, etc. includes.
Hackers are targeting the cryptocurrency industry- Microsoft Security Blog post.”
Don’t download files!
Compromised friends may send a weaponized Excel file with the name “exchange fee comparision.xls”. It contains malicious code, encoded backdoor and etc.
Hackers target the cryptocurrency industry – Microsoft Security Blog https://t.co/62F1Yh4u5u
— CZ 🔶 Binance (@cz_binance) December 7, 2022
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