New malware uses pirated apps on MacOS to highjack crypto wallets
Basic honesty and caution could foil an “ingenious” malware campaign being launched with pirated apps, Kaspersky Labs says.
Kaspersky Labs has found previously unknown malware that enters macOS users’ computers through pirated software and replaces their hot Bitcoin and Exodus wallets with infected versions. According to the researchers, the hackers are still developing the malware in preparation for a new campaign.
Researchers uncovered a “family” of new trojan proxies in December. Hackers were compromising, or “cracking,” legitimate apps that users downloaded the app unauthorized sources along with the malware:
The malware targets macOS versions 13.6 and above. The hackers gain access to a user’s computer security password when the user enters it into an activator box and to the private keys to crypto wallets when the user try open crypto wallets compromised by the malware.
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