Bitcoin And Crypto Wallets Are Now Being Targeted By Malware
Story by: Billy Bambrough
Bitcoin and the wider cryptocurrency market’s huge price rise over the last few years meant that criminals quickly began taking a closer interest in crypto.
A rapid increase in crypto scams and thefts came along with mainstream bitcoin awareness.
Now, cyber security researchers have warned that malware could be stealing bitcoin and cryptocurrency wallet information.
Increased bitcoin awareness, coupled with the sudden rise in the value of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, means that cyber criminals have begun to target crypto holders.
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The piece of malware, named InnfiRAT, a so-called remote access trojan, is able to steal sensitive information stored on a device including bitcoin and cryptocurrency wallet data, with cyber security researchers at Zscaler’s ThreatLabZ naming bitcoin and litecoin wallets as potentially at risk, though others are as well.
“Among other things, InnfiRAT is written to look for cryptocurrency wallet information, such as bitcoin and litecoin,” ThreatLabZ experts wrote in a blog post.
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