Security News

Researchers Uncover Python Package Targeting Crypto Wallets with Malicious Code
2024-10-30 11:00

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malicious Python package that masquerades as a cryptocurrency trading tool but harbors functionality designed to steal sensitive data and drain...

Malicious npm Packages Target Developers' Ethereum Wallets with SSH Backdoor
2024-10-22 09:33

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a number of suspicious packages published to the npm registry that are designed to harvest Ethereum private keys and gain remote access to the machine via...

AI-Powered Rhadamanthys Stealer Targets Crypto Wallets with Image Recognition
2024-10-01 16:34

The threat actors behind the Rhadamanthys information stealer have added new advanced features to the malware, including using artificial intelligence (AI) for optical character recognition (OCR)...

How digital wallets work, and best practices to use them safely
2024-09-19 04:30

With the adoption of digital wallets and the increasing embedding of consumer digital payments into daily life, ensuring security measures is essential. According to a McKinsey report, digital...

Digital wallets can allow purchases with stolen credit cards
2024-08-20 01:29

Digital wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and PayPal can be used to conduct transactions using stolen and cancelled payment cards, according to academic security researchers. These flaws - some of which have been addressed since responsible disclosure last year - allow an attacker armed with limited personal information to add an active stolen payment card number to a digital wallet and make purchases, even if the card is subsequently canceled and replaced.

Data Wallets Using the Solid Protocol
2024-07-25 11:05

I am the Chief of Security Architecture at Inrupt, Inc., the company that is commercializing Tim Berners-Lee's Solid open W3C standard for distributed data ownership. This week, we announced a digital wallet based on the Solid architecture.

CoinStats says North Korean hackers breached 1,590 crypto wallets
2024-06-24 14:56

CoinStats suffered a massive security breach that compromised 1,590 cryptocurrency wallets, with the attack suspected to have been carried out by North Korean threat actors. For users who want to use the portfolio management features, the platform requires read-only access to connected external crypto wallets and were not affected by the breach.

Watch Out: These PyPI Python Packages Can Drain Your Crypto Wallets
2024-03-12 12:13

Threat hunters have discovered a set of seven packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that are designed to steal BIP39 mnemonic phrases used for recovering private keys of a...

China warns of fake digital currency wallets fleecing netizens
2024-02-27 04:02

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has warned local netizens that fake wallet apps for the nation's central bank digital currency are already circulating and being abused by scammers. Using the digital currency requires an app - here's the iOS version - and a link to a bank account.

"Activator" Alert: MacOS Malware Hides in Cracked Apps, Targeting Crypto Wallets
2024-01-23 12:27

Cracked software have been observed infecting Apple macOS users with a previously undocumented stealer malware capable of harvesting system information and cryptocurrency wallet data. Kaspersky,...