Bleeping Computer today revealed that they discovered a type of “clipboard hijacker” malware that monitors over 2.3 meg bitcoin addresses.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 clipboard hijacker malware industrial plant past times tricking users past times switching the bitcoin address from their clipboard to roughly other address that the assailant control. Since bitcoin addresses are long as well as difficult to remember, this method industrial plant easily for hackers since users exactly re-create glue addresses from ane application to roughly other when sending cryptocoins.
The malware reportedly comes every bit a purpose of the All-Radio 4.27 Portable malware affecting Windows computers as well as monitors the Windows clipboard for a bitcoin address. Unless the user double-checks the address later on pasting it, the bitcoin volition become to the attackers’ address.
“While nosotros accept covered cryptocurrency clipboard hijackers inwards the past times as well as they are non new, nearly of the previous samples monitored for 400-600 chiliad cryptocurrency addresses,” their study on the malware read. They every bit good posted a video showing how the malware works:
Bitcoin users are advised to e'er double-check the address earlier making a transaction as well as to accept a trusted antivirus plan installed on their device.
