- Kaspersky has set a harmful program spread as an additional Microsoft Office on Sourceforge.
- Magistical programs are programmed to use the attacker’s wallet address instead of the user portfolio address and encryption theft.
Kaspersky has identified harmful programs in Sourceforge that steals the encoded currency from the user portfolio addresses. I warned the encryption community today, saying that harmful programs exist as Microsoft Assistant. The accident is reported by encryption users using security practices while transporting encrypted currencies.
Kaspersky is a veteran cyberspace security company that monitors malignant actors and offers antivirus programs. The latest harmful programs for lighting programs appeared when it is the news media outlet for encryption to publish X earlier today.
Microscopic programs for Microsoft Office have been hidden on Sourceforge. He deceives the victims to send their encrypted currencies to the attacker’s wallet address. Harmful programs install Clipbanker on the device, replacing the user portfolio address with the attacker on the wallet.
Most encryption users are copying their wallet addresses and paste them when a transparent transfer is made. This striker took this activity in his favor and replaced the title alone. If users carry out encryption transactions without checking their address, the money will go to the attacker’s address.
A Blog post From the safe menu written by Kaspersky, detailing the problem and explaining how malware works. The coding of these harmful programs is the Russian, which indicates that the attacker comes from Russia. The results of Kaspersky also revealed that 90 % of the victims are Russian, and most of the incidents occurred between January and March this year.
The company advised users,
“We advise users not to download programs from unreliable sources. If you cannot get some programs from official sources for any reason, remember that searching for alternative download options always carries higher safety risks.”
The decentralized nature, along with the lack of clear regulations, causes most of the theft of encryption and fraud. Users should be careful when conducting encryption transactions and verification of public and private titles several times before carrying out the transaction.
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