A Russian-made malware, called Infamous Chisel, is out to steal funds from crypto wallets, the FBI reported on Friday.

The virus, which was originally used to steal Ukrainian military data, is now being used by hackers to grab cryptocurrency.

According to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) alert, “Infamous Chisel is a collection of components that allow persistent access to an infected Android device through the Tor network and periodically collects and filters information of the victims of the compromised devices.”

They have also warned that the malware has the ability to “recover, copy, and transfer data sets connected to directories of specific applications on an infected device.”

This means that cybercriminals gain access to social networks, messaging applications and crypto wallets, particularly from Trust and Coinbase. The consequences are the theft of user data, access to email and, finally, to their accounts in digital currencies.

Among the capabilities of Infamous Chisel, very difficult to detect on Android devices due to the lack of tracking systems, there is also monitoring of “network behavior and collecting information about information traffic, as well as scanning and transferring SCP files, in addition to access Secure Shell”.

M.Pino

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Europol arrested ten hackers accused of stealing $ 100 million in cryptocurrencies through a campaign of theft of SIM cards in the United States.

The network of hackers carried out in 2020 a series of attacks on thousands of victims, including Internet ‘influencers’, famous athletes, musicians and their families.

They used the method known as SIM card hijacking, with which they deactivate a SIM card and associate it with another phone number. They usually pose as companies to obtain this information or obtain it from telephone providers.

In this way, they got illegal access to the victims’ phones and used it to access their applications and change the passwords of their accounts, as Europol detailed in a statement.

Using this technique, they managed to steal a total of 100 million dollars in cryptocurrencies from their victims, but also personal information and even took control of their accounts on social networks.

The arrest of the attackers was a joint operation in the United Kingdom, the United States, Belgium, Malta and Canada, coordinated by the European police, and took place after a year-long investigation.

K. Tovar

Source: Sputnik Mundo

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