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Apple sued after fake Sparrow Wallet app on App Store drains $1.8M in Bitcoin
Three users say a counterfeit crypto wallet, promoted in App Store collections, tricked them into handing over the secret recovery phrases that guard their coins.
Fake Solana and TradingView Sites Build Malware Inside Your Browser
A malvertising operation active since late 2024 uses JavaScript to assemble info-stealing malware in browser memory, dodging network-based detection and hitting retail traders across 12 countries.
North Korean Hackers Run Fake Zoom and Teams Sites to Rob Crypto Wallets
BlueNoroff's phishing kit screens visitors' crypto wallets before deciding who gets the malware, researchers say.
How a String of Morse Code Tricked an AI Into Wiring Real Money
A crypto heist nobody heard much about previews a dangerous new kind of attack, one that needs no stolen passwords, no malware, and no hacked firewall.
North Korean Job-Interview Scam Hides Malware Inside Flag Images
Fake coding tests planted a four-stage stealer on developers' machines, with the payload smuggled inside SVG picture files.
ClickLock Stealer Tricks Mac Users Into Handing Over Their Own Passwords
A newly discovered piece of Mac malware skips the usual hacking tricks and simply persuades victims to run it themselves, then locks the screen until they surrender their passwords.
OkoBot Malware Hijacks Ledger and Trezor Apps to Steal Crypto Recovery Phrases
A Windows malware framework active since April 2025 waits for victims to open their hardware wallet software, then fakes a prompt for the 24 words that unlock everything.
Fake GitHub Pages Impersonate 292 Real Brands to Push Password-Stealing Malware
A Russian-speaking crew built hundreds of lookalike project pages for security tools, wallets and dev software. One click on 'Download Secure Content' handed over browser passwords, crypto wallets and chat sessions.
KU Leuven Researchers Find 85 Browser Crypto Wallets Leak User Data
Academic study says the way popular wallet extensions talk to websites lets outsiders link separate crypto addresses to the same person.
Attackers Hijacked Injective Labs' GitHub to Slip Wallet-Stealing Code Into npm
A tampered @injectivelabs/sdk-ts release quietly siphoned crypto wallet keys and seed phrases from developers who installed it.
Bulgarian money launderer accused of siphoning $290,000 in seized crypto from behind bars
Rossen Iossifov, already serving ten years for laundering funds for a Romanian online auction fraud ring, allegedly moved government-seized cryptocurrency through mixers while in a US prison.
Laser Pulse Cracks Tangem Crypto Card Password in Seconds
Ledger's Donjon team showed a targeted laser can wipe the PIN on a Tangem wallet card, handing full control to whoever holds it.
'Ill Bloom' Wallet Flaw Drains $3.1 Million as Weak Recovery Phrases Give Thieves the Keys
Security firm Coinspect says attackers are already sweeping wallets whose recovery words were generated with predictable randomness.
Poisoned Injective SDK on npm quietly stole crypto wallet keys for hours
A hijacked contributor account on GitHub pushed a booby-trapped version of a popular blockchain toolkit, siphoning seed phrases from any developer who ran the wrong function.
Interpol Sweep Nets 5,811 Fraud Arrests and $293 Million Across 97 Countries
Operation First Light 2026 identified more than 142,000 victims of romance, investment and business email scams between January and April.