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Malicious Android App That Steals Cryptocurrency Found On The Play Store

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Researchers have discovered yet another a cryptocurrency-stealing Android app on the Google Play Store. It's a new type of malware described as a "clipper," and it steals sensitive information by taking advantage of how users copy and paste cryptocurrency wallet addresses. As Lukas Stefanko of the security company ESET explains in a report, addresses of cryptocurrency wallets are made up of long strings of characters for security purposes. As a result, users would usually copy and paste them using the clipboard as opposed to typing them out. This behavior is what this "clipper" or Android/Clipper.C, ... (full story)

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