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GitVenom Malware Steals $456K in Bitcoin Using Fake GitHub Projects to Hijack Wallets

Cybersecurity researchers have found a campaign, dubbed GitVenom, targeting gamers and cryptocurrency investors through fake open-source projects hosted on GitHub, stealing personal and banking data and cryptocurrency wallet addresses. The fake projects span many programming languages and infiltrate users’ systems with components that collect sensitive information and hijack computer hosts. The scam, which has been running for at least two years, has predominantly targeted Russia, Brazil, and Turkey.

Source: thehackernews.com –

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