Cybercriminals steal $400k in cryptos via fake Tor Browser
Cybercriminals have stolen about $4,00,000 using Tor Browser malware, affecting more than 15,000 users across 52 countries in 2023, a new report showed on Monday
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New Delhi: Cybercriminals have stolen about $4,00,000 using Tor Browser malware, affecting more than 15,000 users across 52 countries in 2023, a new report showed on Monday.
According to cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, the Tor Browser malware operates by replacing a portion of the entered clipboard contents with the cybercriminal's own wallet address once it detects a wallet address in the clipboard.
"Despite the fake Tor Browser attack's fundamental simplicity, it poses a greater danger than it seems. Not only does it create irreversible money transfers, but it is also passive and hard to detect for a regular user. Most malware requires a communication channel between the malware operator and the victim's system," said Vitaly Kamluk, Head of APAC Unit, Global Research & Analysis Team. Cryptocurrency owners and traders are now actively being targeted by this new type of malware, which has been around for more than a decade and originally used by banking trojans for replacing bank account numbers, the report said. The target user downloads a trojanized version of Tor Browser from a third-party resource containing a password protected RAR archive.
