Latest Clipper news

Malicious Visual Studio projects on GitHub push Keyzetsu malware

Threat actors are abusing GitHub automation features and malicious Visual Studio projects to push a new variant of the "Keyzetsu" clipboard-hijacking malware and steal cryptocurrency payments.
- Bill Toulas
- April 10, 2024
- 07:00 AM
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Pirated Windows 10 ISOs install clipper malware via EFI partitions

Hackers are distributing Windows 10 using torrents that hide cryptocurrency hijackers in the EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) partition to evade detection.
- Bill Toulas
- June 13, 2023
- 05:16 PM
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Trojanized Tor browsers target Russians with crypto-stealing malware

A surge of trojanized Tor Browser installers targets Russians and Eastern Europeans with clipboard-hijacking malware that steals infected users' cryptocurrency transactions.
- Bill Toulas
- March 28, 2023
- 05:49 PM
- 0
New ‘MortalKombat’ ransomware targets systems in the U.S.

Hackers conducting a new financially motivated campaign are using a variant of the Xorist commodity ransomware named 'MortalKombat,' together with the Laplas clipper in cyberattacks.
- Bill Toulas
- February 14, 2023
- 08:00 AM
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451 PyPI packages install Chrome extensions to steal crypto

Over 450 malicious PyPI python packages were found installing malicious Chromium browser extensions to hijack cryptocurrency transactions made through browser-based crypto wallets and websites.
- Bill Toulas
- February 13, 2023
- 02:46 PM
- 0
New clipboard hijacker replaces crypto wallet addresses with lookalikes

A new clipboard stealer called Laplas Clipper spotted in the wild is using cryptocurrency wallet addresses that look like the address of the victim's intended recipient.
- Bill Toulas
- November 03, 2022
- 09:10 AM
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Eternity malware kit offers stealer, miner, worm, ransomware tools

Threat actors have launched the 'Eternity Project,' a new malware-as-a-service where threat actors can purchase a malware toolkit that can be customized with different modules depending on the attack being conducted.
- Bill Toulas
- May 12, 2022
- 03:18 PM
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Phorpiex botnet returns with new tricks making it harder to disrupt

The previously shutdown Phorpiex botnet has re-emerged with new peer-to-peer command and control infrastructure, making the malware more difficult to disrupt.
- Bill Toulas
- December 16, 2021
- 06:00 AM
- 0
New Masad Stealer Malware Exfiltrates Crypto Wallets via Telegram

A new and actively distributed malware strain dubbed Masad Stealer steals files, browser information, and cryptocurrency wallet data from infected computers that get sent back to its masters using Telegram as a communication channel.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 27, 2019
- 03:27 PM
- 0
YouTube Cryptocurrency Videos Pushing Info-Stealing Trojan

A scam and malware campaign is underway on YouTube that uses videos to promote a "bitcoin generator" tool that promises to generate free bitcoins for its users. In reality, this scam is pushing the Qulab information-stealing and clipboard hijacking Trojan.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 29, 2019
- 03:45 PM
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