'This creates a misleading impression of safety': Experts warn of hackers hijacking legitimate news websites…
- Check Point Research uncovers PR‑style campaign distributing a Rust clipboard hijacker disguised as legitimate software
- Attackers used phishing sites, GitHub/SourceForge projects, fake YouTube channels, and even newswire press releases to boost credibility
- Malware swaps crypto wallet addresses from clipboard, with “Ghost Networks” manipulating reputation systems to evade detection
Hackers have launched a fully fledged, multi-platform PR campaign to trick people into thinking that the malware they’re distributing is actually legitimate software, experts have warned.
A report from Check Point Research warned that even those doing regular due diligence might get tricked.
At the center of the campaign is a clipboard jacker - a piece of infostealer malware that monitors the victim’s clipboard for cryptocurrency walletstrings. When it detects one, it replaces it with a different one belonging to the attackers. That way, when a victim tries to send money from one wallet to another, they end up paying the...
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