The Avast cybersecurity research team recently spotted new malware called “HackBoss”.
Once downloaded from the Telegram social network, it is able to monitor the clipboard of the victim's computer, reports
Numerama
.
It is in the clipboard that all copy / paste or cut / paste operations pass.
The program is configured to detect the addresses of cryptocurrency wallets, composed of more than twenty random characters.
Hard-to-remember suites, which users often copy for fear of making a typo.
Only the victims of this malware actually paste a completely different address belonging to the crooks.
The latter will thus receive the money that was supposed to be sent to the intended recipient.
Trapping hackers
Of course, the victim, by being attentive, may notice that the characters in the address are no longer the same and not validate the transaction. However, several cryptocurrency owners have been fooled. Thanks to Hack Boss, the scammers have collected, since November 2018, more than 8.4 Bitcoin, 6.9 Ethereum or even 2,300 Dogecoin, say Avast researchers, or about $ 560,000 ...
The malware is spread via a Telegram channel called "Hack Boss".
It claims to transmit hacking tools such as "gift card code generators, phishing sending software or even password cracking tools", specifies
Numerama
.
The victims, mostly from Nigeria, the United States, Russia or India, thus find it difficult to denounce the facts to the authorities, while they were obviously preparing to commit illicit activities as well. .
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