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ElectroRAT Drains Cryptocurrency Wallet Funds of Thousands

At least 6,500 cryptocurrency users have been infected by new, extremely intrusive malware that s spread via trojanized macOS, Windows and Linux apps. The attack has targeted cryptocurrency users in an attempt to collect their private keys and ultimately to drain their wallets. The never-before-seen RAT is written in the Go programming language and is compiled to target a number of different operating systems, including Windows, Linux and MacOS. The campaign was discovered in December 2020 but researchers believe it initially began a year ago.

Source: https://threatpost.com/electrorat-drains-cryptocurrency-wallet-funds-of-thousands/162705/

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