A cryptocurrency-stealing trojan that lurked for 8 years has been taken down.
The Russia-linked malware Sality was jointly eradicated by CrowdStrike and law enforcement, with more than 15,000 infected machines quarantined.
Its tactics are insidious: it has spent years watching the Bitcoin and Ethereum addresses you copy, and once it detects one, it quietly swaps it for the hacker’s own address. The recipient address you paste when you make a transfer has long since been tampered with—the money goes straight into someone else’s pocket, and it’s difficult to notice.
How many people’s coins were lost this way over 8 years? Probably no one can say for sure.
The lesson is simple: before sending, verify the address by checking the digits before and after. For large amounts, transfer 1 U first as a test. One minute too late is better than losing everything. #比特币 #安全 #加密市场
The Russia-linked malware Sality was jointly eradicated by CrowdStrike and law enforcement, with more than 15,000 infected machines quarantined.
Its tactics are insidious: it has spent years watching the Bitcoin and Ethereum addresses you copy, and once it detects one, it quietly swaps it for the hacker’s own address. The recipient address you paste when you make a transfer has long since been tampered with—the money goes straight into someone else’s pocket, and it’s difficult to notice.
How many people’s coins were lost this way over 8 years? Probably no one can say for sure.
The lesson is simple: before sending, verify the address by checking the digits before and after. For large amounts, transfer 1 U first as a test. One minute too late is better than losing everything. #比特币 #安全 #加密市场