Bitdefender, a leading cybersecurity firm, has issued a report for BHUNT, a new kind of password stealer that focuses on the crypto wallets that users have on their PCs.
Bitdefender, a cybersecurity and antivirus company, has detected
a new kind of malware that targets cryptocurrency wallets via software installs. The malware works on top of installs of unsecured or cracked software, that already comes packaged with the system to be deployed on desktop environments. Once installed, the software extracts passphrases and seeds from popular wallets.regarding a new kind of password stealer that focuses on cryptocurrency wallets users have on their PCs.
as this new malware is called, enters computers through infected software installs, mostly of cracked software. According to the technical document issued on the software, BHUNT attacks Exodus, Electrum, Atomic, Jaxx, Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Litecoin wallets. Once installed, the software can transfer the funds of the users to another wallet, and also steal other private data residing in the infected computer.