Android and malicious iOS applications have downloaded more than 242,000 times, stealing cryptographic recovery keys

A sophisticated malicious software campaign, nicknamed Sparkcat, infiltrated Google Play and Apple App Store, marking the first known instance of a cryptocurrency thief based on optical characters (OCR) on iOS. According to the Kaspersky cybersecurity company, malware has been downloaded more than 242,000 times since its emergence in March 2024. It targets sensitive sentences of…

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Kaspersky warns against Sparkcat malware that targets private keys on Android and iOS

Newly discovered malware that has infiltrated popular mobile applications to steal private cryptocurrency portfolio keys has been downloaded more than 200,000 times. Sparkcat, malicious software targeting users of Android and iOS, propagates through development kits of malware integrated into apparently harmless applications, warned the Kaspersky cybersecurity company in a February 4. report. He uses the…

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