A new type of crypto-malware identified on Alphabet Inc-owned Google’s YouTube has been found to infect users’ devices and steal from 30 different types of cryptocurrency wallets and browsers.
What Happened
According to a recent report from cyber intelligence firm Cyble Research Labs, the newly developed cryptocurrency stealer named “PennyWise” uses multithreading to steal user data.The threat actors (TA) reportedly spread the PennyWise stealer as a link to download free Bitcoinmining software.