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· A recent report reveals that Russia’s Infamous Chisel malware targets crypto wallets and exchange applications.· The malware was used by Sandworm, Russia’s hacking unit to hack Ukrainian military officials’ Android devices.· The report added that the malware targets Binance and Coinbase applications, the Trust crypto wallet, Discord, Telegram, and Brave.According to a joint advisory <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/static-assets/documents/malware-analysis-reports/infamous-chisel/NCSC-MAR-Infamous-Chisel.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">report</a>presented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a newly identified Russian malware under the name “Infamous Chisel” chiefly used to attack Ukraine army’s Android mobile phones, also targets crypto wallets and exchange applications.As per the report, the malware was used by Sandworm, a hacking unit in Russia&#39;s GRU military intelligence agency, to scan and extract confidential information from the Ukrainian military officers’ mobile phones. NCSC operations director Paul Chichester commented, “The exposure of this malicious campaign against Ukrainian military targets illustrates how Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine continues to play out in cyberspace”.The report revealed that as the extraction of details from the affected device includes unauthorized copying, transfer, or retrieval of data, Infamous Chisel could target Binance and Coinbase applications, the Trust crypto wallet, the web3 browser Brave, as well as the social media platforms including Discord and Telegram. In addition, the report signaled that the malware also targets the Keystore system that helps users store private keys, by which Infamous Chisel could access every file.Read full article at <a href="https://cryptotale.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">C</a><a href="https://cryptotale.org/russias-infamous-chisel-malware-targets-crypto-wallets-and-applications-report/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ryptoTale.</a>

Russia’s Infamous Chisel Malware Targets Crypto Wallets and Applications: Report

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