Security experts have discovered the PennyWise cryptovirus on YouTube. With the help of such a virus, attackers can steal sensitive browser data, wallet seed phrases, and intercept user transactions. This was reported by blog.cyble.com.
There were at least 80 different videos on the hosting, where the scammers offered to download free software to mine bitcoins. The desire to easily obtain cryptocurrencies played a cruel joke on the victims.
The archive with the software was password-protected and archived, so many users did not notice anything suspicious about the software. The scammers left a link to the viral file in the description below the video.
But the fact that one of the conditions for downloading the software was to disable the antivirus should have alerted potential victims. But still, for those who downloaded the malicious program, the installer entered the computer and launched the PennyWise virus. After launching the virus, as described above, the scammers could gain access to all the necessary data.
Be careful when downloading unknown software.
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