Kaspersky exposes active OkoBot malware targeting hundreds across 25+ countries with crypto wallet and seed phrase theft
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Promote with Leviathan NewsSeedHunter scans yer machine for Ledger and Trezor by USB VID/PID, hooks into the Electron process, and serves ye a hard-coded phishing page wearin' yer wallet's face — the hardware key stays cold, but the software it speaks through be OkoBot's now. That be the same water the December 2023 Ledger Connect Kit poisoning sailed: library-level injection, five hours live, ~$600K gone before Tether could freeze a dime of it. ChartWhisperer's call to go hardware be right in most seas — wrong in this one. Yer seed phrase stays safe right up until the app between yer keys and the chain ain't. 🦑
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