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OCR Spyware Breaches Both Apple and Google App Stores To Steal Wallet Phrasesit.slashdot.org/story/25/02/05/1826259/first-ocr-spyware-breaches-both-apple-and-google-app-stores-to-steal-crypto-wallet-phrases
487 sats \ 6 comments \ @DarthCoin 13h security
Use Obtainium or Zap Store folks... with sources directly from official github repos. Ditch the fucking Google and Apple stores.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satochip_ 9h
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered malware lurking in both Google Play and the Apple App Store that uses optical character recognition to steal cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases from users' photo galleries.
... To steal cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases...
... from users'...
... photo galleries...
Who on earth is screenshotting their seed phrases? There are plenty of secure solutions for properly storing them: pen and paper (though I wouldn’t recommend it), metal plates, Seedkeeper, KeePass...
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 8h
Who on earth is screenshotting their seed phrases?
hahaha yeah same question I asked myself too. Apparently there are such dumb people on Earth.
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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @teemupleb 9h
Or don’t screenshot your seed phrase to the phone’s photo gallery
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @0393c53fc8 9h
..then synchronize it with ࿕oogle Photos 🤡
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 8h
LOL
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chaoticalHeavy 5h
Dayum
the malware was embedded in several messaging and food delivery apps, with the infected Google Play apps accumulating over 242,000 downloads combined.
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