North Korea ‘Distributing Virus-ridden Mycelium Wallet Clone on Telegram,’ Say Experts
Security firms say North Korea’s Lazarus group is distributing a virus-ridden Mycelium Wallet clone on Telegram channels – in a bid to compromise systems and steal crypto. Per SBS and Bloomberg, the clone is named Somora...
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Per SBS and Bloomberg, the clone is named Somora. But, they say, it is riddled with trojan-like software that bears the hallmarks of “malware previously used to target crypto traders in South Korea and that the US government has attributed to Pyongyang.”...
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