Firefox add-ons steal crypto wallets, nine started as sports tools
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Security firm Socket identified 40 malicious Firefox add-ons that drain crypto wallets, nine of which originally distributed sports-score tools; affected users must treat wallets as compromised and rotate keys.
- Status
- Active
- Confirmation
- Confirmed
- Event type
- OTHER_MATERIAL_EVENT
- Market scope
- SECTOR
- Direction
- -1
- Impact / urgency
- 3 / 4
- Impact category
- MATERIAL
- Risk stance
- RISK OFF
- Promotion
- PROMOTED · 74/100
- Promotion reason
- High confidence, confirmed malicious behavior, clear user impact, actionable mitigation steps.
- Duration class
- PERSISTENT
- Assets
- None listed
- Sectors
- browser extensions, cryptocurrency
- First detected
- Impact started
- Scheduled for
- Not published
- Occurred at
Sources
40 malicious Firefox add-ons targeted crypto wallets, and 9 began as sports-score tools
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