r/CryptoCurrency • u/GreedVault 🟦 2K / 10K 🐢 • 1d ago

GENERAL-NEWS Bitcoin Python Library Targeted by Wallet Draining Malware

https://decrypt.co/313368/bitcoin-python-library-malware
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u/GreedVault 🟦 2K / 10K 🐢 1d ago

The researchers say the rogue coders responsible also joined a discussion on GitHub and lobbied for their libraries to be run, but other developers correctly recognized it was a scam.

To be a hacker these days, you need to lobby and code.

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u/coinfeeds-bot 🟩 136K / 136K 🐋 1d ago

tldr; Malware targeting the Bitcoin Python library 'bitcoinlib' was discovered by ReversingLabs, attempting to overwrite commands to extract sensitive data. Named 'bitcoinlibdbfix' and 'bitcoinlib-dev,' the malicious packages posed as fixes for transfer errors and were promoted on GitHub, but developers identified them as scams. Both packages have been removed. Machine learning algorithms were used to detect the malware, highlighting the importance of automated tools against rising software supply chain attacks in cryptocurrency development.

*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

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u/kirtash93 RCA Artist 1d ago

Funds are not safu.