Chinese printer driver infected with Bitcoin-stealing malware cost users $950k
A Chinese printer manufacturer allowed one of its printer drivers to get infected with Bitcoin-stealing malware, resulting in the theft of $950,000 before the driver was updated.
The malicious code contained a crypto-stealer that monitored users' clipboards for Bitcoin wallet addresses, as reported by Atlas21. When users copied and pasted a wallet addres…
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