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Police disrupted SocGholish, Amadey, and StealC, malware that harvests crypto wallets and passwords, freezing €41 million in crypto.
Read full articleThe takedown highlights the vulnerability of digital assets and the need for robust cybersecurity measures to protect against evolving threats. The post Europol freezes $47M in crypto during global infostealer takedown appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Researchers show how future malware could use AI to make decisions that are traditionally handled by human hackers — but not all experts say we should panic.
Microsoft warns of CryptoBandits.A, a Tor-based Windows clipper stealing wallet data and hijacking crypto transfers. Microsoft has warned about a Windows-based crypto clipper designed to steal wallet data and alter crypto transfers. The malware has affected users since February 2026, according to Microsoft Threat Intelligence and Microsoft Defender Experts. The campaign uses malicious .lnk shortcuts […] The post Microsoft Warns of New Crypto Malware That Hijacks Wallet Transfers appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.
In February 2026, Microsoft Threat Intelligence and Microsoft Defender Experts found a crypto clipper attack. This was a campaign that was constructed on Windows. The malware exploits cryptocurrency holders through clipboard hijacking and searches for sensitive wallet information. These were reported by Microsoft through their blog. Attackers primarily spread this
Meta’s long-awaited Pyrefly linter is out in a 1.0 version, and the forthcoming Python 3.15 has a super-efficient sampling profiler. Plus we have a comprehensive rundown of Python’s indispensable virtual environments — and a warning about a novel breed of malware that exploits Python’s package ecosystem. Top picks for Python readers on InfoWorld How to use virtual environments in Python Isolate and protect your Python projects from each other, and empower them to do more, with virtual environments and their native-to-Python tooling. Pyrefly 1.0: A fast, forward-looking Python linter The first full release of Meta’s long-awaited linting and type checking tool for Python delivers speed and offers advanced features for type-checking PyTorch and Django projects. Hands-on with the new sampling profiler in Python 3.15 Among Python 3.15’s best new features is a sampling profiler, for instrumenting your code and finding its bottlenecks with a minimum of performance impact or fuss. See up-close
The malware blends data theft with remote code execution, “turning a financially motivated stealer into a lightweight backdoor,” Microsoft said.
Mastercard expands stablecoin settlement across Ethereum, Solana and more as the market hits $320B. Why card rails may outpace crypto wallets on UX and scale.
AI agents could use crypto wallets to monitor portfolios, prepare transactions and make payments, but safeguards will be crucial.
