07-05-2021, 05:40 AM
Malware takes over computer's copy/paste function making user send his ADA to someon
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>As reported in one of the Discords: A person tried to send funds from a wallet from his cryptocurrency (Yoroi) extension on Chrome to his new Ledger which he paired with the same extension app. Apparently there was a malware running in the background of his PC (Windows 10) and it took over the copied address from the ledger receive tab and actually copied another completely different address to the clipboard. </p> <p>With this kind of sophistication, it's likely this will also exist for sending other crypto. </p> <p>Yeah, someone is going to say pc security, not doing a test send first was the problem, etc. But I bring this up for awareness as this is the first I heard of this, maybe some of you have encountered something similar as well. Also think these types of heists will likely target those already familiar with crypto transactions and have grown lax and just want to take shortcuts because time is short.</p> <p>Dude lost 5342 ADA not realizing he was sending it to a different address.</p> <p>Maybe one good practice would be to quadruple-check your send address. And not rely on the copy & paste function.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Pipay911"> /u/Pipay911 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/ode16u/malware_takes_over_computers_copypaste_function/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/ode16u/malware_takes_over_computers_copypaste_function/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>As reported in one of the Discords: A person tried to send funds from a wallet from his cryptocurrency (Yoroi) extension on Chrome to his new Ledger which he paired with the same extension app. Apparently there was a malware running in the background of his PC (Windows 10) and it took over the copied address from the ledger receive tab and actually copied another completely different address to the clipboard. </p> <p>With this kind of sophistication, it's likely this will also exist for sending other crypto. </p> <p>Yeah, someone is going to say pc security, not doing a test send first was the problem, etc. But I bring this up for awareness as this is the first I heard of this, maybe some of you have encountered something similar as well. Also think these types of heists will likely target those already familiar with crypto transactions and have grown lax and just want to take shortcuts because time is short.</p> <p>Dude lost 5342 ADA not realizing he was sending it to a different address.</p> <p>Maybe one good practice would be to quadruple-check your send address. And not rely on the copy & paste function.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Pipay911"> /u/Pipay911 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/ode16u/malware_takes_over_computers_copypaste_function/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/ode16u/malware_takes_over_computers_copypaste_function/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R