Researchers at Socket detailed a long-running campaign, active since early 2024, in which Chrome and Edge extensions delivered an extensible malware framework of sixteen modules to steal cryptocurrency, credentials, session tokens, and browsing data, and to inject ClickFix lures. Notably, several extensions started out legitimate and were only weaponized later, after their original developers handed over control and new owners pushed malicious automatic updates. One extension reached seventy thousand users before removal. The malware ran from the extension's background worker, opened an encrypted connection to its servers, and displayed fake wallet-recovery pages on real crypto sites to capture recovery phrases.
Attackers compromised a widely used tracking script from advertising firm Adform, turning it into a browser-side tool that rewrites cryptocurrency wallet addresses. The malicious code was appended in obfuscated form to Adform's trackpoint-async.js library, served from the company's own infrastructure, so any site loading it ran the altered script in visitors' browsers. It swapped Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tron addresses both in the clipboard and in form fields, redirecting transfers to the attacker. Adform detected and removed the code on July 27 and says it did not install software or persist after a page closed, but cached copies may linger. It has not said how many page loads were affected.
Cisco Talos detailed a financially motivated Russian group, tracked as UAT-11795, that spreads a new backdoor called Starland RAT through trojanized installers for legitimate software including WebEx, Zoom, MobaXterm, DBeaver, and FaceIT. Active since at least mid-2025 and mainly hitting US victims, the campaign likely uses fake verification lures to deliver the installers. Once run, the malware sets up persistence, tries to escalate privileges, and detects sandboxes, then steals browser data and more than 40 kinds of cryptocurrency wallets, profiles the machine, and maps Active Directory. It can take screenshots, run shell commands, inject shellcode, and pull down further payloads, giving the operator broad control.
On-chain investigator ZachXBT flagged a coordinated exploit against THORChain's cross-chain liquidity pools on May 15, 2026, with PeckShield confirming losses of approximately $10.8 million across four blockchains - around 36.85 BTC plus $7 million in assets from Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Base. The attacker funneled funds into two main addresses (BTC bc1ql4u94klk265lnfur2ujk9p6uh52f2a8jhf6f37 and ETH 0xd477b69551f49C0519F9B18c55030676138890Bd). THORChain responded with a global emergency halt of trading and signing - a controversial move given the protocol's permissionless positioning. No official post-mortem has been released. The RUNE token dropped 12-14% on the news; the same protocol was previously used by North Korean operators to launder $175 million.
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