SparkKitty Malware Targets Crypto Seed Phrases Hidden in Phone Photos
- SparkKitty scans photos to steal crypto wallet recovery phrases with OCR.
- Malicious apps carrying SparkKitty were listed on App Store and Google Play before removal.
- Researchers warned fake wallet apps can expose users’ recovery phrases.
A malware campaign, SparkKitty, has emerged as a security concern after researchers found malicious applications targeting crypto wallet recovery phrases stored in users’ photo libraries. The malware affected both iOS and Android devices through applications distributed on the Apple App Store and Google Play.
According to cybersecurity researchers, once users granted photo access, the malware scanned stored images for wallet recovery phrases using optical character recognition (OCR) before transmitting the extracted data to attacker-controlled servers.
SparkKitty Malware Relied on Photo Library Access
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