Recently, Google Chrome learned a malicious extension called VenomSoftX. It keeps users’ sensitive data like passwords. It was revealed when one of the users download ViperSoftX for Windows. Its extension is written in a JavaScript-based RAT (Remote Access Trojan) and cryptocurrency hijacker.
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The ViperSoftX malicious program came to the light in starting of 2020. That time, it was revealed in a report published by security research companies Cerberus, Colin Cowie, and Fortinet. Security firm Avast shared more details about the malicious browser extension, as well as the malware’s recent malicious developments.
Since the beginning of 2022, Avast has detected and blocked 93,000 ViperSoftX infection attempts against its customers, mainly affecting users in the US, Italy, Brazil, and India. When optimizing the hard-coded wallet addresses in the ViperSoftX and VenomSoftX samples, Avast got to know that the two collectively earned its hackers a big figure amount.
This stolen cryptocurrency was obtained by diverting attempted cryptocurrency transactions on the compromised device, excluding profits from parallel activities.