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Samyuktha Sriram

Alert: This Malware Steals Your Crypto Via 'Free Bitcoin Mining' Links On YouTube

A new type of crypto-malware identified on Alphabet Inc-owned (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google's YouTube has been found to infect users' devices and steal from 30 different types of cryptocurrency wallets and browsers.

What Happened: According to a recent report from cyber intelligence firm Cyble Research Labs, the newly developed cryptocurrency stealer named “PennyWise” uses multithreading to steal user data.

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