“The main purpose of the clippers is to intercept the victim’s messaging communications and replace any sent and received cryptocurrency wallet addresses with addresses belonging to the attackers,” ESET This happens because online cryptocurrency wallets’ addresses comprise long strings of characters, and users often copy/paste these addresses via the clipboard instead of entering them.Ĭlippers can recognize the text and help attackers steal crypto by intercepting the clipboard data and secretly replacing wallet addresses with those that can be accessed by criminals.
The infection chain (ESET) What are Clippers?Ĭlippers refer to malicious codes, also called clipper copies, that can alter a device’s clipboard content, which in the latest campaign leads the attackers to access their victims’ cryptocurrency wallets.
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