SparkCat Malware Exploits Optical Character Recognition to Retrieve Crypto Wallet Recovery Words from Pictures
A fresh malicious software initiative named SparkCat has utilized a collection of fraudulent applications on the app markets of both Apple and Google to pilfer users’ mnemonic phrases linked to digital currency wallets. The assaults employ an OCR algorithm to extract specific pictures inclusive of wallet recovery words from image galleries to a central command-and-control (C2) server.
