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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Beware of Malware Cryptoshuffler
by
stompix
on 02/12/2017, 13:26:36 UTC
Even a full format or factory reset might not be useful.Hard drives have to be cleanly wiped out.

Read that news from Kaspersky
https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/cryptoshuffler-bitcoin-stealer/19976/

First , it's nothing new

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It took the Trojan a little more than a year to collect that money. Peak activity in late 2016 was followed by a slump, but then in June 2017, CryptoShuffler reawakened.

Second , I really doubt that claim that FR will not solved it.
Kaspersky didn't mention it not did the former article:
https://securelist.com/tales-from-the-blockchain/82971/

I only know a few trojans capable of surviving by embedding themselves in the MBR.
Not sure how this would work on android let's not even mention iOS.

But I really don't like the idea of having a BTC wallet on my phone. Not sure why but I feel a bit insecure
Even with my banking app I've limited it to payments under 100 euros and it is not able to initialize bank transactions.