Recently i was reading an article where
Hackers target crypto wallets through Telegram using Echelon malware is explained.
I have followed the instructions and disabled the Automatic download of media option in telegram. But i fear that many people will keep the auto download option enable because of unaware of this threat.
I wonder how this virus will work and how can they reach to our wallets / exchanges?
Anyone with a substantial holding of Bitcoin should definitely keep their main wallet away from any devices that are likely to be attacked - phones are a prime target and pretty insecure in that regard. Phones are constantly being attacked with exploits, through rogue apps, backdoors and unintended glitches. That's besides all the social engineering trickery that can take place, people losing big sums of money after being craftily encouraged to install or download certain things which gives other people access to their keys. It's dangerous to use any software that has an auto download option by default and it might go on to steal all sorts of personal information.