Hackers use fake Ledger apps to steal Mac users’ seed phrases

Hackers use fake Ledger apps to steal Mac users’ seed phrases

Cybercriminal campaigns are using fake Ledger apps to target macOS users and their digital assets by deploying malware that attempts to steal seed phrases that protect access to digital cryptocurrency wallets. [...]

Hackers Target MacOS Users With Fake Ledger Apps To Deploy Malware - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News

Hackers are increasingly targeting macOS users with malicious clones of Ledger Live, the popular application for managing crypto assets via Ledger cold wallets. Since August 2024, Moonlock Lab has been tracking a malware campaign that initially focused on stealing passwords and wallet details but has now evolved to extract seed phrases, enabling attackers to drain victims’ funds. This surge in sophisticated attacks, including the recent ByBit he…

Hackers Target macOS Users with Fake Ledger Apps to Deploy Malware

Hackers are increasingly targeting macOS users with malicious clones of Ledger Live, the popular application for managing crypto assets via Ledger cold wallets. Since August 2024, Moonlock Lab has been tracking a malware campaign that initially focused on stealing passwords and wallet details but has now evolved to extract seed phrases, enabling attackers to drain […] The post Hackers Target macOS Users with Fake Ledger Apps to Deploy Malware ap…

Novel macOS malware campaign involves fraudulent Ledger apps

Apps impersonating the widely used hardware-based cryptocurrency wallet Ledger have been harnessed to compromise macOS users' wallet seed phrases, BleepingComputer reports. Introduction to Malware Binary Triage (IMBT) …

Fake Ledger Live apps scam macOS users with crypto-stealing malware

Fake Ledger Live apps scam macOS users with crypto-stealing malware May 23, 2025 https://cryptotvplus.com/2025/05/fake-ledger-live-apps-scam-macos-users-with-crypto-stealing-malware/A surge of malware assaults aimed at macOS users is taking advantage of the confidence placed in Ledger Live, a widely-used application for managing crypto wallets. The cybersecurity firm Moonlock warned that hackers are spreading counterfeit apps to harvest seed phr…

Moonlock has discovered a malicious campaign targeting Ledger Live for macOS users. The attackers replace the official app with a fake one that collects seed phrases and empties wallets. The fake version of Ledger Live is being injected via Atomic macOS Steal...