Malicious Firefox extensions impersonate popular crypto wallets
Socket’s threat researchers found three malicious Firefox extensions that impersonated the Phantom, Jupiter, and Bitget crypto wallets. Once installed, the malicious extensions stole recovery phrases and private keys, which would provide the attacker with full control of a wallet. A crypto wallet is an app, browser extension, or physical device that lets you manage cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin. Despite its name, it doesn’t actually hold your coins. Those are recorded on a blockchain, a shared…