For the first time, the Apple App Store is sharing malware privileges with the Google Play Store as apps infected with screenshot-reading SparkCat malware have been discovered on both platforms by ...

Crypto-stealing malware dubbed ‘SparkCat’ has been discovered on iOS and Android app stores, and is embedded with a ‘malicious SDK/framework for stealing recovery phrases for crypto wallets’.

Researchers have discovered new apps containing malware on both Apple's and Google's app store. Notably, it's the first time this particular type of malware has been found on the iOS App Store.

Like SparkCat, some malware strains also use OCR to extract text from images. Storing a recovery phrase as a screenshot or photo makes it an easy target for automated scanning tools used by attackers.

While SparkCat specifically targeted crypto wallets using OCR to identify text keywords, SparkKitty appears to indiscriminately steal images from compromised galleries.

The campaign is called "SparkCat" after the name ("Spark") of one of the malicious SDK components in the infected apps, with developers likely not knowingly participating in the operation.

Malware that includes code for reading the contents of screenshots has been found in suspicious App Store apps for the first time, according to a report from Kaspersky. Dubbed "SparkCat," the ...

This spy, likely connected to the infamous SparkCat data stealer that emerged earlier this year, focuses on sensitive data, such as seed phrases for crypto wallets.

Unlike SparkCat, which mostly spreads through unofficial Android packages, SparkKitty has been confirmed inside multiple iOS and Android apps available through official stores, including a ...

Apple and Google have pulled as many as 20 apps from their respective app stores after security researchers found the apps were carrying data-stealing malware for almost a year. Security ...

Kaspersky discovered ‘SparkCat’ malware aimed at stealing cryptocurrency in multiple iOS apps. Kaspersky discovered ‘SparkCat’ malware aimed at stealing cryptocurrency in multiple iOS apps ...

The goal of SparkCat is to steal cryptocurrency using multiple apps to hide malicious screenshot reading code with OCR, optical character recognition. OCR converts an image of text into machine ...