Microsoft Issues Major Crypto Warning

Microsoft Threat Intelligence, the global network of the tech giant’s security experts, has issued a warning about a major “malvertising” campaign targeting cryptocurrency traders. 

The campaign spotlighted by Microsoft became active earlier this month. 

Unsuspecting users get lured into downloading a malicious installer presented as legitimate trading tools from such well-known companies as Binance and TradingView with the help of bogus ads.

Node.js-based malware hidden inside the downloaded package immediately infects the system and starts collecting information about the victim’s computer while also creating a scheduled task to make sure that…

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