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Submission + - Hackers Abuse Blockchain Smart Contracts to Spread Malware (WordPress) (thehackernews.com)

bleedingobvious writes: A financially motivated threat actor codenamed UNC5142 has been observed abusing blockchain smart contracts as a way to facilitate the distribution of information stealers, such as Atomic (AMOS), Lumma, Rhadamanthys (aka RADTHIEF), and Vidar, targeting both Windows and Apple macOS systems.

"UNC5142 is characterized by its use of compromised WordPress websites and 'EtherHiding,' a technique used to obscure malicious code or data by placing it on a public blockchain, such as the BNB Smart Chain," Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) said in a report shared with The Hacker News.

As of June 2025, Google said it flagged about 14,000 web pages containing injected JavaScript that exhibit behavior associated with an UNC5142, indicating indiscriminate targeting of vulnerable WordPress sites. However, the tech giant noted that it has not spotted any UNC5142 activity since July 23, 2025, either signaling a pause or an operational pivot.

Comment Our species is broken (Score 1, Informative) 103

We could recall to mind all those intellectual greats who actually added something of value to the future of the species:

Lodovico Ferrari

Frederic Lewy

Lars Onsager

Karl Menger

James H. Wilkinson

Karl Gordon Henize

Maurice Wilkins

William H. Dobelle

Instead here we are celebrating someone who made over-priced toys for bored monkeys with a desperate need to play status games.

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