Security company: Password theft attacks targeting encrypted wallets have significantly increased, especially targeting Apple macOS users

According to Forbes, security company ESE has just released its latest threat report, which examines the trend of threat situation from June to November 2024. The number of password theft attacks targeting cryptocurrency wallets has increased, with the most significant increase in such attacks targeting macOS users. The report states that according to telemetry data from ESE in the second half of 2024, the number of password stealing software across multiple platforms (especially Windows, macOS, and Android) has increased. However, compared to the first half of the year, the number of detections for password stealing software targeting cryptocurrency wallets on macOS has more than doubled. At the same time, the number of password stealing software on the Windows platform increased by 56%, while financial threats on the Android platform, including password stealing malware, increased by 20%. The analysis results of ESE show that the number of password stealing software targeting the macOS platform, especially for credentials related to cryptocurrency wallets, has surged by 127%. Security researchers point out that "although these threats cannot be simply classified as password stealing software just because they have a wider range of functions, they do reveal a significant upward trend in password stealing activities on the macOS platform." From a regional perspective, RESET's analysis points out that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency attacks targeting macOS mostly target the United States, followed by Italy, China, Spain, and Japan.