A fake security update for Solana Wallet is an attempt by hackers to get hold of your crypto

Hackers have learned how to spread malicious code over the internet or in the form of NFTs that come to your wallet pretending to be a security update.

Over the past two weeks, unknown hackers have been dropping non-transferable tokens (NFTs) to Solana cryptocurrency users under the guise of a new security update for the Phantom wallet. 

The message's urgency is likely related to the Solana-based wallet hack, which stole about $8 million from 8,000 wallets, including those of Phantom users, in August. 

The security exploit was later linked to vulnerabilities in the Solana-based Web3 wallet service Slope. Although it is considered one of the most common on the Solana network. 

Suppose the victim follows the Phantom fake update instructions. In that case, the process ends up downloading malware from GitHub that tries to steal browser information, history, cookies, passwords, SSH keys, and more.

We advise you to install a good antivirus and not to use auto-complete, which is often offered by Google or your browser.

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