Research Firm Reveals Hidden Danger in Ethereum (ETH)! Here's What You Need to Know…

While Ethereum (ETH) has been one of the main focuses of the cryptocurrency market lately, researchers have revealed the hidden danger in ￰0￱ firm ReversingLabs said hackers have found a new way to hide malware in Ethereum smart contracts, Coindesk ￰1￱ researchers have uncovered two malicious NPM packages that use Ethereum smart contracts to hide malicious code, allowing the malware to bypass traditional security ￰2￱ are the “colortoolsv2” and “mimelib2” packages, and they were uploaded to the widely used Node Package Manager repository in July, ReversingLabs researcher Lucija Valentić noted in the ￰3￱ said: “While they may seem like simple utilities at first glance, in practice they were exploiting Ethereum’s blockchain to hijack hidden URLs that directed compromised systems to download second-stage ￰4￱ embedding these commands within a smart contract, attackers disguised their activities as legitimate blockchain traffic, making detection even more ￰5￱ is something we haven't seen ￰6￱ is new and different is the use of Ethereum smart contracts to host URLs containing malicious scripts and download second-stage malware.” *This is not investment ￰7￱ Reading: Research Firm Reveals Hidden Danger in Ethereum (ETH)!

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