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Dozens of fake wallet add-ons flood Firefox store to drain crypto

Summary by BleepingComputer
More than 40 fake extensions in Firefox's official add-ons store are impersonating popular cryptocurrency wallets from trusted providers to steal wallet credentials and sensitive data. [...]

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More than 40 malicious extensions for Firefox have put at risk the funds of cryptocurrencies users in a campaign that supplanted legitimate wallets and that continues to act ...

News Key Points More than 40 malicious extensions of Firefox, called "FoxyWallet", imitated MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet, Trust Wallet and others in Mozilla's store, extracting seed phrases and private keys once installed. The attackers used fake five-star ratings and constantly modified extension IDs, injecting hidden scripts and remote code chargers to evade detection and steal credentials.

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BleepingComputer broke the news in on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
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