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26 FakeWallet Apps Found on Apple App Store Targeting Crypto Seed Phrases

[email protected] (The Hacker News) · 2026-04-24 · Read original ↗

ATT&CK techniques detected

3 predictions
T1657Financial Theft
91%
“a wide variety of malicious modules, each tailored to a specific wallet, " puzan said. " in most cases, the malware is delivered via a malicious library injection, though we ' ve also come across builds where the app ' s original source code was modified. " the end goal of these …”
T1204.002Malicious File
57%
“work of native chinese speakers and specifically target cryptocurrency assets. " the fakewallet campaign is gaining momentum by employing new tactics, ranging from delivering payloads via phishing apps published in the app store to embedding themselves into cold wallet apps and u…”
T1496.001Compute Hijacking
40%
“##s from an encrypted assets archive present within the package. " miningdropper employs a multi - stage payload delivery architecture that combines xor - based native obfuscation, aes - encrypted payload staging, dynamic dex loading, and anti - emulation techniques, " cyble said…”

Summary

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of malicious apps on the Apple App Store that impersonate popular cryptocurrency wallets in an attempt to steal recovery phrases and private keys since at least fall 2025. "Once launched, these apps redirect users to browser pages designed to look similar to the App Store and distribute trojanized versions of legitimate wallets," Kaspersky