Meeten Malware Campaign Reportedly Undermines Web3 Security Using AI-Legitimized Branding
Description
Threat actors, using aliases such as "Meeten," "Meetio," and "Clusee," reportedly deployed AI-generated content to create fake company websites, blogs, and social media profiles, impersonating legitimate businesses in order to trick Web3 professionals and cryptocurrency users into downloading Realst malware. The malware allegedly targets macOS and Windows platforms, steals credentials, browser data, and cryptocurrency wallet information, exfiltrating sensitive data to remote servers.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- meetone
- meetio
- meeten
- cuesee
- clusee
Alleged Developers
- meetone
- meetio
- meeten
- cuesee
- clusee
Harmed Parties
- web3-professionals
- cryptocurrency-users
- targets-of-fraudulent-professional-opportunities
Classification
Risk Domain
Malicious Actors & MisuseRisk Subdomain
4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
MIT Risk Profile
Source
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