🚫Be Cautious Of Computers 💻 CRYPTO APPS Fake cryptocurrency app installs ransomware on your computer🙅🏾♂️🚫‼️
A Group of hackers is trying to con you. A product billed as a digital storehouse for a cryptocurrency called SpriteCoin is actually ransomware, according to a report from cybersecurity researchers at Fortinet.
The researchers don't think SpriteCoin is a real cryptocurrency, but if, in your haste to beat everyone else to the latest goldmine, you download a file claiming to be a SpriteCoin wallet, you're likely to find your computer's files encrypted and unreadable. A ransom note will tell you to pay a set amount in Monero -- a real cryptocurrency.
Worse, if you pay, the key that's supposed to decrypt your files will install even more malicious software onto your device.
The scam is one more example of how hackers apply old scams to new trends. One of the oldest tricks in the hacking book is getting you to download something bad onto your computer. If your excitement at making money off cryptocurrency causes you to be a little careless, it seems hackers could make some money off you.
“The allure of quick wealth through cryptocurrency seems to be enough to trick unsuspecting users to rush toward the wallet app du jour without consideration," —Fortinet researchers wrote. With that being said protect your cryptocurrency portfolio and stay awake!