New Phorpiex Botnet Variant Steals Half a Million Dollars in Cryptocurrency

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Cryptocurrency users in Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Guatemala, and the Philippines are being targeted by a new variant of the Phorpiex botnet called Twizt that has resulted in the theft of virtual coins amounting to $500,000 over the last one year.
Israeli security firm Check Point Research, which detailed the attacks, said the latest evolutionary version “enables the botnet to operate