Are they brave or stupid? Malware targeting Russian crypto hackers found

• Researchers uncover two packages carrying an infostealer
• The victims are apparently Russian, and attackers American
• This prompted the researchers to speculate if the targets were Russian crypto hackers

Two malicious packages were recently discovered on the npm package manager platform targeting software developers on the Solana ecosystem.

However the discovery, attribution, and potential targets of the malware have made researchers speculate if this was a state-sponsored attack.

Solana is a blockchain designed for decentralized applications and cryptocurrencies. It is similar to Ethereum in many aspects, which is why it is often described in the crypto community as the “Ethereum killer”.

Targeting devs? Or hackers? Or both?

Recently, security researchers from Safety found two npm packages: “solana-pump-test” and “solana-spl-sdk”.

Both ...