A Lithuanian national has been arrested for his alleged involvement in infecting 2.8 million systems with clipboard-stealing malware disguised as the KMSAuto tool for illegally activating Windows and Office software.
The 29-year-old man was extradited from Georgia to South Korea following a related request under Interpol's coordination.
According to the
Korean National Police Agency, the suspect used KMSAuto to lure victims into downloading a malicious executable that scanned the clipboard for cryptocurrency addresses and replaced them with ones controlled by the attacker - known as 'clipper malware'.
According to the Korean National Police Agency, the suspect added malware to the KMSAuto tool that checked clipboard contents for cryptocurrency addresses and changed the destination address to one controlled by the attacker. This type of threat is called clipper malware.