Criminals Exploit Telegram Captcha to Trick Victims into Installing Malware

Threat actors piggyback on Ross Ulbricht’s pardoning to spread malware via rogue Telegram captchas in a new malicious campaign spotted on X.

New malicious campaign targets X and Telegram users

Threat actors have been spotted using a deceitful tactic to trick users into joining rogue Telegram channels and unwittingly infect themselves with malware.

Vx-underground, who spotted the attack, says perpetrators are now spamming Ross Ulbricht’s official X account with messages from accounts either i