Morning Edition · Saturday, June 20, 2026Published at 6:26 AM EDT · New York

Microsoft Flags Self-Spreading Malware That Harvests Crypto Keys From Windows Clipboards

A worm that spreads through USB drives scans copied text for seed phrases and quietly swaps destination addresses, creating an attack surface that smart-contract audits cannot close.

Microsoft has identified a Windows worm that hijacks cryptocurrency wallets and spreads through USB drives. The campaign, which Microsoft detected as a clipper trojan and which has been active since February, plants malicious shortcut files…