ESET’s Threat Report reveals that infostealing malware impersonates generative AI (GenAI) tools. New mobile malware GoldPickaxe can steal facial recognition data to create deepfake videos to authenticate fraudulent financial transactions.
“GoldPickaxe has both Android and iOS versions and has been targeting victims in Southeast Asia through localised malicious apps. As ESET researchers investigated this malware family, they discovered that an older Android sibling of GoldPickaxe, called GoldDiggerPlus, has also tunnelled its way to Latin America and South Africa by actively targeting victims in these regions,” explains Jiří Kropáč, director of ESET Threat Detection.
