From Stars to Upvotes: Fake Reputation Fueling a Crypto Clipboard Hijacker

Key Points The threat actor uses multiple channels to promote and distribute a Rust clipboard hijacker, starting with a dedicated phishing page as the central hub and extending to GitHub and SourceForge projects promoted by fake accounts. A dedicated YouTube channel, using AI‑generated narrators, suspicious view spikes, and highly positive (likely coordinated) comments, further reinforces the illusion of popularity and trustworthiness. In addition, the threat actor’s tools were also promoted thr