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Malicious imToken Chrome Extension Caught Stealing Mnemonics and Private Keys

ID: 12340c4c-4f20-5f34-9222-be8f3639d8d8

STIX ID: report--12340c4c-4f20-5f34-9222-be8f3639d8d8

Feed Name: cybersecurityNews.com

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2026-03-07

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Dhivya

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**Malicious imToken Chrome Extension Steals Seed Phrases:** Socket’s Threat Research Team discovered a Chrome extension masquerading as a harmless hex color tool that impersonates imToken and redirects users to a remote-configured phishing page to collect mnemonic seed phrases and private keys; the report includes the phishing workflow, evasion tactics (homoglyphs), IOCs (extension ID, phishing domain, remote JSON payload, malicious script host), and mitigation recommendations to block and investigate the threat.

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