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FakeWallet crypto stealer spreading through iOS apps in the App Store

ID: 73ce0413-f4ff-557a-9ab9-1a4f01c82d2b

STIX ID: report--73ce0413-f4ff-557a-9ab9-1a4f01c82d2b

Feed Name: Securelist by Kaspersky

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2026-04-20

Date Updated: 2026-04-29

Author: Sergey Puzan

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In March 2026 researchers uncovered a coordinated FakeWallet campaign that published phishing apps in the Apple App Store (primarily targeting Chinese users) which redirect victims to malicious provisioning profiles or webviews to install trojanized crypto wallets; those implants scrape BIP-39 recovery phrases/private keys, encrypt and exfiltrate them to hardcoded C2 servers. The report provides implementation details (library injection, custom __hook sections, React Native tampering), example C2 URLs and hashes, additional Android instances, and ties to SparkKitty modules, warning of significant financial theft risk for affected users.

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