Discovery of Malware in Apple's App Store with Screenshot-Scanning Abilities

What occurred: Kaspersky found the 'SparkCat' malware in various iOS apps such as WeTink, AnyGPT, and ComeCome. The malware employs OCR technology to analyze users' photo collections in search of cryptocurrency wallet passwords when they use chat support. Significance: This marks the initial instance of OCR-enabled malware detected in Apple's App Store, posing a major security threat to cryptocurrency users who might store wallet recovery phrases in their images.