Nostr VPN is now live on the Umbrel App Store!
It turns your Umbrel into a private mesh VPN, aka you can securely reach your Umbrel and all your devices from anywhere in the world.
Think Tailscale, but with no third-party company and no central control server in the middle.
๐จPhishing Alert ๐จ
We've received reports of emails being received with a fake website.โจ
This is NOT from us and hosts a malicious Envoy desktop download. Do NOT click or download anything from it.
There is no Envoy desktop version.
๐จ 26 fake crypto wallet apps just got pulled from China's Apple App Store.
The damage? Unknown victims. Unlimited drain potential.
Here's how the scam worked:
The Trojan Horse Method
โ Attackers disguised wallet apps as games and calculators (to bypass China's crypto app restrictions)
โ Used typosquatting to mimic MetaMask, Coinbase, Trust Wallet, OneKey
โ Slipped past Apple's vetting process for months
Once installed:
โ Redirects to phishing pages
โ Pushes trojanized wallet downloads via enterprise provisioning profiles
โ Intercepts seed phrases during setup/recovery
โ Encrypts and exfiltrates them to attackers
โ Game over
For cold wallets like Ledger, they added fake "security verification" screens that trick users into manually typing their seed phrase.
Once they have your 12/24 words, your wallet is theirs.
No password. No 2FA. No recovery.
This is the same SparkKitty operation that's been running since 2024. Last week, a fake Ledger app alone stole $9.5M from 50 macOS users.
Your defense:
โ Only download wallet apps from links on the official website
โ Verify the publisher before installing, even on official app stores
โ Cold wallet apps will never ask for your seed phrase
Official app stores โ automatic safety.
Trust nothing as it is. Verify everything. ๐
Tim Cook is stepping down after 15 years at Apple. The stock returned 20x on his watch. One of the best CEO runs in history.
In that same window of time, bitcoin is up over 7,500x. No CEO. No board. No quarterly earnings. No company.
No other asset comes close.