Two malicious Rust packages, faster_log and async_println, were downloaded nearly 8,500 times from Crates.io and designed to steal cryptocurrency private keys by scanning developers' systems for sensitive information. Discovered by security researchers at Socket, the packages were removed and their publishers banned, urging affected developers to clean their systems and secure their digital assets.

RIFT (Rust Interactive Function Tool) is a suite designed to aid reverse engineers in analyzing Rust malware, consisting of an IDA plugin static analyzer, a generator for creating signatures, and a diff applier for applying binary diffing results. It is crucial to use RIFT within a secure virtual machine environment to avoid security risks, and the tools are primarily tested on Windows and Linux systems. Community contributions are encouraged to enhance the tool's capabilities.