Blockchain Capital’s X account hacked promoting token claim scam
The account has made multiple posts promising a token giveaway and ushers users to a copycat website to connect their crypto wallet.
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The account has made multiple posts promising a token giveaway and ushers users to a copycat website to connect their crypto wallet.
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Zero transfer scams are becoming prominent in the crypto ecosystem, with over $40 million stolen in 2023.
Čítaj viacpodľa Cointelegraph By Jesse Coghlan | júl 11, 2023 | 0 |
Crypto wallet drainers, or sweepers, are malicious smart contracts that can quickly empty a crypto wallet of its funds and are a standard tool for phishing scammers.
Čítaj viacpodľa Cointelegraph By Jesse Coghlan | júl 10, 2023 | 0 |
Threads are already seeing potential crypto scammers arrive on the platform as Crypto Twitter personas warn of impersonators on the app.
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A phishing link was included in the tweet and shared with the affected users of the hack, leading them to believe it is associated with Fantom Foundation.
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The executive appears to have now recovered his account.
Čítaj viacpodľa Cointelegraph By Tom Blackstone | máj 19, 2023 | 0 |
The service provides code to scammers that allows them to drain wallets using token approval phishing methods
Čítaj viacpodľa Cointelegraph By Gareth Jenkinson | apr 27, 2023 | 0 |
Unsuspecting cryptocurrency users have lost over $4 million to phishing websites promoted using Google Ads.
Čítaj viacpodľa Cointelegraph By Arijit Sarkar | apr 15, 2023 | 0 |
Russian cybersecurity and anti-virus provider Kaspersky detected 5,040,520 crypto phishing attacks in the year as compared to 3,596,437 in 2021.
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The phishing message on Discord offered “the opportunity to re-claim an additional stake in Arbitrum DAO Governance” while citing issues during the initial token claim drive.
Čítaj viacpodľa Cointelegraph By David Attlee | mar 22, 2023 | 0 |
The fraudsters would normally exploit the smart contracts to allow for the approval of unauthorized transactions.
Čítaj viacpodľa Cointelegraph By Martin Young | nov 30, 2022 | 0 |
Malware, ransomware attacks and phishing are not the only scourges of the crypto industry as the Metaverse could become a big target next year, according to cybersecurity experts.In its “Consumer Cyberthreats: Predictions for 2023” report on Nov. 28, cybersecurity firm Kaspersky forewarned that there will be greater exploitation of the Metaverse due to lacking data protection and moderation rules.Kaspersky acknowledged there are currently only a handful of metaverse platforms, but the number of metaverses is set to expand in the coming years and the market could even top $50 billion by 2026. That expansion will entice cyber criminals to the ecosystem seeking to exploit unwitting virtual world participants.“As the metaverse experience is universal and does not obey regional data protection laws, such as GDPR, this might create complex conflicts between the requirements of the regulations regarding data breach notification.”Social media is already a hotbed of data breach activity so it stands to reason that the Metaverse will be an extension of this. As reported by Cointelegraph earlier this year, Social media was responsible for more than $1 billion in crypto scam-related losses in 2021.Kaspersky also predicted that virtual abuse and sexual assault will spill over into Metaverse ecosystems. It mentioned cases of “avatar rape and abuse” adding that without protection mechanisms or moderation rules “this scary trend is likely to follow us into 2023.”Meta, the firm formerly known as Facebook, has already received a lot of pushback over its Metaverse ambitions due to the lack of user protection and privacy concerns on its social media platform.The report predicted that in-game virtual currencies and valuable items will be one of the “prime goals” among cybercriminals who will seek to hijack player accounts or trick them into fraudulent deals to fork over valuable virtual assets. Most modern games have introduced some form of monetization or digital currency support which will become a honeypot for malicious actors.Related: The Metaverse is a new frontier for earning passive incomeKaspersky noted that new forms of social media will also bring more risks. It specifically mentioned a shift to augmented reality-based social media, adding that cybercriminals can start “distributing fake trojanized applications” to infect devices for further malicious purposes.Threats to new AR-based social media and metaverse platforms are primarily data and money theft, phishing, and account hacking, the report concluded.
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