Monkey Drainer Steals $1M Worth of Crypto in Elaborate Phishing Attack
A phishing scammer who goes by the name – Monkey Drainer – has reportedly stolen 700 ETH worth over $1 million, as per on-chain sleuth ‘ZachXBT.’ The two largest victims…
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Hackers Are Taking Advantage of Typing Mistakes to Steal Cryptocurrency
A group of hackers have taken advantage of typing mistakes in order to introduce malware to Android phones and Windows-based PCs. Using a technique called typosquatting, which consists of registering…
FTX to Provide $6M for Phishing Victims, But There’s a Catch
The cryptocurrency platform FTX will distribute approximately $6 million to reimburse victims affected by a recent phishing attack. CEO Sam Bankman-Fried revealed this is a one-off decision, underlining that the…
Hackers Compromise the Twitter Account of GateIO to Promote a Phishing Scam
Hackers are once again taking advantage of social networks to do their thing. This time, they compromised the official Twitter account of a popular crypto exchange ecosystem to promote a…
Crypto hacks are set to hit all-time highs in 2022, analyst explains
Kim Grauer, Director of Research at Chainalysis, explains why the amount of crypto stolen in hacks is surging and what could be done to invert this dangerous trend.
North Korea’s Lazarus behind years of crypto hacks in Japan: Police
According to the Japan Government, a common mode of attack for the Lazarus Group was phishing, who are believed to have focused more on crypto funds lately because they’re “managed…
XRP Giveaway Scam Launched on Crypto Exchange CoinDCX’s Twitter Account
The Twitter account of Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX remained compromised for hours on Tuesday. Hackers posted a fake XRP giveaway scheme through the exploited Twitter handle @CoinDCX to the exchange’s…
3 ways scammers will try to fool you over Ethereum’s Merge
Besides fake ETH 2.0 tokens and malicious token airdrops, crypto users should also be on the lookout for staking pools offering attractive staking yields.
Vitalik Buterin impersonators ramp up ETH phishing ahead of The Merge
Cointelegraph identified over six Twitter accounts with a “verified” mark that replicates Buterin’s profile picture, name and profile description.
Netskope Discovers Hackers Are Using Google Sites and Microsoft Azure to Steal Crypto
Attackers are taking advantage of certain SEO techniques to direct users to phishing sites for wallet apps like Metamask and exchanges such as Coinbase and Kraken. These sites, created in…