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Popular crypto analytics platforms Etherscan and CoinGecko have parallelly issued an alert against an ongoing phishing attack on their platforms. The firms began investigating the attack after numerous users reported unusual MetaMask pop-ups prompting users to connect their crypto wallets to the website. Based on the information disclosed by the analytics
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Etherscan, CoinGecko, DeFi Pulse and other sites displayed a suspicious pop-up asking users to connect their wallets. Original Source
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Cybersecurity experts identified and disclosed the rising popularity of airdrop phishing among crypto and nonfungible token (NFT) scammers.Airdrops serve as an essential marketing tool for crypto projects, which involves sending free cryptocurrency tokens or NFTs to promote awareness among investors. However, a new report released by Malwarebytes Labs highlighted an
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Yuga Labs, the collective behind the infamous Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible tokens, has been targeted by another cyber attack, or so called phishing attack. In
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As told by Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) developers on Monday, hackers breached the popular nonfungible token, or NFT, collection's official Instagram page and shared links to a fake airdrop with the project's followers.Crypto enthusiasts who connected their MetaMask wallets to the scam website were subsequently drained of their Ape
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ConsenSys-owned crypto wallet provider MetaMask has sent out a warning to the community regarding Apple iCloud phishing attacks. The security issue for iPhone, Mac, and iPad users is related to default device settings which see a user’s seed phrase or “password-encrypted MetaMask vault” stored on the iCloud if the user has
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Cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider Trezor has begun investigating a possible data breach that may have compromised users’ email addresses and other personal information. Earlier today, on Apr. 3, several users from the Crypto Twitter community warned about an ongoing email phishing campaign specifically targeting Trezor users via their registered email addresses.Hey
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Recently launched nonfungible token (NFT project), “Rare Bears,” was hit with an attack, after a hacker posted a phishing link in the project‘s Discord channel, stealing nearly $800,000 in NFTs.Analysis from blockchain security firm Peckshield detailed that the attacker was able to steal 179 NFTs including “Rare Bears” and other
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Despite the ongoing volatility plaguing the digital asset sector, one niche that has undoubtedly continued to flourish is the nonfungible token (NFT) market. This is made evident by the fact that a growing number of mainstream mover and shakers including the likes of Coca-Cola, Adidas, the New York Stock Exchange
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Opensea co-founder and CEO, Devin Finzer, has denied rumors that the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace’s codebase was breached and that attackers had stolen $200 million. According to Finzer, an investigation had shown that the attacker had $1.7 million worth of ethereum in his wallet by leveraging a phishing scheme. Attacker
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