CertiK Alert has warned users of Euler Finance to be wary of phishing sites exploiting the latest security incident that cost the lender $197 million. CertiK Skynet, a major web3 security role player ...
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Gemini says third-party incidents resulted in phishing scam targeting European users
Gemini disclosed incidents attributed to a third party that resulted in a phishing campaign targeting users in the UK and Europe, according to a client email seen by The Block. Scammers have use...
The Sandbox warns users of security breach used for email phishing campaign
The Sandbox, a blockchain-based metaverse company, released a warning regarding a security breach. The company explained in a blog post on Thursday that an unauthorized third party accessed an e...
Phishing Scammers Strike Again Faking Ethereum Denver Website
The cryptocurrency industry has long been a target of phishing attacks, and it seems that hackers are finding new and more clever ways to scam their victims. This time, it was the website of an antici...
Phishing scammer linked to NFT thefts including BAYC
Canadian phishing scammer, Chards, has been linked to a series of NFT thefts and crypto phishing scams through their ENS address. ZachXBT, a Twitter detective, researched a Discord user, madman#9528, ...
Fake Ethereum Denver website linked to notorious phishing wallet
A fake website of the popular Ethereum Denver conference is the latest phishing target of a red-flagged smart contract that has stolen over $300,000 worth of Ether (ETH). The popular conference saw it...
Phantom wallet adds authentication standards support to protect against phishing
Crypto wallet app Phantom introduced support for “Sign In With” (SIW) standards to improve user security and protect against phishing attacks. Phantom will provide users with necessary in...
BlockSec Asks Binance Coinbase and MEXC to Help Phishing Victims
A phishing victim seeks help from MetaSleuth over stolen ETH. MataSleuth tracks stolen ETH to addresses on Binance, Coinbase and MEXC Global. BlockSec calls on the CEXs to help victims of ongoing phis...
Phishing attacker moves funds to a laundering address
According to CertiK Alerts, crypto security tracker, a hacker account, “Fake_phishing7064”, recently sent funds to an Externally Owned Account(EOA) per Etherscan data. The EOA has moved over 100 ether...
FBI seizes two NFTs from a phishing scammer worth over $100K and 86.5 ETH – Cryptopolitan
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has taken two non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from a phishing scammer that were worth over $100,000 and 86.5 ether. Chase Senecal, also known as Horror (HZ) online...
Crypto Exchange Coinbase Adds New Wallet Security Feature To Protect Against Phishing and Scams
US-based cryptocurrency platform Coinbase is enhancing the safety of Coinbase Wallet as threats to users increase. The crypto exchange says it has added features to its wallet to help protect its user...
CertiK Claims To Discover $4.3M Porsche NFT Phishing Scammer
Web3 security firm CertiK finds $4.3 million Porsche NFT phishing con artists. Messages revealed the scammers may be identified as “Zentoh” and “Kai.” If the evidence is true, the scammer might be a F...
NFT Collector Who Fell To A Phishing Scam Takes OpenSea To Court
NFT collector Robbie Acres has taken legal action against OpenSea NFT Marketplace for keeping his account locked following a scam. The collector is displeased with the NFT marketplace for not respondi...
Lessons From Proof Founder Kevin Rose’s $1.4M NFT Phishing Experience
Kevin Rose, the CEO and founder of Proof, fell victim to an apparent phishing attack, with his hacked wallet estimated to have held rare NFTs worth millions. After the theft, Rose worked with Op...
Kevin Rose, co-founder of Moonbirds, falls victim to phishing attack
Kevin Rose, who is also the co-founder of the nonfungible token (NFT) collection Moonbirds, has been a victim of a phishing scam, which has resulted in the loss of nonfungible tokens with a combined v...
Crypto Expert Kevin Rose Falls Victim to Phishing Scam, Faces Huge Loss
Kevin Rose announced that he was phished into signing a malicious signature that allowed the hacker to transfer a large number of high-value tokens. The co-creator of Brotchain explained the unforesee...
NFT Influencer ‘Digital Livelihood’ Violated by Phishing
A popular NFT influencer on Twitter, “NFT God,” saw his entire digital livelihood violated because he clicked on a phishing ad link on Google. The influencer said he lost a life-changing amount of his...
NFT blogger hacked, losses assets after clicking a phishing advertisement link on Google
On Jan. 14, NFT GOD, an NFT blogger, lost his “entire digital livelihood” after clicking a phishing advertisement link on Google. Hackers also sent two emails laced with phishing links to his 16k subs...
RTFKT’s COO Says He Lost His NFTs in Phishing Attack
New year or not, NFT thefts are on the rise. Nikhil Gopalani, the COO of RTFKT, has become the latest victim. The exec took to Twitter to reveal losing a significant number of NFTs from his wallet in ...
RTFKT COO loses NFTs worth $170K to phishing attack
Nike RTFKT COO Nikhil Gopalani said on Jan. 3 that he lost all his NFTs to a “clever phisher” who hacked his wallet. Gopalani tweeted that the hacker stole all his Clone X NFTs and other unnamed digit...
DeFi user loses $3.4 million of gmx tokens in phishing attack
An anonymous DeFi user fell victim to a phishing attack and lost $3.4 million in gmx, the native token of decentralized trading protocol GMX. The tokens were then sold on the open market. An adm...
RTFKT COO Loses NFT Collection in Phishing Assault
The wallet associated with Gopalani had just one remaining NFT valued around $59. Gopalani may have unwittingly sent sensitive information to hacker as per RTFKT CTO. Nikhil Gopalani, COO of RTFKT rep...
North Korean hackers mimic crypto VCs in new phishing scheme
Kaspersky, a cybersecurity lab, is raising the alarm over renewed phishing tactics by the BlueNoroff group. The hackers are sponsored by North Korea which is financially motivated to profit from its c...
North Korean hackers are pretending to be crypto VCs in new phishing scheme: Kaspersky
BlueNoroff, part of the North Korean state-sponsored Lazarus Group, has renewed its targeting of venture capital firms, crypto startups and banks. Cybersecurity lab Kaspersky reported that the group h...