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Phishing Scams Appear As Ads on Ethereum Block Explorer Etherscan: Report

Phishing scams are bubbling up on the Ethereum (ETH) block explorer Etherscan, according to the cybersecurity firm Scam Sniffer. The…

April 9, 2024

Phishing Comments Under X Posts Leading to Many Crypto Thefts, Says Blockchain Security Firm SlowMist

Misleading comments that link to crypto phishing scams are plaguing the social media platform X, according to the blockchain security…

January 31, 2024

Phishing Link Posted to Certik’s X Account After Hacker Compromises Blockchain Security Firm’s Social Media

A phishing link was posted on the X account of blockchain-focused cybersecurity firm Certik after a bad actor hacked into…

January 5, 2024

Web3 Projects Lose $2,020,000,000 in 2023 to Hacks, Rug Pulls and Phishing Attacks: Crypto Security Firm

Web3 projects lost more than $2 billion in 2023 to hacks, rug pulls and phishing scams, according to the blockchain…

December 30, 2023

Criminal Actors Posing As NFT Developers in Crypto Phishing Scams, Warns FBI

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is issuing a warning to investors saying that criminals are posing as developers of…

August 7, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried Says Crypto Exchange FTX Will Dole Out One-Time $6,000,000 Reimbursement to Phishing Victims

Billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried says crypto derivatives exchange FTX will dole out $6 million to reimburse users who were impacted by…

October 25, 2022

Crypto Wallet MetaMask Issues Warning to iPhone Users, Gives Directions To Avoid Phishing Attacks

A popular crypto wallet is warning its users about a cloud-storage vulnerability that could put their funds at risk of…

April 19, 2022

Hackers Access Client Data on Bitcoin (BTC) Investing Platforms Following Third-Party Breach

Two notable players in the crypto investing space are responding after a malicious actor gained access to customer data through…

March 22, 2022

Scammers Pay Six Figures for Misspelled Crypto Website Domains Hoping To Dupe Victims: Report

Fraudsters are reportedly forking out hundreds of thousands of dollars to purchase mistyped website addresses related to cryptocurrency businesses in…

October 12, 2021