Phishing News

A new, hard-to-spot phishing campaign is hijacking crypto personalities’ X accounts by abusing X’s app authorization system to bypass passwords and 2FA.

The scam is designed to look like a Blockstream Jade hardware wallet firmware update, and links to a malicious site.

Phishing scams continue to impact crypto and Web3 users, prompting the need for vigilance and personal online safety countermeasures.

Venus Protocol paused the platform to conduct security reviews but said the $13.5 million loss was not linked to a flaw in its contracts.

Kronos Research CEO Hank Huang tells Coinpectra that crypto exploits often rise alongside crypto prices as hackers try to cash in on the boom.

Ever-evolving cybersecurity efforts are forcing hackers to seek out weak links among human vulnerabilities to fuel an “endless war,” CertiK co-founder said.

Coinbase is reinforcing security after North Korean hackers exploited its remote work policy, with CEO Brian Armstrong outlining stricter hiring measures.

Vietnam’s police said they arrested 20 people in the country’s largest crypto scam, a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme built around Paynet Coin.

Ethereum core dev Zak Cole lost funds after a malicious Cursor extension stole his private key, highlighting increasing wallet drainer attacks on builders.

Scammers used Google Ads to impersonate Aave investment platforms in an attempt to trick users into linking wallets to malicious sites.

Crypto scammers are switching from code to exploiting human vulnerabilities that don’t require breaking through complex cybersecurity guardrails.

A victim lost $908,551 in a crypto phishing scam 15 months after signing a malicious approval transaction. The scammer waited until two large deposits were made before striking.

During the WOO X hack, bad actors used social engineering to gain access to the development environment, according to Rob Behnke, chairman of Halborn.

The Vatican Bank has denied any link to a suspicious crypto project offering fake memberships and token sales through a fraudulent “Vatican Chamber of Trade.”

Crypto hacking techniques haven’t advanced much, but they’ve become far more cunning, warns SlowMist’s head of operations.