{"id":207102,"date":"2022-11-24T12:46:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T11:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=207102"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:19:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:19:27","slug":"new-crypto-phishing-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/new-crypto-phishing-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"New crypto phishing scam discovered in the wild"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Looking from the outside in, the world of crypto looks like the most degenerate and dysfunctional community of web users you could ever imagine with this year being a particularly harsh time for crypto enthusiasts. The truth, however, is that crypto isn\u2019t going anywhere, even in the wake of the FTX<\/a> collapse and the crypto community is still here. Unfortunately, this means that the crypto community will still be targeted by active cyber threats<\/strong> like this new phishing scam<\/strong>, which we are reporting on today. Here is what you need to know.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Researchers at Pixm, which is a cybersecurity firm that specializes in using artificial intelligence as a means to prevent phishing attacks, have identified<\/a> a new phishing scam that are targeting users of Coinbase<\/strong>, which is one of crypto\u2019s leading centralized exchanges and Metamask<\/strong>, which is a very popular crypto wallet app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new scam uses real web hosting services to host fake websites and landing pages<\/strong> designed to target victims and trick them into passing over the security login details and even help them pass two-factor authentication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As is often the case with phishing scams, they come in the form of emails<\/strong> with this particular instance seeing users receiving emails saying their accounts have been suspended<\/strong>. Urgency is built into the text of the email in an attempt to pressure the potential victim into quickly pressing a link<\/strong> that will lead them into trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Incredibly, from this point, the scam involves the scammers actually chatting with the victims via a fake chat support window<\/strong>. This is designed to help them lower their guard further as well as be able to request information that may be needed to help bypass the two-factor authentication defenses<\/strong> many crypto sites and services require users to set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sad fact is that while crypto does offer emancipatory possibilities it is also rife with risk. Should attackers take control of a centralized exchange account or a crypto wallet, they basically have the keys to the victim\u2019s bank<\/strong>, which they can empty at will. This is why particularly in these difficult times for crypto with massive multi-million dollar hacks<\/a> still fresh in our minds, it is more important than ever to be vigilant for phishing attacks and scams<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking from the outside in, the world of crypto looks like the most degenerate and dysfunctional community of web users you could ever imagine with this year being a particularly harsh time for crypto enthusiasts. The truth, however, is that crypto isn\u2019t going anywhere, even in the wake of the FTX collapse and the crypto … Continue reading “New crypto phishing scam discovered in the wild”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":207104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-207102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322872,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207102\/revisions\/322872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207102"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=207102"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=207102"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=207102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}