It is said that the cryptocurrency market has collapsed. That said, so much money is brewing there that stock exchanges are also becoming targets for scams by cybercriminals. Witness this latest phishing campaign.
Bitcoin scams have now become commonplace as hackers get ever more creative. According to Netskope, a US company specializing in data security, hackers are currently carrying out large-scale phishing campaigns aimed at robbing overly gullible users of their precious bitcoins. MetaMask, Gemini, Coinbase, all the best-known exchange platforms would be affected by this phenomenon.
Hackers are using an army of bots to post comments containing links to phishing sites on crypto blogs and sites, experts say. This technique would allow them toincrease the ranking in Google of their infected pages and thus to attract the least informed traders, those who blindly trust the first choices offered by the browser. Netskope affirms that the campaign has proven to be so effective this year that the ranking of the copies would sometimes be higher than the original!
Phishing campaigns target popular cryptocurrency exchanges
The security researchers relied on an experiment conducted with the MetaMask cryptocurrency wallet (a platform used by more than 30 million people). Upon arriving at the corresponding phishing site, customers are asked to either download the application or “Log in”. It is by clicking on this link that the criminals will steal the username and password of the victims.
It is an established fact, cryptocurrencies will always attract more cybercriminals. The company offers a few techniques to minimize the risks associated with phishing. First of all, a good antivirus can’t hurt to your computer security. Avoid clicking on a link to crypto sites. Preferably, type the address of your preferred trading platform yourself into the browser. In general, don’t follow a link you don’t know about, and if you follow it, don’t click anywhere. If you clicked on this link, do not answer any form, all the more so if it asks you for identifiers!
Source: Bitcoin