5 sneaky tricks crypto phishing scammers used last year: SlowMist

Cointelegraph

Published Jan 10, 2023 12:42AM ET

Updated Jan 10, 2023 02:20AM ET

Blockchain security firm SlowMist has highlighted five common phishing techniques crypto scammers used on victims in 2022, including malicious browser bookmarks, phony sales orders and trojan malware spread on messaging app Discord.

It comes after the security firm recorded a total of 303 blockchain security incidents in the year, with 31.6% of these incidents caused by phishing, rug pull or other scams, according to a Jan. 9 SlowMist blockchain security report.

A pie chart of attack methods in 2022 in percentages. Source: SlowMist
h3 Malicious browser bookmarks/h3 h3 ‘Zero dollar purchase’ NFT phishing/h3
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h3 Trojan horse currency theft/h3
An example of the RedLine Stealer in action. Source: SlowMist
h3 ‘Blank Check’ eth_sign phishing/h3 h3 Same ending number transfer scam/h3
An example of a same end number phishing attempt. Source: SlowMist

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