Frank’s Ting3d ago
I guess G Love will need to get the special sauce back on the road #cryptoscam https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=fake-ledger-app
Users lose $9.5 million to fake Ledger wallet app on the Apple App Store

After a fake version of the Ledger cryptocurrency wallet app made it onto the normally highly curated Apple App store, customers lost $9.5 million dollars to the malicious product. Believing it was a genuine Ledger product, people entered their seed phrases into the app, then discovered their wallets were immediately drained.One victim, who said he'd downloaded the app while setting up a new computer, wrote: "I lost my retirement fund in a hack/Scam when I switched my Ledger over to my new computer and by accident downloaded a malicious ledger app from the Apple store. All my BTC gone in an instant." According to him, he lost 5.9 BTC (~$445,000).Crypto sleuth zachxbt traced some of the stolen funds through Kucoin, a Chinese cryptocurrency exchange that was recently fined and forced to exit US markets over licensing and anti-money laundering failures. "The three largest victims lost seven figures each," he wrote.Apple removed the malicious app from their App Store on April 13, six days after it had been added.

Web3 is Going Just Great
Analyst2075d ago

Authorities Disrupt $12m Crypto Scam Targeting 20,000 Victims

A single click can be costly: over 20,000 crypto users across three countries fell victim to a $12 million approval phishing scam, tricked into handing over full access to their wallets. Thankfully, authorities swooped in, seizing the lost funds in a major cross-border crackdown dubbed Operation Atlantic.

https://osintsights.com/authorities-disrupt-12m-crypto-scam-targeting-20000-victims?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#CryptoScam #ApprovalPhishing #EmergingThreats #FinancialCrimes #Cryptocurrency

Authorities Disrupt $12m Crypto Scam Targeting 20,000 Victims

Authorities disrupt $12m crypto scam targeting 20,000 victims, uncovering approval phishing tactic, read how they caught the scammers and what you can do to protect yourself now.

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Mathrubhumi EnglishApr 2
Jonathan, the world’s oldest tortoise, was falsely reported dead after a fake X account launched a viral crypto scam. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/worlds-oldest-tortoise-jonathan-crypto-death-scam-num5kn6u?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Tortoise #Jonathan #CryptoScam #DeathRumour
Blaze TrendsApr 2
A Brazilian crypto scam operation successfully faked the death of Jonathan the tortoise on Wednesday, racking up 2 million views and tricking the BBC and USA Today into publishing obituaries. #JonathanTheTortoise #CryptoScam #Media #BBC #Disinformation
https://blazetrends.com/jonathan-the-tortoise-crypto-death-scam-how-a-fake-vet-tricked-the-bbc-over-194-year-old-animal/?fsp_sid=208109
Jonathan the tortoise crypto death scam: How a fake vet tricked the BBC over 194-year-old animal

A massive wave of sophisticated cryptocurrency scams is exploiting the rapid, unverified nature of social media journalism, and the world's oldest living land

Blaze Trends
Games People PlayMar 30

COMIC: Of tech bros, banking, and honesty....
https://gamespeopleplay.thecomicseries.com/

#webcomics #CryptoScam #Satire @WebcomicTalk

Games People Play

Truth in Advertising

Games People PlayMar 30

COMIC: Of tech bros, banking, and honesty....
https://gamespeopleplay.thecomicseries.com/

#webcomics #CryptoScam #Satire

Games People Play

Truth in Advertising

Fix Gaming ChannelMar 29

A suspicious Discord tag using bonus-code bait, fake withdrawal screenshots, and crypto-style branding showed classic scam warning signs. Stay sharp. #Discord #ScamAlert #CryptoScam #Phishing #OnlineSafety

https://www.fixgamingchannel.com/discord-scam-alert/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Scam Alert: Suspicious Discord Tag Mirrors a Familiar Crypto Trap | Fix Gaming Channel

Stay updated with the latest gaming stories, indie developer features, and honest reviews from Fix Gaming Channel.

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KirstyMar 5

#NZ #CryptoScam alert 🚨⚠️

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/588758/commissioner-of-inland-revenue-latest-scam-target

Commissioner of Inland Revenue latest scam target

Inland Revenue had received more than 3000 reports of scams from the public in the three months to the end of February.

RNZ
TechNaduFeb 18

Fake Google Gemini chatbot used to sell non-existent β€œGoogle Coin.”

AI-driven sales script + fake presale dashboard β†’ BTC/ETH payments.

Analysis by Malwarebytes.

https://www.technadu.com/malicious-gemini-ai-chatbot-sells-fake-google-coin-in-scam-campaign/620496/

#Infosec #CryptoScam #AI #ThreatIntel

SOC GoulashFeb 15

It's been a busy 24 hours in the cyber world with significant updates on the evolving "ClickFix" social engineering tactic, showing how attackers are getting creative with initial access and payload delivery. Let's take a look:

Evolving ClickFix Attacks: DNS Staging and Crypto Hijacks ⚠️

- Microsoft has detailed a new DNS-based ClickFix variant where victims are tricked into running `nslookup` commands, using DNS as a stealthy staging channel for payloads like ModeloRAT. This method blends malicious activity into normal network traffic, making detection harder.
- A separate, novel ClickFix campaign is leveraging Pastebin comments and Google Docs to socially engineer cryptocurrency users into executing malicious JavaScript directly in their browser. This allows attackers to hijack Bitcoin swap transactions and redirect funds to their wallets.
- These incidents highlight the evolving nature of ClickFix, moving beyond traditional OS-level command execution to sophisticated DNS staging and direct browser manipulation for financial theft, underscoring the critical need for user awareness and robust detection of procedural trust abuse.

πŸ“° The Hacker News | https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/microsoft-discloses-dns-based-clickfix.html
πŸ€– Bleeping Computer | https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pastebin-comments-push-clickfix-javascript-attack-to-hijack-crypto-swaps/

#CyberSecurity #ThreatIntelligence #SocialEngineering #ClickFix #Malware #ModeloRAT #LummaStealer #CryptoScam #InfoSec #CyberAttack #IncidentResponse

Microsoft Discloses DNS-Based ClickFix Attack Using Nslookup for Malware Staging

Microsoft details a new ClickFix variant abusing DNS nslookup commands to stage malware, enabling stealthy payload delivery and RAT deployment.

The Hacker News