#CryptoPhishing

Mandiant’s Twitter account hacked to push cryptocurrency scam

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January 3, 2024 at 05:52PM Today, Mandiant’s Twitter account was hijacked by threat actors, who impersonated the Phantom crypto wallet and shared a fraudulent cryptocurrency scam. Mandiant is aware of the incident and is working to resolve it. The attackers rebranded the account and promoted a fake website, posing a phishing threat. The original Mandiant … Read more

Crypto scammers abuse X ‘feature’ to impersonate high-profile accounts

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December 20, 2023 at 03:18PM Cryptocurrency scammers are exploiting a Twitter feature that allows modifying the account name in post URLs. This enables redirecting to unrelated high-profile accounts, leading to fraudulent crypto giveaway promotions and phishing attempts. Scammers have targeted crypto-related accounts like Binance and zkSync. Users can mitigate the risk with Twitter’s Quality Filter … Read more