#WalletConnect

Victims lose $70k to one single wallet-draining app on Google’s Play Store

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September 26, 2024 at 10:20AM A recent attack drained $70,000 from cryptocurrency wallets through a fraudulent app called WalletConnect on Google’s Play Store. The app, posing as the legitimate WalletConnect protocol, targeted web3 users and captured details of victims’ wallets, blockchain, and known addresses. Despite being removed five months later, the incident underlines the need … Read more

Fake WalletConnect app on Google Play steals Android users’ crypto

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September 26, 2024 at 09:15AM A fraudulent app named WallConnect, posing as the legitimate ‘WalletConnect’, garnered over 10,000 downloads on Google Play over five months. It deceived users by leading them to a malicious website, resulting in the loss of digital assets worth over $70,000. Due to potential manipulations, the download count may have been … Read more