Nansen phishing emails flood crypto investors’ inboxes
Numerous users of the crypto analytics platform Nansen have received phishing emails from scammers pitching an “exclusive opportunity” to participate in the fictitious “Nansen Airdrop.”On Nov. 23, crypto community members on X (formerly Twitter) flagged an ongoing p ...
OpenSea NFT users report massive email phishing campaign
Users of the major nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea have said they are being targeted with a new email phishing attack, and have received emails containing malicious links from attackers posing as the marketplace itself.According to social media reports, OpenSea users and develo ...
Bitfinex users fall for ‘minor’ phishing attack after employee gets hacked
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex said it suffered a “minor” information security incident after one of its customer support agents was hacked earlier in the week (Oct. 30 — Nov. 5).It led to a spree of phishing attacks against Bitfinex users but little damage was done, th ...
This platform enables NFT creation with email: Why it’s important for legal teams
On top of the fraud and scam issues related to crypto, NFTs also require intellectual property management. Web3 platform Niftyz aims to add legal clarity to the NFT market by using blockchain-verified emails to create and protect NFTs.The crypto industry is growing remarkably, even ...
Crypto wallet Trezor looks into phishing campaign, exec says
Cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider Trezor is investigating a recent phishing campaign, as users have reported receiving phishing emails.The anonymous blockchain sleuth ZachXBT took to his Telegram channel on Oct. 26 to alert users to a phishing attack targeting Trezor custom ...
Crypto is in ‘arms race’ against AI-powered scams: Quantstamp co-founder
With the field of artificial intelligence evolving at near breakneck speed, scammers now have access to tools that can help them execute highly sophisticated attacks en masse, warns the co-founder of Web3 security firm Quantstamp.Speaking to Cointelegraph at Korea Blockchain Week, Quantsta ...