Beware of Mt. Gox Scam Sites
As interest in Bitcoin continues to escalate on a global scale, scammers have decided to cash in on the digital currency gold rush by taking advantage of the Internet's less tech savvy users. Over the last several years there have been examples of Trojans stealing Bitcoin wallets and installing Bitcoin miners, however these efforts haven't been terribly complex. Recently. Now there are a slew of Mt. Gox scam sites on the loose, tricking unsuspecting users into thinking they're making a wise investment decision. A recent example last week demonstrates how far criminal intent has come in the....
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Indians visited crypto scam websites nearly 10 million times last year, according to blockchain data analytics firm Chainalysis. The top crypto scam sites alone were visited 4.6 million times by Indian users.
Millions of Indians Visit Crypto Scam Sites
Indians visited scam crypto websites in droves over the past years, according to data from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis.
The firm found that Indians visited cryptocurrency scam websites 9.6 million times last year. In 2020, the figure was much higher. Crypto scam websites were visited 17.8 million times....
It has been reported on Reddit by numerous users throughout today's session that some users of wallet company MultiBit have become the (attempted) victims of a phising scam. While it is still far too early to speculate on the nature of the scam, who is behind it or even how many (and to what extent) users have been affected, we thought you guys and girls wouldn't mind a quick bulletin - purely to try and stop as many further potential attacks as possible. As usual - the advice is, DON'T CLICK THE LINK! From what we can tell from the screenshots provided my Reddit users, the scam is masked....
The ACCC is using a countermeasures service from the U.K.-based Netcraft, which has been providing a similar service to the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre. Cybersecurity specialists have welcomed a new trial by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to automatically take down scam websites. The trial saw dozens of scam sites, including crypto scams, knocked offline after more than 300 were reported.The ACCC reported that Australians had lost $113 million in cryptocurrency scams last year. The new trial will be in partnership with the Australian Securities and....
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