2023-4-27 12:20 |
Unsuspecting cryptocurrency users have lost over $4 million to phishing websites promoted using Google Ads.
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A popular NFT influencer on Twitter saw his entire digital livelihood violated because he clicked on a phishing ad link on Google. The post NFT Influencer’s ‘Digital Livelihood’ Violated by Phishing Compromise appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2023-1-15 19:05 | |
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Hackers have changed tact and started targeting bloggers in recent phishing attacks. Las night, an NFT blogger, “NFT GOD”, lost his entire digital livelihood after clicking on an ad link on Google.
2023-1-15 15:07 | |
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In a tweet this week, CZ warned that when searching for CoinMarketCap on Google, phishing sites with an “ad” tag were showing up in front of the actual website.
2022-10-29 06:16 | |
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Binance‘s CEO Changpeng Zhao tweeted to warn that Google displays phishing websites when users search for CoinMarket Cap. The post Bug causes Google to list malicious websites in searches for ‘CoinMarketCap’ appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-10-28 18:46 | |
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In a new twist on phishing attacks, fake wallet registration sites listed advertisements on Google Ads and solicited wallet passphrases from wallet holders. The post Google Ads Becomes Latest Platform Used to Steal Crypto in $500,000 Phishing Attacks appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2021-11-7 14:58 | |
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Check Point Research (CPR) has noted several crypto scams in the last few days where wallet users have lost thousands of dollars. The report comes days after a recent token scam on the Squid Game playThe post After Squid Game rug-off, report reveals Google Ads phishing, other scam warnings appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-11-5 12:30 | |
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The Google Threat Analysis Group [TAG] shared a report that noted an ongoing phishing campaign against the creators on YouTube. This exploit resulted in the sale of the channel to the highest bidder oThe post Crypto scams live-streamed as YouTube channels face phishing attacks appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-10-24 16:30 | |
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Cryptocurrency wallet MetaMask has warned users of a new phishing scam that fronts as an ‘instant support’ site, asking users to input the seed phrases of their wallet to a particular Google Docs.
2021-5-3 13:08 | |
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The latest MetaMask phishing scam asks users for their seed phrase in a Google Docs form posing as an official support portal.
2021-5-3 07:30 | |
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Google searches recently displayed results and ads for at least three phishing schemes masquerading as the Uniswap decentralized exchange. BeinCrypto Russia discovered that the world’s most popular search engine was showing results for (and even advertising) scams pretending to be the Uniswap platform.
2020-8-6 12:10 | |
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Cryptocurrency companies are banned on Google but the platform is allowing phishing sites to impersonate them. London-based bitcoin exchange Coin Corner showed that a fraudulent site mimicking it is allowed on Google’s advertising platform though its own evidence-backed appeals of legitimacy to Google Ads have been constantly ignored.
2020-5-1 14:50 | |
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CoinCorner reports that Google Ads is running a phishing ad despite the firm being unable to use its service.
2020-5-1 23:30 | |
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Our team has spotted new phishing websites appearing on Google search results pages. Scammers are targeting Ledger users with surprisingly tricky advertisements. We all like crypto because its secure: you’re in complete control of your money.
2019-11-20 05:01 | |
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Most of the top Google results for “bitcoin qr generator” return phishing websites, luring users into sending payments to scammers
2019-9-6 04:40 | |
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Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. A few days ago, I was baffled to see an obviously scammy event pop up in my Google calendar: I’d won $2,338 in some ‘annual competition.
2019-8-28 10:11 | |
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Android Phishing Malware Impersonated Turkish Crypto Exchange Hackers and scammers are getting more dangerous every day. According to ESET, the cybersecurity company behind NOD32, a new kind of malware that is based on Android uses Google’s SMS permissions in order to overcome two-factor authentication (2FA).
2019-6-18 00:50 | |
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Malicious apps impersonating Turkish cryptocurrency exchange BtcTurk are circumventing Google’s recently adopted security enhancing measures. According to researchers, the apps are accessing one-time passwords (OTPs) and SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA), was well as some email-based 2FA systems.
2019-6-17 15:43 | |
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Lukas Stefanko Today, May 23, 2019, via the ESET official platform revealed yet another set of cryptocurrency phishing apps he discovered on the Google Play Store platform recently. Though the apps have been reported and taken down, Stefanko is once more reminding the cryptocurrency community on the essence of keeping their crypto assets as secure […] The post Another Set Of Cryptocurrency Phishing Apps Found On The Google Play Store appeared first on ZyCrypto.
2019-5-24 23:22 | |
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Be wary if you come across ads that promote an airdrop, distributing tokens for popular cryptocurrency exchange desk Huobi: the offer might be fake, and you might be getting swooped into an elaborate ploy designed to steal your coins.
2019-3-15 14:45 | |
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There are two primary reasons why storing your private crypto keys in the cloud is a bad idea. First, your cloud provider represents a centralized honeypot that could experience a security breach, allowing cyber criminals to access your data.
2019-2-19 00:19 | |
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Trezor, a hardware wallet for storing a vast array of digital assets including bitcoin (BTC) and litecoin (LTC) has released an official statement concerning the recent phishing attacks on its electronic shops, products, as well as websites of its affiliated partners, according to a Medium blog post on February 13, 2019.
2019-2-15 20:00 | |
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Trezor addresses its community, speaking of the recently occurred phishing attacks when culprits acted under the names of Trezor and their partners, raising money
2019-3-27 14:28 | |
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If you hate random popups or fake system warnings on a website, don’t worry – Chrome’s got you covered. The Google-owned browser’s next version, Chrome 71, will block all ads on a website if it provides an “abusive” experience.
2018-11-6 14:25 | |
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Security and malware researcher Lukas Stefanko, who’s known for catching cryptocurrency-related scams, has recently found an app on Google’s Play Store phishing users’ credentials on conventional banking apps and cryptocurrency exchanges.
2018-11-5 13:51 | |
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2018-11-5 23:03 | |
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One of the most common ways for hackers to steal information from cryptocurrency investors is with phishing scams. Even though it requires plenty of technical work to set this up, a new video was published to show how an app called Easy Rates Converter managed to find its way onto Google Play, collecting sensitive data. […]
2018-11-3 02:34 | |
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Despite Google’s hardline stance against malicious cryptocurrency apps, some still find ways of sneaking through its net. Security and malware researcher, Lukas Stefanko, published a video yesterday exposing how a malicious app, distributed via Google’s Play Store, steals the sensitive data from unsuspecting users.
2018-11-2 17:55 | |
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Google has had none of its 85,000+ employees successfully phished since early 2017 when it was reported they dropped the use of its own Authenticator app and switched to a U2F model. [Note: This is a guest article submitted by Marco Paez] All Top Crypto Exchanges Currently Use Google Authenticator The move was necessary as recent data released by the APWG reported that phishing attacks have tripled since 2013, with over 246 million user attempts being made Read More The post Top Crypto Exchanges Still Using Authenticator 2FA Despite Google Dropping Support appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.
2018-8-5 23:00 | |
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That was how Kevin Serrano, an employee at ethereum startup and incubator ConsenSys, described the revelation that MetaMask had been removed from Google Chrome’s web store in a recently published blog post.
2018-7-27 00:49 | |
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Scams are an epidemic in the crypto space, and clumsy actions by big tech companies can open up the opportunities, as MetaMask learned recently.
2018-7-27 22:31 | |
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MetaMask, a popular web plugin that functions as an Ethereum wallet and allows users to run dApps in their browser, was briefly removed from Google Chrome’s web store today. Users speculated that the removal was related to Google’s ban on extensions that can be used for mining.
2018-7-26 21:36 | |
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MetaMask, a popular web plugin that functions as an Ethereum wallet and allows users to run dApps in their browser, was briefly removed from Google Chrome’s web store today. Users speculated that the removal was related to Google’s ban on extensions that can be used for mining.
2018-7-26 03:38 | |
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If you’ve updated Google Chrome to version 68, which rolled out this week, you’ll likely begin seeing a ‘Not secure’ warning in the address bar. That’s to let you know that the site you’re visiting is not HTTPS-enabled, and the traffic is being transmitted over the old, less secure HTTP protocol.
2018-7-25 09:58 | |
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