Scammers Are Targeting Cryptocurrency Scam Sites to Hijack Their Targeted Audience

Scammers Are Targeting Cryptocurrency Scam Sites to Hijack Their Targeted Audience

Cryptocurrency scam sites are being targeted by other scammers to hijack their traffic and their possible earnings. A recently detected threat actor, named Water Labbu, is manipulating the users that are drawn to these sites as a source of revenue, injecting a malicious script as a tool for interacting with the wallet that, depending on its funds, will be attacked. Crypto Scammers Are Attacking Crypto Scammers

The rise of the cryptocurrency ecosystem has brought interest in targeting investors through scam sites using different resources that include Youtube streams to do so, as a recent report showed. Now, scammers are taking advantage of other scammers through sophisticated script tools. A new kind of threat actor, called Water Labbu, is targeting third-party crypto scam sites to use their attracted users also as targets for its attack.

The attack inserts a script in the cryptocurrency scam web page, which is commonly a kind of lending-liquidity providing page, that sends an approve prompt to the cryptocurrency wallet of the user if he has over a certain amount of cryptocurrency in his wallet. If the user approves the request, which is designed to look like a valid token allowance request from a Web3 site, the wallet affected will be drained of all the USDT present.

This constitutes a double scam attack: Water Labbu steals the cryptocurrency from the targeted users and also uses the resources of the scam site, which previously has invested in several channels to attract the attention of these users. Earnings and Warnings to Avoid This Scam

Water Labbu has managed to infect 45 cryptocurrency scam websites according to a recent article from Trend Micro, a cybersecurity and antivirus firm. The company also determined that at least 9 addresses were victims of this fraud, allowing the attack to siphon more than $300,000 in funds.

To avoid being victims of this kind of attack, users should follow the same best practice rules to avoid other similar cryptocurrency scams. Trend Micro explains that “users should be careful of any invitations for investment that originate from untrusted parties. Furthermore, they should not trade cryptocurrency funds on any unknown platform without thoroughly vetting its legitimacy, understanding what it does, and how it operates.”

Another way of avoiding this kind of scam is to be very aware of the token approval limits and review every transaction to be signed by the cryptocurrency wallet used. Tags in this story Best Practices, cryptocurrency scam, lending, liquidity provider, Scam, trend micro, water labbu

What do you think about the cryptocurrency scam attack that uses other scam sites? Tell us in the comments section below. Sergio Goschenko

Sergio is a cryptocurrency journalist based in Venezuela. He describes himself as late to the game, entering the cryptosphere when the price rise happened during December 2017. Having a computer engineering background, living in Venezuela, and being impacted by the cryptocurrency boom at a social level, he offers a different point of view about crypto success and how it helps the unbanked and underserved. Netskope Discovers Hackers Are Using Google Sites and Microsoft Azure to Steal Crypto SECURITY | Aug 13, 2022 Leaked Personal Data of 1 Billion Chinese Citizens on Sale for 10 Bitcoins — Hacker Claims Stolen From Shanghai Police SECURITY | Jul 5, 2022

Image Credits: Shutterstock, Pixabay, Wiki Commons Previous articleFidelity Launches Ethereum Index Fund — Sees Client ‘Demand for Exposure to Digital Assets Beyond BTC’ Show comments More Popular NewsIn Case You Missed ItOman to Incorporate Real Estate Tokenization in Virtual Assets Regulatory Framework

Real estate tokenization is set to be incorporated into Oman Capital Markets Authority (OCMA)"s virtual asset regulatory framework. According to an advisor with the authority, the tokenizing of real estate will open investment opportunities for local and foreign investors. Real ... read more.Tony Hawk"s Latest NFTs to Come With Signed Physical Skateboards Following a Brief Fee Spike, Gas Prices to Move Ethereum Drop 76% in 12 Days Fidelity Investments Launches Crypto, Metaverse ETFs — Says "We Continue to See Demand" Microbt Reveals Latest Bitcoin Mining Rigs — Machines Produce up to 126 TH/s With Custom 5nm Chip Design