{"id":12354,"date":"2024-04-08T13:41:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T10:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/phishing-ads-detected-on-etherscan-and-other-platforms\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T13:41:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T10:41:18","slug":"phishing-ads-detected-on-etherscan-and-other-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/phishing-ads-detected-on-etherscan-and-other-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Phishing Ads Detected on Etherscan and Other Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A user known as McBiblets has discovered &#8220;wallet drainers&#8221; embedded in advertisements on the Ethereum explorer site Etherscan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All the other phishing sites it&#8217;s linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4PjxnYn3ny\">pic.twitter.com\/4PjxnYn3ny<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 McBiblets (@mcbiblets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcbiblets\/status\/1777090529966076198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to his analysis, the fraudulent banners are connected to other phishing websites related to digital assets through the domain &#8220;ipjsonapi.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When users click on the link, they are prompted to link their crypto wallet to receive a service, allowing attackers to gain control over the victim&#8217;s account.<\/p>\n<p>Experts at ScamSniffer noted that similar malicious crypto ads have been observed on search engines like Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo, as well as Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">??\ufe0f\u200d\u2642\ufe0f Alert: Phishing ads running rampant on Google, Twitter, Bing, &#038; DuckDuckGo are now targeting Etherscan users. <\/p>\n<p>Etherscan aggregates ads from platforms like Coinzilla &#038; Persona, where insufficient filtering could lead to exposure to phishing attempts.?\ufe0f? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EGDLiCrrAa\">pic.twitter.com\/EGDLiCrrAa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scam Sniffer | Web3 Anti-Scam (@realScamSniffer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realScamSniffer\/status\/1777134442383134858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Researchers suggested vulnerabilities might exist in the ad placement services&#8217; analysis mechanisms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Etherscan displays ads from platforms like Coinzilla and Persona, where insufficient filtering leads to phishing attempts,&#8221; explained ScamSniffer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Chief Information Security Officer of SlowMist, known as 23pds, also warned about malicious content on Etherscan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"zh\" dir=\"ltr\">? \u6ce8\u610f\u4e86\uff0c\u6709\u9493\u9c7c\u5e7f\u544a\u4e0aetherscan\u6295\u653e\u5e7f\u544a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gMAwZJwMeF\">https:\/\/t.co\/gMAwZJwMeF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 23pds (@im23pds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/im23pds\/status\/1777122965773250829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Previously, the founder of the Ordinal Rugs project <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/hackers-pilfer-380000-in-bitcoin-from-ordinal-rugs-founder\">fell victim to phishing<\/a> on the Bitcoin Rock Discord server, resulting in a loss of $380,000 in assets.<\/p>\n<p>In March, X accounts of several crypto industry influencers were <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ifttt-vulnerability-leads-to-crypto-influencers-accounts-being-hacked-on-x\">compromised<\/a> to promote the scam token PACKY. The hacker gained access through the IFTTT (If This then That) post automation service.<\/p>\n<p>According to ScamSniffer, in February, over 57,000 users fell victim to phishing, losing a total of <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/crypto-users-suffer-47-million-loss-to-phishing-in-february\">approximately $47 million<\/a> in digital assets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A user known as McBiblets has discovered &#8220;wallet drainers&#8221; embedded in advertisements on the Ethereum explorer site Etherscan. All the other phishing sites it&#8217;s linked to pic.twitter.com\/4PjxnYn3ny \u2014 McBiblets (@mcbiblets) April 7, 2024 According to his analysis, the fraudulent banners are connected to other phishing websites related to digital assets through the domain &#8220;ipjsonapi.&#8221; When [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[516,1111,1484],"class_list":["post-12354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-advertising","tag-cybersecurity","tag-etherscan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"22","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}