{"id":20380,"date":"2025-01-16T14:43:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T12:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/telegram-malware-scams-targeting-crypto-investors-surge-2000-in-two-months\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T14:43:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T12:43:03","slug":"telegram-malware-scams-targeting-crypto-investors-surge-2000-in-two-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/telegram-malware-scams-targeting-crypto-investors-surge-2000-in-two-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Telegram malware scams targeting crypto investors surge 2,000% in two months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The number of recorded malware scam incidents targeting crypto investors on Telegram has surpassed traditional phishing attacks, Scam Sniffer analysts reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/6 ? ALERT: Our data shows a concerning trend\u2014Telegram malware scams have surpassed traditional phishing!<\/p>\n<p>From Nov 2024 to Jan 2025:<br \/>\u2014 Malicious Telegram group scams increased by 2000%+<br \/>\u2014 Regular phishing remained stable<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s why this matters\u2026 ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6MQkDWCLrr\">https:\/\/t.co\/6MQkDWCLrr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U6YBtbaPHK\">pic.twitter.com\/U6YBtbaPHK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scam Sniffer | Web3 Anti-Scam (@realScamSniffer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realScamSniffer\/status\/1879713943792525446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>By their estimates, from November 2024 to January 2025 the frequency of such attacks increased by 2,000%. To lure victims, attackers use fake verification bots and invitations to &#8220;exclusive&#8221; trading or airdrop channels.<\/p>\n<p>After a fake verification, malicious code is injected into the clipboard, downloading malware and giving hackers access to passwords, a crypto wallet and browser data.<\/p>\n<p>Scam Sniffer says the tactic emerged as users became more wary of familiar crypto-fraud schemes.<\/p>\n<p>According to Chainalysis statistics, in 2024 the amount of funds stolen in the crypto industry rose by about 21% to $2.2 billion. The largest share came from DeFi services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of recorded malware scam incidents targeting crypto investors on Telegram has surpassed traditional phishing attacks, Scam Sniffer analysts reported. 1\/6 ? ALERT: Our data shows a concerning trend\u2014Telegram malware scams have surpassed traditional phishing! From Nov 2024 to Jan 2025:\u2014 Malicious Telegram group scams increased by 2000%+\u2014 Regular phishing remained stable Here&#8217;s why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20379,"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":[44,723],"class_list":["post-20380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cybercrime","tag-telegram"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"60","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20380","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=20380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}