Twitter is the distribution channel of a new spam campaign that seeks to steal cryptocurrencies from users of this social network, with whom cybercriminals contact through a direct message asking for urgent help.

The new campaign detected on the social network contacts users through direct messages, urgently requesting their help to withdraw thousands of dollars from a cryptocurrency account in exchange for financial compensation.

The message specifies a domain, your password and username, and the amount of cryptocurrency you have in your wallet. Upon entering it, the victim accesses a supposed cryptocurrency investment platform and after entering the credentials, enters the account of the same, in which the detailed amount is found.

To withdraw the cryptocurrencies, the victim is asked to provide her wallet address and an additional password that she does not have. It is then that the platform offers you a way to directly transfer the funds within the system by creating a VIP-type account for which you have to pay a small sum of money.

The security expert of this company Andrey Kovtun also points out that “this crypto scam is far from the only one.” Cryptocurrencies generate interest both among users, who are increasingly opening wallets, and among fraudsters, and “blockchain allows cybercriminals to steal funds from victims without leaving a trace, which makes things worse.”

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A group of researchers analyzed a new attack called “Pig Buchering”, which consists of encouraging victims to invest in cryptocurrencies once they have earned their trust using the same strategy as in love scams.

The Romance Scam or love scam is a social engineering attack that consists of tricking another person into believing that there is a love relationship between them online. To do this, the attacker creates a fake profile by stealing photos of other real people and, once he knows that the victim thinks he has fallen in love with her, they convince him to make bank transfers.

The main difference between the Romance Scam and the Pig Buchering, which translates as Slaughter of pigs, is that, in the second case, the scammers abuse the trust of the victims so that they invest in cryptocurrencies.

Of Chinese origin, this online crime has managed to position itself as one of the main social engineering attacks in non-English speaking countries. So much so that the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a notice last April indicating that it was becoming increasingly popular.

In fact, according to data collected by the Global Anti-Scam Organization (GASO), victims lose an average of $122,000 with these frauds. In addition, two thirds of those affected are women between the ages of 25 and 44.

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Source: El Financiero

La entrada Pig Buchering, new cryptocurrency scam apareció primero en Bitfinance.