Etherscan, CoinGecko warn against ongoing MetaMask phishing attacks
2022.05.14 10:35
Etherscan, CoinGecko warn against ongoing MetaMask phishing attacks
Popular crypto analytics platforms Etherscan and CoinGecko have parallelly issued an alert against an ongoing phishing attack on their platforms. The firms began investigating the attack after numerous users reported unusual MetaMask pop-ups prompting users to connect their crypto wallets to the website.
Based on the information disclosed by the analytics firms, the latest phishing attack attempts to gain access to users’ funds by requesting to integrate their crypto wallets via MetaMask once they access the official websites.
Compromised CoinZilla source code with phishing link. Source: @Noedel19CoinGecko website showing fake MetaMask pop-up. Source: @Noedel19
