Guardio, a cybersecurity startup focused on keeping user information and identity secure, has unearthed a sophisticated web of phishing campaigns targeting MetaMask users connecting to some of the world’s leading metaverse and NFT brands, including OpenSea, Decentraland, and The Sandbox.
Phishing Campaign Targeting MetaMask Users
In a blog post, Guardio claims that the attackers have successfully stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of different digital assets drawn from the world’s most popular browser wallet, MetaMask.
The hackers ran a well-executed phishing campaign through a mix of stealthy black hat SEO tactics and malicious Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) AdWords campaigns which saw thousands, if not tens of thousands of innocent metaverse and NFT users, funne ...