{"id":125185,"date":"2020-12-03T08:41:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T05:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ciphertrace-warns-of-surge-in-funds-lost-to-metamask-phishers\/"},"modified":"2020-12-03T08:41:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T05:41:29","slug":"ciphertrace-warns-of-surge-in-funds-lost-to-metamask-phishers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ciphertrace-warns-of-surge-in-funds-lost-to-metamask-phishers\/","title":{"rendered":"# CipherTrace warns of surge in funds lost to MetaMask phishers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># CipherTrace warns of surge in funds lost to MetaMask phishers  <\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjAtMTIvZDZlYjVmZjQtNmYxZC00ZjQ0LThkN2UtMmQwZjYyMTFmMGUxLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-5a136f3a>Cyber Security firm CipherTrace has issued a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ciphertrace.com\/alert-malicious-crypto-browser-extension-masked-metamask\/\">warning<\/a> after noting a surge in reports over the past 24 hours of users funds being stolen by a malicious Chrome browser extension posing as popular crypto wallet MetaMask.<\/p>\n<p>The warning was issued under the headline &#8220;ALERT: Malicious Crypto Browser Extension\u2014Masked MetaMask&#8221; and reported the company had seen &#8220;an uptick of alerts and comments within the online cryptocurrency community of users\u2019 funds being stolen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In response to online criticism that MetaMask is not doing enough to steer its users away from potentially harmful websites and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a>s, MetaMask\u2019s Chief Product Officer Jacob Cantele<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobcantele\/status\/1334193616756076546\"> asked<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> what more the company should do?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHow can we improve? Currently we&#8217;re warning in multiple places within the product, we maintain a phishing detector that warns about tens of thousands of malicious sites, we do regular security marketing campaigns, and we have legal resources to trying to get these sites removed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Links to fake MetaMask sites are being inadvertently reposted by cryptocurrency projects and reportedly show up frequently as Google Ads above the first result in Google searches for the term \u201cmetamask.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"> Phishing warning? <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Google?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Google<\/a> is allowing a phisher to buy sponsored ads on their search results. When using crypto, try to use direct links, and if you need to use search, watch out for sponsored links! <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fx4WArcH80\">pic.twitter.com\/Fx4WArcH80<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MetaMask (@metamask_io) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metamask_io\/status\/1334012407014834184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The scam works like this: After arriving at a phishing website that looks just like the real MetaMask site or downloading a malicious browser extension, users are directed to enter their 12 word seed to connect their wallet. The seed is captured by the phisher and the wallet drained of funds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">METAMASK SCAM!<br \/>A friend of mine got his account drained. He googled &#8220;metamask&#8221;, clicked on the 1st link (ad) that came up which prompted him to download the fake metamask plugin. As soon as he installed it everything from his account was drained. Share Retweet! <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OO9tkq1N6k\">pic.twitter.com\/OO9tkq1N6k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Value-Trader (@AbizMind) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbizMind\/status\/1332855856833159168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>MetaMask stated that the best way to avoid being phished is to download the software only from its official site, or from inside the Google Chrome store, but never by clicking links on other websites.<\/p>\n<p>For those who already have the MetaMask Chrome extension installed, MetaMask will display a warning in bright red if a user attempts to visit a website previously reported as a phishing site. <\/p>\n<p>MetaMask users who are unsure if a website has been reported as malicious are encouraged to visit<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoscamdb.org\/search\/\"> CryptoScamDB<\/a> and enter the website URL or IP address where it will be cross-referenced against a database of reported scam and phishing websites.<\/p>\n<p>In October, MetaMask<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/metamask\/metamask-exceeds-1-million-monthly-active-users-9da72a1e915d\"> announced<\/a> that it had surpassed one million active users on a monthly basis, largely thanks to the acceleration of the DeFi trend over the summer and fall. Rising Ether prices and a large user base suggest this type of phishing attack won&#8217;t be going away anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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