{"id":181904,"date":"2023-10-27T06:21:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T00:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=181904"},"modified":"2023-10-27T06:21:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T00:51:14","slug":"scammers-create-spoof-blockworks-site-to-drain-crypto-wallets-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/scammers-create-spoof-blockworks-site-to-drain-crypto-wallets-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Scammers create spoof Blockworks site to drain crypto wallets – Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Phishing scammers have cloned the websites of crypto media outlet Blockworks and Ethereum blockchain scanner Etherscan to trick unsuspecting readers into interacting with a phishing site.<\/p>\n

A cloned Blockworks site displays a fake “BREAKING” news report of a supposed multimillion-dollar \u201capprovals exploit\u201d on the decentralized exchange Uniswap and encourages users to a faked Etherscan website to rescind approvals.<\/p>\n

The fake Blockworks website (left) shows a fake breaking news story of a Uniswap exploit compared to the legitimate website (right).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The fake Etherscan website, displaying a purported token and smart contract approval checker, instead contains a smart contract that would likely drain a crypto wallet when connected.<\/p>\n

Related: <\/em><\/strong>85% of crypto rug pulls in Q3 didn\u2019t report audits: Hacken<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The phishing website (left) compared to the legitimate Etherscan website (right).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An age check of the domains shows the fake Etherscan site \u2014 approvalscan.io \u2014 was registered on Oct. 25, with the faked Blockworks site \u2014 blockworks.media registered a day later.<\/p>\n

Magazine: <\/em><\/strong>Ethereum restaking \u2014 Blockchain innovation or dangerous house of cards?<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Phishing scammers have cloned the websites of crypto media outlet Blockworks and Ethereum blockchain scanner Etherscan to trick unsuspecting readers into interacting with a phishing site. A cloned Blockworks site displays a fake “BREAKING” news report of a supposed multimillion-dollar \u201capprovals exploit\u201d on the decentralized exchange Uniswap and encourages users to a faked Etherscan website […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[235,203,210,234,231,232,237,238,236,233],"class_list":["post-181904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain","tag-bitcoin","tag-crypto-currency","tag-elon-musk","tag-ethereum","tag-hyperledger","tag-ibm","tag-mining","tag-nodes","tag-spacex","tag-tesla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181904"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181907,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181904\/revisions\/181907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}