‘Do not delay’ — ASIC warns Aussies to look for 10 signs of a crypto scam
Australia’s market regulator has released a list of the “top-10 ways to spot a crypto scam,” amid a detected rise in crypto-related investment scams this year. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s (ASIC’s) public advisory statement was published as part of Scams Awareness Week 2022, an initiative that teaches Australians how to identify all forms of […]
Cybersecurity analyst reveals 8 sneaky crypto scams on Twitter right now
Cybersecurity analyst Serpent has revealed his picks for the most dastardly crypto and non-fungible token (NFT) scams currently active on Twitter. The analyst, who has 253,400 followers on Twitter, is the founder of artificial intelligence and community-powered crypto threat mitigation system, Sentinel. In a 19-part thread posted on Aug. 21, Serpent outlined how scammers target […]
$5 wrench attacks appear to be on the rise in the crypto community
Normally, the only way to access one’s crypto funds is through their private key, which, thanks to advances in cryptography, would take nothing less than an advanced futuristic quantum computer to decipher. That said, mafias and gangs have managed to think outside the box. Instead of wasting their efforts on breaking the underlying cryptography, they’ve […]