The attacker provided me a link to a website. Again, the goal is to establish trust with their victim. They referred to me as a professional, which is why they came to me. As you can see, the attacker cited one of my artworks, ‘'Vision' indicating that they are well-versed in my work.

The attacker did their research to learn more about the type of artwork I create, which is abstract multi-colored work with sorted pixels, exactly what the attacker is mentioning.Īnother screenshot from the conversation. Let's go back to where I discussed what social engineering is for a second. The attacker also described adjusting the number of pixels, using rich color correction, and coloring the image to your liking. The majority of businesses do not pay in ETH and instead use a fiat currency. The attacker sent me a DM on Twitter with a decent introductionĪccording to the attacker, payment would be made in ETH. You can see that this message instantly raised a handful of red flags. They're hunting for any sort of information they can get their hands on in order to use it against you. To carry out an attack, an attacker first examines the targeted victim to obtain relevant background information such as personal information, potential points of entry, and cryptocurrency balance information from a public wallet for example.

Social engineering is the art of manipulating someone to provide sensitive information through human interactions.

Hackers are using social engineering tricks to get their victims to click a link, download files and install a piece of software but what is social engineering exactly? In this article, we'll take a closer look at this malware and how it operates but also what you can do to protect yourself against it.

You may have already heard about or someone suspicious reached out to you. Malicious malware has been circulating on Twitter, Email, Instagram, and Discord in recent days, stealing people's Metamask money, tokens, and credentials.

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