Jameson Loop, chief security official at Bitcoin (BTC) CASA, looked at Bitcoin's poisoning attacks, a fraud in social engineering that uses similar addresses from the history of the victim's transactions to deceive them to send money to the malicious address.
According to Loop 6 February conditionThreatening actors generate BTC addresses that match the first and final numbers of addresses from the date of the victim's treatment. Lopp has analyzed the history of Bitcoin Blockchain for this type of attack and found:
“The first transactions did not appear until the mass 797570, July 7, 2023, which had 36 of these transactions. Then, they were all calm until Block 819455, December 12, 2023, after which we can find regular fiery bursts from these transactions until it reached 881172, January 28, 2025, then there was a 2-mont break before they started again.”
Lopp added: “For 18 months, only 48,000 transactions that match this file have been sent to the potential poisoning of the addresses.”
An example of a poisoned title attack. Source: jAmison Race
The Executive Authority urged Bitcoin holders to accurately verify the addresses before sending the money and called for better portfolio facades. LOPP warning highlights emerging cybersecurity and fraudulent plans that suffer from this industry.
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Treat fraud and discrimination to claim billions in stolen user boxes
According to the Cyber Security Company travelMore than $ 1.2 million was stolen through headquarters poisoning attacks in March 2025. CEO of Cyvers dededy Lavid said that these types of attacks cost their users of $ 1.8 million in February.
Blockchain Peckshield estimates that the lost total amount of cryptoes in the first quarter of 2025 is more than $ 1.6 billion, as the BYBIT penetration is the vast majority of stolen boxes.
The BYBIT penetration in February was responsible for losses of $ 1.4 billion and represented the largest encoding penetration in history.
Cyber security experts have linked the attacks on infiltrators from North Korea, affiliated with the state who use complex and sophisticated social engineering plans to steal cryptocurrencies and sensitive data from targets.
The fraud in social engineering in the Joint Lazaros Group includes fraudulent job offers, enlargement of meetings with capitalists in the fake project, and deception on social media.
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