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Threat actors are promoting phoney cryptocurrency wallets and DEX platforms on Google Search in order to steal users' cryptocurrency.  Scammers have utilised the new form of phishing effort that didn't use emails to steal about $500,000 in cryptocurrencies from wallets.

Scammers used Google Ads to steal $500,000 worth of crypto from wallets..

Check Point says the scammers place Google Ads designed to look like official wallet websites like Phantom App or MetaMask. Researchers even saw scams mimicking crypto exchanges...

Check Point Research explains that attackers are using Google Search as an attack vector to target victims’ crypto wallets. It observed that hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of crypto stolen from wallets by scammers.

Be very careful about exactly what youre clicking in search results, phishing scams arent always perpertrated in email..