Phishing scammers cloned the websites of crypto media conduit Blockworks and Ethereum blockchain scanner Etherscan to trick unsuspecting readers into interacting with phishing sites.
A cloned Blockworks website displayed a fake “breaking” news story about an alleged multi-million dollar “approval vulnerability” on decentralized exchange Uniswap and encouraged users to visit the fake Etherscan website to revoke approval.
The fake Etherscan website displays a purported token and smart contract approval checker, but actually contains a smart contract that can drain crypto wallets when connected.
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Age checks of the domains showed that the fake Etherscan site – approvalscan.io – was registered on October 25, and the fake Blockworks site – blockworks.media was registered a day later.
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