{"id":62903,"date":"2023-10-27T09:14:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T13:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=62903"},"modified":"2023-10-27T09:28:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T13:28:30","slug":"trezor-crypto-wallet-launches-investigation-into-phishing-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/trezor-crypto-wallet-launches-investigation-into-phishing-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Trezor Crypto wallet Launches Investigation Into Phishing Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Trezor, a provider of <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/cryptocurrency-hardware-wallets-safeguarding-your-digital-wealth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cryptocurrency hardware wallets<\/a>, is investigating a recent phishing campaign after users reported receiving fraudulent emails.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"934\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-102.png\" alt=\"Trezor Crypto wallet Launches Investigation Into phishing Campaign\" class=\"wp-image-62910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-102.png 934w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-102-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-102-768x476.png 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-102-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-102-750x465.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trezor Crypto Wallet Launches Investigation Into Phishing Campaign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>ZachXBT, an anonymous blockchain investigator, posted a warning on his Telegram channel on October 26 regarding a fraud attack targeting Trezor customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ZachXBT referred to an X (previously Twitter) post from the account JHDN, which claimed that Trezor may have been compromised due to fraudulent emails sent to the email address used to purchase the wallet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like previous Trezor-related <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/trezor-investigates-potential-data-breach.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">phishing attacks<\/a>, the phishing email encourages recipients to obtain the &#8220;latest firmware update&#8221; for their Trezor devices to &#8220;fix a software issue.&#8221; According to the poster, the deceptive email originated from amministrazione@sideagroup.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It looks like Trezor may have been breached? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Trezor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Trezor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zachxbt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@zachxbt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trezor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Trezor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4lmjZE1Quk\">pic.twitter.com\/4lmjZE1Quk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; % (@JHDN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JHDN\/status\/1717642564352774314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Be careful, this person just received a phishing email to the email address associated with their Trezor purchase,&#8221; ZachXBT wrote, adding that the social media report may indicate a data breach at Trezor or Evri, the <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/united-kingdom-banks-are-a-threat-to-crypto.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Kingdom<\/a> delivery company that distributes Trezor devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, according to ZachXBT, two other Reddit users complained about the same Trezor fraudulent email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Trezor&#8217;s brand ambassador, Jose Tetek, the company is actively investigating the ongoing phishing campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We continuously report fake websites, contact domain registrars, and educate and warn our customers of known risks,&#8221; Tetek said, alluding to several articles aimed at assisting users in combating phishing attacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to one report, phishing emails frequently direct recipients to download a Trezor Suite-like app that prompts them to connect their wallet and input their seed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Once you enter the seed into the app, it is compromised, and your funds are immediately transferred to the attacker&#8217;s wallet,&#8221; the page states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tetek emphasized that Trezor never requests the <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/ledger-unveils-cloud-based-recovery-service.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recovery seed<\/a>, PIN, or passphrase of its users and added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cUsers should never enter their recovery seed directly into any website, or mobile app or type it into a computer. The only safe way to work with the recovery seed is as per the instructions shown on a connected Trezor hardware wallet.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite numerous efforts to prevent such schemes, multiple phishing attacks have targeted cryptocurrency investors. In September, a prominent crypto investor reportedly lost $24 million worth of crypto assets to a massive phishing campaign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, there was a 40% increase in cryptocurrency phishing attacks, according to some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/topics\/cybersecurity#:~:text=Cybersecurity%20aims%20to%20protect%20individuals,attacks%2C%20and%20everything%20in%20between.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">cybersecurity <\/a>reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trezor, a provider of cryptocurrency hardware wallets, is investigating a recent phishing campaign after users reported receiving fraudulent emails. ZachXBT, an anonymous blockchain investigator, posted a warning on his Telegram channel on October 26 regarding a fraud attack targeting Trezor customers. ZachXBT referred to an X (previously Twitter) post from the account JHDN, which claimed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":62910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[2239,16965,8622],"class_list":["post-62903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto-wallet","tag-phishing-campaign","tag-trezor-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}