09-30-2022, 06:50 AM
Testing my new hot wallet on a live phishing site
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Saw <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xgu5qw/u3lilougps_is_a_scammer_who_was_spamming_crypto/">this post</a> a few days ago and it gave me an idea.</p> <p>I recently installed a new wallet that claimed to have anti-phishing protection and some other “advanced” security features.</p> <p>So I thought, let’s see it in action.<br/> I used the exact phishing site link from the post and went to town with my Aurox Wallet. I thought it may just give me a small notification but as you can see, their alert is pretty hard to ignore: <a href="https://imgur.com/a/r6tVXFJ">https://imgur.com/a/r6tVXFJ</a></p> <pre><code>***Please don’t visit the website in the gif, it’s a live phishing site*** </code></pre> <p>I don’t want to come off as overly shilly for this wallet in particular, there are other wallets that do this too. The wallet itself isn’t at all the point of this post. The point is why aren’t more wallets implementing measures like this to protect the noobs? </p> <p>In my opinion, more wallets having a defense against scams/hacks is better for crypto overall. What do you guys think?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/pancakebellyache"> /u/pancakebellyache </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xre5wu/testing_my_new_hot_wallet_on_a_live_phishing_site/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xre5wu/testing_my_new_hot_wallet_on_a_live_phishing_site/">[comments]</a></span>
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Saw <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xgu5qw/u3lilougps_is_a_scammer_who_was_spamming_crypto/">this post</a> a few days ago and it gave me an idea.</p> <p>I recently installed a new wallet that claimed to have anti-phishing protection and some other “advanced” security features.</p> <p>So I thought, let’s see it in action.<br/> I used the exact phishing site link from the post and went to town with my Aurox Wallet. I thought it may just give me a small notification but as you can see, their alert is pretty hard to ignore: <a href="https://imgur.com/a/r6tVXFJ">https://imgur.com/a/r6tVXFJ</a></p> <pre><code>***Please don’t visit the website in the gif, it’s a live phishing site*** </code></pre> <p>I don’t want to come off as overly shilly for this wallet in particular, there are other wallets that do this too. The wallet itself isn’t at all the point of this post. The point is why aren’t more wallets implementing measures like this to protect the noobs? </p> <p>In my opinion, more wallets having a defense against scams/hacks is better for crypto overall. What do you guys think?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/pancakebellyache"> /u/pancakebellyache </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xre5wu/testing_my_new_hot_wallet_on_a_live_phishing_site/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xre5wu/testing_my_new_hot_wallet_on_a_live_phishing_site/">[comments]</a></span>