Wallets and Security | What is address poisoning? Why do people fall for it?
Attackers also send fake tokens with names that match popular stablecoins, making the transaction history look more credible.
Address poisoning doesn’t require access to your private keys or your signing an authorization. It exploits the habit of copying addresses from transaction history and checking only the first and last few characters.
Wallets that frequently send and receive stablecoins and $ETH are more likely to be targeted by address poisoning.
Don’t make large transfers over public networks, and keep your devices up to date.
Attackers also send fake tokens with names that match popular stablecoins, making the transaction history look more credible.
Address poisoning doesn’t require access to your private keys or your signing an authorization. It exploits the habit of copying addresses from transaction history and checking only the first and last few characters.
Wallets that frequently send and receive stablecoins and $ETH are more likely to be targeted by address poisoning.
Don’t make large transfers over public networks, and keep your devices up to date.