2024 turned out to be an extremely productive year for scammers targeting crypto wallet owners. According to experts from the Web3 Scam Sniffer platform, the criminals' loot was $494 million. They calculated that about 300 thousand addresses fell victim to attacks.
This figure was 67 percent higher than in 2023. Surprisingly, the number of attacked users increased by only 3.7 percent. Analysts believe that this is due to the higher level of training of cybercriminals, who are now targeting owners of truly valuable assets. We are talking about about a hundred thousand victims here.
As a rule, hackers use special programs to steal funds. These are phishing tools designed specifically to steal cryptocurrency and other digital assets. Most often, they are posted on fake or hacked sites.
Interestingly, of all the thefts, there were only 30 incidents in which victims lost more than a million dollars. The largest robbery, which occurred in early 2024, left a user with $55.4 million. It occurred in Q1, during which the total damage was $187 million. At the same time, only 10.3 percent of the total amount for 2024 was stolen in Q4.
Speaking about the main trends in this segment, experts note the use of fake CAPTCHA pages and Cloudflare, as well as IPFS to bypass detection.
This figure was 67 percent higher than in 2023. Surprisingly, the number of attacked users increased by only 3.7 percent. Analysts believe that this is due to the higher level of training of cybercriminals, who are now targeting owners of truly valuable assets. We are talking about about a hundred thousand victims here.
As a rule, hackers use special programs to steal funds. These are phishing tools designed specifically to steal cryptocurrency and other digital assets. Most often, they are posted on fake or hacked sites.
Interestingly, of all the thefts, there were only 30 incidents in which victims lost more than a million dollars. The largest robbery, which occurred in early 2024, left a user with $55.4 million. It occurred in Q1, during which the total damage was $187 million. At the same time, only 10.3 percent of the total amount for 2024 was stolen in Q4.
Speaking about the main trends in this segment, experts note the use of fake CAPTCHA pages and Cloudflare, as well as IPFS to bypass detection.
