Through its official Twitter account, MetaMask warned Apple users about the need to create a sufficiently secure password in iCloud to avoid losing their funds due to hacking attacks. phishing.
Everything seems to indicate that, as Kaspersky indicated a few weeks ago, MetaMask is still in the crosshairs of fraudsters. Recently, the crypto wallet reported through his official Twitter account about phishing attacks that Apple users can receive not having a strong iCloud password.
“If you have enabled iCloud backup for app data, this will include your password-encrypted MetaMask vault. If your password isn’t strong enough and someone spoofs your iCloud credentials, this could mean stolen funds.”
MetaMask warning comes up after that an Apple user claimed have lost cryptocurrencies for a little over $650,000 from their cryptocurrency wallet on said platform.
The Twitter user @Serpent, also recognized for being an analyst of NFT and cryptocurrency scams, was in charge of describe how a group of cybercriminals robbed the victim.
On April 15, this person received multiple text messages asking them to reset their Apple ID password. Later, she received a call allegedly from “Apple Inc”, in which the criminals used a fake caller ID.
Of course, on the call they told him there was suspicious activity on his Apple ID, and they asked for his unique verification code.
This is a six-digit code that users receive when they go to log in from a computer, iPhone or iPad other than their usual equipment, or also when someone goes to reset your Apple ID password.
That was all the criminals needed to take over this person’s account, and subsequently steal 132.86 Ethereum worth $402,988 and Tether worth $252,400. In total, with that phishing attack Cryptocurrency worth $655,388 was stolen from him.
In addition to warning users, MetaMask shared some recommendations so that users of its wallet can avoid being victims of malware attacks. phishing:
“You can disable iCloud backups for MetaMask specifically by unchecking the option here:
Settings > Profile > iCloud > Manage Storage > Backups”
MetaMask also recommended how to prevent iCloud from backing up in the future.
“If you want to prevent iCloud from surprising you with unrequested backups in the future, you can disable this feature at:
Settings > Apple ID/iCloud > iCloud > iCloud Backup”
At the end of March 2022, MetaMask announced the integration of Apple Pay and non-gas transactions in version 4.3.1 of its mobile app on March 29, 2022.
Since Apple Pay does not directly support cryptocurrency payments, the app MetaMask will admit cryptocurrency transactions through Wyre application application programming interface (API) integration with Apple Pay.
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