Hackers target Friend.tech users with cunning verification scam
Users of Friend.tech — a decentralized social network — have recently been targeted by numerous hacker attacks. Jason Janowitz — founder of crypto news outlet Blockworks — described in an Oct. 8 tweet how someone tried to hijack his Friend.tech account. At first he received a message that posed as coming from Friend.tech’s automated assistance, pretending that the number associated with the account was being changed. “A number change has been requested for this account. Reply with YES to appprove this change, or NO to decline. If we do not receive a response within 2 hours, the change will proceed as requested.” The message is meant to cause someone to believe that a bad actor is trying to access his account and that he can prevent access by answering “no” to the message. What should make victims suspicious is that such a system is rather unlikely to automatically approve changes to the account if the user does not confirm the request. After Janowit...