FearsOff: A hacker group impersonated crypto CEX executives to commit fraud, with Web3 projects and KOLs as the main targets

According to a post on X platform by crypto security company FearsOff, its team dug into some malicious fake websites targeting crypto users while following up on some interesting findings that can be shared with your readers, and found that some of them are still active and have been modified to evade detection by most antivirus software. After further in-depth investigation, FearsOff discovered a large new virus and malware network. This involves a very dangerous Russian hacker group that successfully attacked and stole the wallet assets of multiple victims, including large and small projects in the Web3 field. They even impersonated executives of OKX Ventures and successfully deceived some well-known Layer1 blockchain company executives. These hackers often impersonate some large Chinese companies that are inconvenient to use Zoom or Google Meet to trick victims into downloading fake video conferencing applications with crypto-stealing viruses. Their targets are mainly Web3 projects or well-known cryptocurrency KOLs who hold a large amount of crypto assets.