Create tools to detect crypto-haters on Twitter

Faced with frauds with cryptocurrencies on Twitter, this month have been launched two tools to prevent scams that deceive the public by supplanting identities and requesting payments with cryptocurrencies through that social network. These are the MetaCert Protocol Cryptonite and Scam Clerk applications.

Through these two tools it is possible to detect account imitators in the social network and verify if the published tweets are actually from the person being followed or from a forger who seeks to cheat the followers.

According to ad made on June 25 by MetaCert's CEO, Paul Wash, on his Twitter account, Cryptonite is an extension of the Chrome, Firefox and Opera search engines that has been updated for use in the world of cryptocurrencies, in order to identify the scams in the social network , so now it is available in its beta version for Twitter.

Through this tool it is generated a green shield that warns the public that it is before the original account . On the contrary, if the shield turns black it indicates that it is in front of an unknown site and an alarm symbol identifies the sites used to make phishing . Once the false account is identified, the tool automatically blocks it. The application is also useful for making checks on other social networks, websites and online applications where virtual wallets are hosted.

With a similar goal, Scam Clerk makes a kind of virus scan in the Twitter account , generating a board that indicates the imitators that have been blocked and a list (SCUM) with all the scam accounts identified in the network. Through its bot the application also proceeds to scan the list of friends and followers that are held in an account, offering data and complementary statistics in this regard.

Before the hacking of accounts on Twitter

He hack of Twitter accounts to make scams with cryptocurrencies is a trend that has been increasing to the same extent that the use of cryptocurrency has become popular. Despite the warnings that are made to the public, many people keep falling into the traps that tend the cybercriminals .

After hacking the accounts of people linked to the world of cryptocurrency, cyberdelicuentes usually make promotions and offers in their name, asking for a deposit in exchange, although there are other modalities that include fake raffles or lotteries that ask for a small deposit, usually in BTC or ETH, in exchange for receiving the alleged prize.

Twitter has been a land for scams despite the blue checkmark that the network puts at the public's hand to differentiate true accounts, as happened last February with the account of the TRON Foundation , which was completely imitated, with profile picture, biography and location. In this situation some users They have expressed their complaints before the Twitter platform, demanding greater security measures.

Among the recommendations to avoid this type of scams, is not responding to any direct message requesting personal data or private keys, in addition to being especially alert to those accounts that offer some kind of return in exchange for a small deposit of cryptocurrencies, a promise that should draw attention because it is usually false.

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