Scammers Are Targeting Ross Ulbricht Supporters With Malware on Telegram – BitRss

Capitalizing on fundraising efforts to support recently pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, criminals have been launching phishing attacks targeting unwitting social media users.

After Ulbricht’s release from a federal penitentiary Tuesday, donations began to flow on X and malicious actors wasted no time using the excitement to spread scams on X and Telegram.

For example, one marred X account, shared a link in the replies claiming to be an official Telegram channel for updates. The message was liked 317 times before being removed from X.

The message was flagged by the account of the cybersecurity education website VX-Underground, which warned members of its Telegram channel that the link was a malware installer.

“Ross Ulbricht’s X account is being spammed,” VX-Underground wrote. “When you try to view the ‘official’ Ross Ulbricht Telegram channel it asks to verify your identity, and it gives free malware!”