Phishing campaign uses genuine SHIB airdrops to drain wallets

Community monitors and an influencer this week warned Shiba Inu token holders of an active phishing campaign that uses legitimately airdropped SHIB tokens to lure users to malicious websites and drain connected wallets. The alerts, circulated on the social platform X and other community channels, urged holders to ignore unsolicited tokens and embedded messages and to verify any claims through official Shiba Inu channels before connecting wallets or approving transactions.

Security monitors identified a pattern in which attackers send genuine SHIB tokens to wallets along with a deceptive message instructing recipients to visit a fraudulent site to "claim rewards." The site prompts users to connect their crypto wallets, enabling attackers to request token approvals and transfer assets out of victims' accounts. Shibarium Trustwatch, an X account that tracks threats to the Shiba Inu ecosystem, warned that connecting a wallet to such sites "could result in stolen assets or compromised security." Influencer Susbarium likewise urged the SHIB community to ignore embedded messages, avoid unknown websites, and verify activity through official channels, and provided guidance on how to...