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Authored by<\/span>:<\/span> Vallabh Chole and <\/span>Yerko<\/span> Grbic<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

On July 23rd, 2023, Elon Musk announced that the social networking site, Twitter was rebranding as \u201cX\u201d. The news propelled Twitter and X to gain headlines and become the top trending topics on popular social media platforms.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Scammers pounced on this opportunity and started renaming various hacked YouTube and other social media accounts to \u201ctwitter-x\u201d and \u201ctwitter fund\u201d to promote scam links with new X branding.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Figure <\/span><\/span>1<\/span><\/span><\/span>. Twitter-X-themed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>You<\/span>T<\/span>ube<\/span> Live Stream<\/span> by scammer<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Figure 2. Twitter X Crypto Scam<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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This <\/span>type of <\/span><\/span>scam<\/span><\/span><\/a> has been<\/span> active <\/span>for <\/span>some <\/span><\/span>time and<\/span><\/span><\/span> uses<\/span> an <\/span>innovative approach to lure victims.<\/span> To make this <\/span>scam<\/span> more <\/span>authentic<\/span>,<\/span> attackers <\/span>target<\/span> famous<\/span> Influencers with sponsorship emails <\/span>that <\/span>contain<\/span> password-stealing\u00a0<\/span>malware as<\/span> email <\/span>attachment<\/span>s<\/span>. When <\/span>password stealer<\/span> malware<\/span> is executed<\/span>,<\/span> the <\/span>influencer<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s session <\/span>cookies (unique access token<\/span>s<\/span>) are <\/span>stolen and <\/span>uploaded<\/span> to <\/span>attacker-controlled <\/span>systems<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Figure <\/span>3.<\/span> Malware Flow<\/span> Chart<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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After the <\/span>influencer<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s <\/span>account has been compromised,<\/span> the scammer <\/span>start<\/span>s<\/span> to rename channel<\/span>s,<\/span> in this case to \u201cTwitter CEO\u201d and <\/span>then the scammers start to<\/span> live stream <\/span>an <\/span>Elon<\/span> M<\/span>usk video<\/span> on YouTube<\/span>. <\/span>T<\/span>hey post web links <\/span>for <\/span>new <\/span>scam<\/span> sites in <\/span>chat,<\/span> and <\/span>target YouTube<\/span> accounts<\/span> with a <\/span>large number of <\/span>subscribers<\/span>. <\/span>On <\/span>other social media platforms<\/span>,<\/span> such as Instagram and Twitter<\/span>,<\/span> they use compromise<\/span>d<\/span> account<\/span>s<\/span> to follow <\/span>users<\/span> and post screenshot<\/span>s<\/span> with caption<\/span>s, such as<\/span> \u201cThanks <\/span>Mr.<\/span>E<\/span>lon”<\/span>. If we loo<\/span><\/span>k for t<\/span><\/span><\/span>hese terms<\/span> on <\/span>Instagram,<\/span> we <\/span>observe<\/span> thousands <\/span>of <\/span>similar <\/span>post<\/span>s<\/span>. C<\/span>ompromised accounts<\/span> are also <\/span>used<\/span> to post <\/span>videos for software\/game applications<\/span>,<\/span> which are <\/span>malware<\/span> masquerading <\/span>as <\/span>legitimate<\/span> software or game<\/span>s<\/span>. <\/span>These videos<\/span> demonstrate<\/span> how to download and execute file<\/span>s<\/span>, <\/span>which are common <\/span>password-stealing malware, and distributed through <\/span>compromised social media accounts.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Protection with McAfee+:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0<\/span>McAfee+<\/span><\/a>\u00a0provides all-in-one online protection for your<\/span>\u00a0identity, privacy, and security. With McAfee+, you\u2019ll feel safer online because you\u2019ll\u00a0<\/span>have the tools, guidance, and support to take the steps to be safer online. <\/span>McAfee protects against these types of scam sites with Web Advisor protection that detects malicious websites.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Figure 4. McAfee <\/span>WebAdvisor<\/span> detection<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Below is <\/span>a <\/span>detection <\/span>heatmap<\/span> for <\/span>scam<\/span> URL\u2019s <\/span>targeting twitter-x and promoting crypto scams<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Figure 5. Scam URL Detection Heatmap<\/span><\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Figure 6. Password stealer Heatmap<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Indicators of Compromise:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Scam Site<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nCrypto Type<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nWallet<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
twitter-x[.]org<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nETH\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n0xB1706fc3671115432eC9a997F802aC79CD7f378a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
twitter-x[.]org<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nBTC\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1KtgaAjBETdcXiAdGsXJMePT4AEGWqtsug<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
twitter-x[.]org<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nUSDT\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n0xB1706fc3671115432eC9a997F802aC79CD7f378a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
twitter-x[.]org<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nDOGE\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nDLCmD43eZ6hPxZVzc8C7eUL4w8TNrBMw9J<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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