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Trezor’s support platform abused in crypto theft phishing attacks

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Trezor is alerting users about a phishing campaign that abuses its automated support system to send deceptive emails from its official platform.

The company's support site allows anyone to open a ticket using any email address and subject line. The system then replies automatically, sending a case number and using the submitted ticket title as the email subject.

Attackers abuse this feature by submitting tickets with titles containing urgent phishing messages, such as "[URGENT]: vault.trezor.guide - Create a Trezor Vault now in order to secure assets who may potentially be at risk."

Since the reply comes from the legitimate [email protected] address, it appears authentic to recipients but contains an email subject with a fake alert that links to a phishing site.

Message sent to Trezor users

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Users who were tricked into visiting the domain on their browsers were taken to a phishing page asking for their wallet seed.

Trezor is a hardware wallet, a small physical device used to securely store various forms of cryptocurrency. It is categorized as a "cold wallet," meaning it's offline and requires physical confirmation on the device to approve transactions.

However, the wallets set up on Trezor devices are secured by a so-called 'seed phrase,' which consists of 24 random words, serving as a very secure password that is essentially a master key to the user's assets.

Anyone with another user's seed phrase can restore a wallet on another device with full access to its assets.

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