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Phishing Scam Targets Crypto Leaders via Fake Zoom Calls and Downloads Trap

April 18, 2025 by Kashif Saleem

  • Manta Network’s co-founder, Kenny Li, narrowly avoided a Zoom phishing scam on April 17.
  • Jake Gallen suffered a loss of over $100K in assets after falling victim to a similar Zoom phishing attack on April 11.
  • Li advises crypto leaders to avoid unexpected downloads or software updates during video calls to protect against such attacks.

Crypto industry insiders are increasingly becoming the target of sophisticated cyber scams, including phishing scam, with the latest troubling incident involving Manta Network’s co-founder, Kenny Li. Recently, Li experienced a highly convincing attempt to trick him during a Zoom call. 

On April 17, Li detailed the incident through an X post, revealing how attackers used authentic video footage of a familiar individual to trap him. The meeting looked genuine, but there was no audio and soon a prompt appeared, pushing him to download a suspicious script

I could see their legit faces. Everything looked very real. But I couldn’t hear them. It said my Zoom needs an update. But it asked me to download a script file. I immediately left,” Li shared.

After exiting the meeting, Li contacted the impersonator through Telegram and requested a call for verification. The person did not respond and instead deleted all previous messages and blocked him. Li later confirmed that the real person whose face appeared in the meeting had been hacked by the Lazarus Group, a known cybercrime organization.

🚨 Just got targeted by Lazarus.

A known contact on TG reached out to me to ask for a chat. Scheduled a Zoom call. When I got on the Zoom, it asked me for camera access which I found a bit odd because I have used Zoom many times.

Even crazier, the team members had their…

— 🤓Kenny.manta (@superanonymousk) April 17, 2025

Zoom Phishing Scam Hits Crypto Leaders

This Zoom phishing tactic doesn’t target only Li. On April 11, Jake Gallen, CEO of Emblem Vault and a well-known podcaster and NFT collector, reported that he lost over $100,000 in digital assets, including Bitcoin and Ether, due to a similar phishing scam carried out through a Zoom meeting.

Gallen said his computer was completely compromised after he joined a video call and followed a link to download Zoom, even though it was already installed on his system.

Unfortunately, this led to $100k+ in purchased digital assets being lost,” he said.

Additionally, another community member from ContributionDAO had a similar run-in. The attackers insisted on downloading a specific version of Zoom, despite the victim already having the app installed. When the victim suggested switching to Google Meet for safety, the scammers refused outright.

Other prominent crypto leaders, such as Pixelmon CEO Giulio Xiloyannis and Devdock AI founder Melbin Thomas, among others, also reported recent attempted hacks with the same Zoom strategy.

Beware Sudden Downloads or Updates

Li warns that crypto leaders, regularly flooded with meetings and messages, could easily fall victim to these attacks. “These are hacks that play to your emotional connection and potentially mental fatigue,” he explained. He urged caution especially about downloading any sudden update or unknown file sent unexpectedly.

The biggest red flag will always be a downloadable. Whether it’s in the form of an update, an attachment, app, or anything else, if you need to download something in order to continue something with the person on the other side, don’t do it,” Li strongly advised.

As attackers continue refining methods to deceive crypto entrepreneurs, heightened awareness and caution remain the most effective defenses against these persistent cyber threats.

Related Readings | U.S. Secret Service and Canada Disrupt $4.3M Ethereum Approval Phishing Scam

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Cryptocurrency, Manta Network, Scam Alert, zoom

Brave Introduces Privacy Focused Video Calls Tackling Zoom’s Concern

May 28, 2020 by Utkarsh Gupta

The concept of data privacy and secure encryption to avoid unauthorized access is a long-standing debate and privacy-centric Brave Browser has been a long-term advocate of this moment.

In line with the above, the cryptocurrency-backed web browser has now launched an in-browser feature for video calls which can be conducted out with complete end-to-end encryption.

The announcement was made on Twitter and Brave’s official page indicated,

Our Nightly version for North America now features Brave Together, our private and unlimited video calling service based on open source @jitsinews. Click on the widget & start connecting with friends/colleagues. Feedback welcome at https://t.co/SWLpcAKZDq for this trial version. pic.twitter.com/UPFE13Z0xB

— Brave Software (@brave) May 26, 2020

As noted in the above tweet, the video service will be called ‘Brave Together’ and can be used to make unlimited private video calls including the participation of two individuals. The feature is open to all Brave users as no sign-up form is required for access.

 

Demand for Video-conferencing Software amidst COVID-19

As the global population continues to undergo extreme lockdowns in certain places, the usage of video conferencing software has seen a massive surge over the past two months. Zoom has been one of the main benefactors of this situation, as the software has witnessed a catastrophic increase in utilization.

However, the video conferencing app recently got the end of the stick. With privacy concerns linked to software running wild in the industry, the criticism was posed when Elon Mush’s SpaceX released an internal memo, asking his staff to limit the use of conference software.

Keeping the conflict in mind, it can be speculated the Brave Browser may have released a privacy-focused video conferencing to target that specific group of people. However, it is still at an early stage of development and only time can tell if ‘Brave Together’ is able to generate the same amount of interest as the Brave Browser.

Brave and Binance Partners to bring Crypto-Trading into Browser

The intent of Brave’s ecosystem to put cryptocurrency in the mainstream has continued as well, with the organization pairing up with Binance back in March 2020 to introduce trading directly on to their website.

Brendan Eich, CEO, and co-founder of Brave had stated,

“Cryptocurrency trading can be a daunting task for users not familiar with such assets, so integrating Binance into the Brave browser makes the process seamless and simple. By bringing a leading exchange like Binance directly into the browser, Brave is taking cryptocurrency trading mainstream and enabling users to conduct transactions with ease.”

Although Brave’s native BAT token had an average market cap of only $300 million at press time, the organization has been able to keep its best foot forward in its recent developments.

 

Filed Under: Industry Tagged With: BAT token, Binance, Brave, video conferencing, zoom

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