Am I dumb or something? Since attackers needs to exploit the BTC wallet interface why are we not asking ourselves how this will be carried out? Isn't the access needs to be granted somehow by the wallet owner? How can someone or a hacker have the ability to mimic your wallet interface?
It can be done with the help of a Bitcoin vanity generator. You can read about it here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=25804.0What scammers normally do is that, they will pick out an address
, probably from the blockchain with frequent wallet activities. Generate a similar looking address and send dust to it
, with hope that in attempt to copy the address, the potential victim would mistakenly copy the fake address and send Bitcoin.
Let's say I am using trust wallet now and I had to copy the last address I sent BTC to, the only way this can be possible is if.....
Clipboard malware is active, maybe while copy pasting the clipboard hijack malware switch the copied address to another.
Address poisoning can be avoided by copying the address directly from the wallet and not from transaction history.
Clipboard malware is different. It's mostly spread through malicious file downloads but in both cases it good to crosscheck the receiving address.