Safety and scamsIntermediate
Clipboard hijackers
Malware that swaps a wallet address you copied for the attacker's address when you paste it.
- What it means
- The swapped address often matches the first and last few characters, so a quick look can miss it and the coins go to the attacker.
- What to watch
- A pasted address that differs anywhere from the one you copied; compare more than the start and end, and send a small test amount first.
- How Compass-Alpha uses it
- Background only; not used in any figure on Compass-Alpha.
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