Deep Tide TechFlow News, December 25, Scam Sniffer issued a security alert, with users reporting that accessing a new Singapore news portal will redirect to the fake URL of Pudgy Penguins. Investigations show that this is part of a larger malicious advertising campaign. The principle of the attack is as follows:

  1. Malicious ads are delivered through the Google ad network

  2. Ads load suspicious code from Adloox

  3. Code Check if you have a web3 wallet

  4. If detected, redirect to a fake website named pudqypenguin.

Currently, the attack only targets Pudgy Penguins users, but this method can easily be applied to other projects. Users are reminded to carefully check the URL.