TechFlow, Dec 31 —
WEEX co-founder and Chief Security Officer (CSO) Ethan warned on social media about a noticeable rise in security threats recently, with criminals impersonating investors, partners, or well-known KOLs to conduct targeted scams against project teams and industry professionals under the guise of collaboration, investment, or resource coordination.
Ethan noted that such attacks are often not simple phishing links, but instead rely on prolonged communication, identity spoofing, and exploitation of social trust to eventually manipulate victims into executing files, visiting specific pages, signing authorizations, or leaking internal information.
He urged project teams and professionals to conduct multi-factor verification before any operation involving permissions, authorization, files, or funds, and not to lower security standards due to the other party's "prestigious identity."
Ethan emphasized: "In security, trust cannot come from titles, only from verification." He also clarified that he would never request any form of system access, file execution, or authorization via private messages or third-party channels.
