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Cyber criminals looking for a quick payout and valuables are targeting digital artists using NFTs, warns security researcher Bart Blaze.

The various tricks criminals use for targeting digital artists.

In one variation of the attack, it all starts with the attacker adopting an entirely fake persona, contacting the artist and commissioning a bespoke piece of digital art.

In another, the attacker poses as an employee of an existing software company and asks the target to beta-test photo editing software in return for payment in ETH. In both cases, the attacker asks the targeted artist to accept / download and open a.src file or an archive file.

A number of digital artists have already fallen for the trick or have identified it as a scam are warning others via Twitter.

Finally, digital artists should carefully evaluate the legitimacy of previously unknow potential customers and refrain from running files with dangerous extensions or opening archive files from people they don't know / trust.

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