MetaMask and Blockaid Collaborate to Launch Phishing Attack Alert Feature for Enhanced User Protection
MetaMask has teamed up with security firm Blockaid to introduce a new feature aimed at bolstering user security.
Starting today, MetaMask desktop users will have the option to opt-in to the new security feature by enabling the MetaMask experimental setting and adding the Privacy Preserving Offline Module (PPOM).
Developed by MetaMask, PPOM serves as an offline security engine that simulates and validates transactions and signatures before signing them.
It achieves this by utilizing node RPC communication requests to a configured node provider, ensuring that no sensitive data is sent to external servers.
MetaMask has partnered with Blockaid to launch an alert feature to protect users from phishing attacks. Blockaid’s dApp scanning solution is capable of taking any dApp fully simulating all possible user interactions and validating whether those interactions are malicious. By the…
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Bárbara Schorchit, senior product owner at MetaMask, explained that Blockaid’s dApp scanning solution plays a crucial role in the new feature.
It can simulate user interactions within any decentralized application (dApp) and validate whether those interactions are malicious or not.
By analyzing the entire dApp’s behavior, the system can determine if it poses any threats to users.
During the initial stage of integration, users who opt-in will be alerted if a transaction appears to be malicious.
MetaMask also plans to roll out the feature on its mobile app in November.
By the first quarter of 2024, MetaMask aims to seamlessly integrate and enable the new feature by default, making it available to all MetaMask users.
The staggered rollout is intended to prevent false positives, ensuring that legitimate operations
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