Svmuu News: According to research by Etherscan, there has been a marked increase in address poisoning attacks on the Ethereum network recently. Attackers send transactions from spoofed addresses, inserting wallet addresses that closely resemble the characters before and after a legitimate address into users’ transaction history, thereby tricking users into copying the wrong address during subsequent transfers. The study shows that between July 2022 and June 2024, approximately 17 million address poisoning attempts occurred on the Ethereum, targeting roughly 1.3 million user addresses and resulting in confirmed losses of at least $79.3 million.Attacks are typically carried out via zero-value transfers, fake token transfers, or dust transfers, and are automatically initiated within minutes of the user completing a legitimate transaction. Although the success rate of a single attack is only about 0.01% (approximately 1 in 10,000), attackers send poisoned transactions on a large scale through automated systems, thereby relying on "volume advantage" to generate profits. The study also found that different attack groups often compete for the same target address, attempting to be the first to write the spoofed address into the transaction history. Additionally, the Fusaka upgrade activated on December 3, 2025, reduced transaction costs for Ethereum, enabling attackers to send large volumes of poisoned transactions at a lower cost.Within 90 days of the upgrade, the average daily transaction volume on Ethereum increased by approximately 30% compared to the previous 90 days, while the number of new addresses added daily rose by about 78%. At the same time, there was a noticeable increase in small-value “dust” transfer activity. Etherscan reminds users to carefully verify the destination address before making a transfer. Users can distinguish legitimate addresses by checking address labels, ENS domain names, wallet address books, or address highlighting features to reduce the risk of accidental transfers. Since blockchain transactions are irreversible, funds sent to the wrong address are typically difficult to recover.