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Ethereum dusting attacks visualized as security threats contaminating blockchain network activity
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Ethereum Dusting Attacks: The Alarming Truth Behind the Network’s Activity Surge

January 21, 2026 CryptoExpert

January 2025 – The Ethereum blockchain recently experienced a dramatic surge in network activity, but security researchers now warn this increase may represent a dangerous wave of sophisticated dusting attacks rather than genuine adoption. According to blockchain analyst Andrey Sergeenkov, the metrics that initially suggested network growth could instead signal a coordinated address poisoning campaign […]

Analysis of Ethereum network activity surge linked to address poisoning attack risks.
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Ethereum Network Activity Surge: Alarming Link to Widespread Address Poisoning Attacks

January 20, 2026 j n

A dramatic and concerning surge in Ethereum network activity has security analysts and blockchain researchers on high alert, with new data pointing directly to a rise in sophisticated address poisoning attacks exploiting recently lowered transaction costs. This unexpected spike, which saw daily transactions approach a record 2.9 million and over 2.7 million new addresses created […]