hyenea.trade clone adds an extra letter to the HyENA trading platform's name in reported drainer lure, MalwareTips says
In a post published October 21, 2026, MalwareTips warns that a fake HyENA trading platform used hyenea[.]trade, adding an extra 'e' compared with the real brand's historical address hyena.trade, and copied the platfor…
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What happened
In a post published October 21, 2026, MalwareTips warns that a fake HyENA trading platform used hyenea[.]trade, adding an extra 'e' compared with the real brand's historical address hyena.trade, and copied the platform's visual presentation. MalwareTips says the clone was reported in January 2026 as a wallet-draining lure, and that its fresh screenshot request could not load the site, so current wallet prompts were not inspected. It stresses this is an impersonation warning and the legitimate HyENA service did not operate the counterfeit. MalwareTips adds that official HyENA documentation, checked October 21, 2026, describes a wind-down beginning August 28, 2026 and says no HyENA token has launched or is planned, so unexpected rescue, withdrawal or token-claim messages should be treated as unverified. It did not test withdrawals or move assets.
How the scam works
MalwareTips says the lookalike relies on a single added letter: hyenea.trade instead of hyena.trade. Copying the real platform's look makes the clone feel familiar to past users. The timing adds risk: because the genuine service has been winding down since 28 August 2026, users may expect messages about withdrawals or moving funds, which a fake site can exploit with 'rescue' or 'claim' prompts.
MalwareTips explains that once a wallet is connected, a clone can request token approvals or signatures that let another party move assets, and simply disconnecting may not revoke them. Official HyENA documentation says no token has launched or is planned, so any token claim is false. MalwareTips' image is an illustration with a reserved example address.
Source
MalwareTips, "Fake HyENA Trading Platform Scam: The Extra-Letter URL That Risks Crypto" (published 21 October 2026).
Red flags
- A trading platform address with an extra letter, such as hyenea.trade.
- Unexpected 'rescue', withdrawal or token-claim messages about a service that is winding down.
- Claims of a HyENA token, which the official documentation says doesn't exist.
- Wallet approval requests on a site you reached from a link.
If you were targeted
- 1Don't connect your wallet, sign, or approve anything on the page.
- 2Never type a recovery (seed) phrase or private key into a website or give it to 'support'.
- 3Check announcements only through the project's official website or accounts that you open yourself.
- 4If you connected and approved something, revoke the token approval with your wallet's or the network's approval tool and move remaining assets to a new wallet if you're unsure what you signed.
- 5If you disclosed a recovery phrase, treat the wallet as compromised and move assets to a new wallet created with a new phrase.
- 6Report the site to your wallet provider and, in the U.S., to the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov.