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How to Not Get Scammed on Discord

ID: 844b3afb-2824-5cc8-b927-504b96e494c2

STIX ID: report--844b3afb-2824-5cc8-b927-504b96e494c2

Feed Name: Black Hills Infosec Blog

Threat Score
60/100

Date Published: 2021-11-08

Date Updated: 2026-04-27

Author: BHIS

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This blog outlines prevalent threats on Discord — including Nitro- and QR-code phishing that lead to account takeover (used to abuse Steam and cryptocurrency users), scams that coerce payments, hosting of malware on Discord's CDN, and client-side exploits/infostealers — and concludes with user- and server-level mitigations such as 2FA, privacy settings, and using the browser client.

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