What is a dusting attack?

If you have ever received a very small amount of crypto assets into your wallet and you don't know who sent it, you may have been hit by a dusting attack.

A dusting attack is a fraudulent attack that involves sending a small amount of coins or tokens to someone’s crypto wallet, which can then be used to analyze the transaction and identify the owner. Dusting attacks are not dangerous if you don’t send the funds back or interact with anyone who talks about the transaction. This is because dusting attacks are the first step to other threats, such as phishing or larger cyberattacks.