Title: is bitcoin core wallet compromiced ? got warning in debugwindow about phishing? Post by: roselee on July 25, 2017, 11:54:28 AM hi got this warning in my debugwindow today:
WARNUNG: Betrüger versuchen aktiv Nutzer dazu zu bringen Kommandos hier auszuführen um die Wallet Inhalte zu stehlen. Diese Konsole sollte nicht benutzt werden ausser man kennt die möglichen Folgen des Kommandos. ist german and sais warning: there are thiefs that try to activly force users to use comands to take what is in the wallet. dont use this console if you are not certain about the comands result. how do this thief do it ? what comands would that be ? Title: Re: is bitcoin core wallet compromiced ? got warning in debugwindow about phishing? Post by: ranochigo on July 25, 2017, 12:05:33 PM Bitcoin Core is not compromised and that message is completely normal.
It is just a message to inform people not familiar with using Bitcoin Core that using the functions within the debug console can result in them being scammed. Eg. using dumpprivkey would expose the private key. Title: Re: is bitcoin core wallet compromiced ? got warning in debugwindow about phishing? Post by: roselee on July 25, 2017, 12:14:53 PM Bitcoin Core is not compromised and that message is completely normal. It is just a message to inform people not familiar with using Bitcoin Core that using the functions within the debug console can result in them being scammed. Eg. using dumpprivkey would expose the private key. i use bitcoincore now for years and never had that warning at least its new my question is are there actual phishing atempts and where would i find infos about it ? i am helping a few newbys in bitcoin and i told them core is the best wallet never got hacked Title: Re: is bitcoin core wallet compromiced ? got warning in debugwindow about phishing? Post by: ranochigo on July 25, 2017, 12:22:46 PM my question is are there actual phishing atempts and where would i find infos about it ? I haven't encountered any.'i am helping a few newbys in bitcoin and i told them core is the best wallet never got hacked This is just a common social engineering attack, just like how people get fake calls from Microsoft and they pay hundreds of dollars to remove a non existent virus. This is the same except that the victim is lured to paste the command into their client and reply with the output which contains the private key. Bitcoin Core is not hacked, it can happen to any wallet. Title: Re: is bitcoin core wallet compromiced ? got warning in debugwindow about phishing? Post by: roselee on July 25, 2017, 12:29:57 PM my question is are there actual phishing atempts and where would i find infos about it ? I haven't encountered any.'i am helping a few newbys in bitcoin and i told them core is the best wallet never got hacked This is just a common social engineering attack, just like how people get fake calls from Microsoft and they pay hundreds of dollars to remove a non existent virus. This is the same except that the victim is lured to paste the command into their client and reply with the output which contains the private key. Bitcoin Core is not hacked, it can happen to any wallet. help and for example dumpprivkey in the console like listed on the help list we are safe ? i want to teach them how to get there priv keys out Title: Re: is bitcoin core wallet compromiced ? got warning in debugwindow about phishing? Post by: roselee on July 25, 2017, 12:46:51 PM is this warning ment like:
dont use command lines given by people you find in the net and which ask you to post the output to them ? we use german language and there its not makeing that clear a line like never ever post outputs of the console to others you dont realy trust becouse in german version it sounds like the problem is in the commandlines in the console for a newby thats scaring and confusing Title: Re: is bitcoin core wallet compromiced ? got warning in debugwindow about phishing? Post by: ranochigo on July 25, 2017, 12:52:20 PM so as long as we use As long as they do not paste whatever people tell them to, unless they trust that person or know what they are doing.help and for example dumpprivkey in the console like listed on the help list we are safe ? i want to teach them how to get there priv keys out Key in dumpprivkey [ADDRESS] to dump the address. You have to unlock the wallet using Code: walletpassphrase "PASSPHRASE" 600 is this warning ment like: Don't paste anything that a stranger tells you to, unless you can trust them or know what you are doing.dont use command lines given by people you find in the net and which ask you to post the output to them ? Title: Re: is bitcoin core wallet compromiced ? got warning in debugwindow about phishing? Post by: roselee on July 25, 2017, 01:02:26 PM so as long as we use As long as they do not paste whatever people tell them to, unless they trust that person or know what they are doing.help and for example dumpprivkey in the console like listed on the help list we are safe ? i want to teach them how to get there priv keys out Key in dumpprivkey [ADDRESS] to dump the address. You have to unlock the wallet using Code: walletpassphrase "PASSPHRASE" 600 is this warning ment like: Don't paste anything that a stranger tells you to, unless you can trust them or know what you are doing.dont use command lines given by people you find in the net and which ask you to post the output to them ? thank you and yes i know htat i am here just becouse the way the warning is put there in german language it sounds like the phishing can be done in the console at your pc a line like never let third part see the output or past them to otheres for newbyes that would be more clear. Title: Re: is bitcoin core wallet compromiced ? got warning in debugwindow about phishing? Post by: HCP on July 25, 2017, 03:54:40 PM The english version shows as:
Quote Welcome to the Bitcoin Core RPC console. It is just a warning about social engineering really... basically it says "don't just blindly copy/paste commands and/or the output to anyone that asks for it"... Use up and down arrows to navigate history, and Ctrl-L to clear screen. Type help for an overview of available commands. WARNING: Scammers have been active, telling users to type commands here, stealing their wallet contents. Do not use this console without fully understanding the ramification of a command. Honestly, newbies probably shouldn't be playing with the debug console anyway :P But, hopefully the warning is scary enough that anyone looking at the console will properly investigate what a given command actually does before they try and execute it! Title: Re: is bitcoin core wallet compromiced ? got warning in debugwindow about phishing? Post by: DannyHamilton on July 25, 2017, 05:02:21 PM i want to teach them how to get there priv keys out Why? One reason that Bitcoin Core is so safe, is that the private keys are kept encrypted so that hackers and thieves can't get them. Why would you encourage new users to extract their private keys into an easy to access unencrypted format? |