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the latest research results from security company McAfee revealed a group of hackers Lazarus began targeting bitcoin owners to hack, mentioned McAfee, Lazarus reportedly trying to steal bitcoin through a campaign called HaoBao. bitcoin theft tactics in this way has never been done before.

The HaoBao I know just sells chinese food. Looks like the name's being used more on the bad side now. :( But yeah, you gotta be aware and careful nowadays with crypto. I'm curious about how are they stealing coins from users. If they can't hack their wallets, it would more likely phishing, which may be a more effective way for them if the user isn't that aware of their scheme.

There are always new types of hack, phishing, virus and malware coming up. People really have to be careful and stay alert.

This, I wouldn't trust an online wallet, or an exchange wallet for a moment. Never put your security in anybody else's hands, always protect yourself and your hard earned money. All I can say is I wish these leeches would wake up one day and see the damage they do, and then learn to become normal people.

McAfee was the leading company for deterring hacking and viruses from getting on their customer computers with their security suite and antivirus programs.
So you think he would have the upper hand on these hackers who are still stating they are able to hack into people's accounts to steal their cryptocurrency.
But if what this Lazarus is saying is true then everybody should be warned because their company would know how to do it. Since their programs were indebted in protecting peoples computer from such malicious attacks in the past.

this was not new hackers always finds a new way to hack people where ever it is. Just be careful for all the things you click and making sure the wallet it protected.

Or you can just get a hardware wallet and take yourself out of the loop of these type of hack attempts in the first place.
The new Trezor looks like a good one with upgraded security features available. 8)

yeah I think hackers are the biggest threat we have to watch out for, they do everything, and I start to feel anxious when trading. because they can appear at any time.

It is impossible to protect yourself from hackers by 100 %. They're constantly coming up with new hacking techniques. Our life on the contrary every year becomes more dependent on the Internet. Hackers will always look for moves in our security system. With the growing popularity of crypto-currencies, hackers gained access to the money that is in many computers. They will never give up the opportunity to receive them.

Thanks for the heads up notice. It's sad because newbies that are not aware will be hard hit. Besides that, one just need to be very careful with site we visit and also take keen note of the site security level so that when you mistype the url and you suspect any unsual activities, you should just get out as fast as you can. Thanks

hackers and the Internet will not be separated, and it is true that hackers will do everything they can to make a profit for themselves.
no system is really safe.

Thanks for advising us!  :)

at this time I feel if crypto trading is not safe anymore, in addition to losses arise another problem that is hacker. and I feel a little anxious.
is there a solution to anticipate that our wallet protected from pishing hackers?

As long as you don't show off with your Bitcoin, as you don't visit crappy websites with malware and have a decent anti-virus, you should be ok against hackers.
Sometimes staying low profile is the best protection. Don't brag about your Bitcoin.

Well , targeting Bitcoin owners is nothing new , but what might be new is the last part your mentioned "  tactics in this way has never been done before " . Now if this really true , then what kind of tactics we are up against ? , My words pointing to McAfee , you can not just clam something and leave it for people to guess . If you discovered something new then announce it .

I wouldn't be surprised if they stole those 500 millions of dollars in crypto recently.
They are skilled and dangerous in their own way. Well organized too.

I really wonder how Lazarus could be able to steal btcs through HaoBao (which is as far as i know is a Chinese restaurant franchising) campaigns. I don't see any correlation between crypto and a restaurant. ???

Anyway, I'm not bothered in this news at all because according to what I've understand, you may only get victimized if you are engaged with that Haobao campaign. Since I'm not engaged with it, I always assure that nobody knows the passwords and usernames of my accounts, and avoid entering malicious websites with "free bitcoin" concept then I can confidently say that I'm secured. But I stay alert, because I'm not removing the fact that there's no 100% safe.

yes I strongly agree because hackers also will not hack someone randomly, it's all also because of ourselves too, if we are too cocky about ourselves and btc of course it will lure people who are not responsible for committing crimes against us.

Everyone has bitcoin to be more careful to avoid the theft of bitcoin, it would be very sad for us what if our bitcoin is successfully stolen, if our bitcoin in large quantities better we keep it in the physical wallet, let me be more secure.

I am angry with hackers! They steal the money and coins from others. They don't know how that coins they stole important to everyone and they did not care if someone lose their money. As long as they are alive, alive in a way that their needs and wants supported by means of stealing from someone else.

if annon wanted to take Bitcoin down then they could do it in seconds and if microsoft wanted your passwords then they will already have them
plus we have an enemy within and i am not talking about the bitcoin development team here.

running Linux from a pen-stick if your using a windows machine but using something like Mint and not Tails is advise I should take myself
but i am only playing with dust and too old to learn a new OS, well lazy too.

How do I say this nice

OK I will just come out and says it because apparently our trusted leader Satoshi Nakamoto is in trouble for taking $5bn worth of Bitcoin
and here is the link http://www.whoar.co.nz/2018/bitcoin-man-claimed-cryptocurrencys-inventor-accused-stealing-5bn/

Russia Today first released the story but Google has decided to edit that out from the search results and I have tried several IPTV box
providers and strange as it may seem but none of the RT News channels ever work but it must be my bad internet connection playing up again  :D :D :D

 

It is not good to hear that.. mostly black hat hackers are responsible for these such activities.. but not all hackers are bad.. but then it is good to all the developers of bitcoin because they might search for a solution to become more secure, they might develop much secured flatform.. and for all of us, we must be careful.. and always take a look upon the link that we might open.. because we might losed everything what we had, in a couple minute..

Do you have more information on how do they perform those attacks to hack our wallets, is it some standard phishing or some xss ?
Or just some proof of concept better to have knowledge in these types of attacks that can steal crypto currencies before falling victim to it.

Bitcoin is and still will be the principal target for hackers, much more since it's value grew up so much. The market has more than 20 million in BTC, so getting 10 is a great bite from that, a  succulent cake.
I believe we all are going to see this kind of news more and more often, 'cause it has been happening since the very beginning (the hacking). I feel the most important part of this is just to be aware of what is happening: where the money resides, then there will be hackers.
So, for our part, the most important thing is to be aware and to be careful. The situation you mentioned, the "Chinese food" restaurant becoming a hacker site, well. Every week we have a new one.
So thanks for sharing. I will make an investigation on the matter,

In fact, almost all the exchanges have suffered hacker attacks. Many have been involved in security incidents, but they have only kept them from handling their own problems. So I think this is an objective fact, but I also think your assets are not enough to allow hackers to attack you.

Nobody believed that he is the real creator of Bitcoin AKA Satoshi Nakamoto. He was not able to provide any single evidence that he is. Also as far as I know he also retract his statement. Now he is actually sued because he is the only one that admitted he is Satoshi.

For the topic hacking has been a problem ever since and to be honest the only thing we could do is be vigilant. Always think before you click, is the link you are clicking is legit. Specially if it was sent at an email. also do not download anything that you are unsure who the source is.

Be aware of malicious documents spreading. I heard that Haobao is
not only targeting cryptocurrencies but also spying on the
victim's system. It can gain access to your system and
credentials. There are bugs that are being exploited in the wild
and has not yet been in public. Windows users are being more
targeted and be ware of visual basic macros since these are one
the entry point of malwares.

Everybody should always be vigilant at all times no matter how safe they feel they are against these predators. As precautionary measure, we should always bear in mind that nothing is safe in cyberspace. Hacking coexists with cyberspace and OP like this is a good way to make others aware about this group.

The more bitcoin become popular, the more bitcoin get everyone attention, the evil ones too.
what we can do is, never trust anyone, never click any suspicious link, never give our private key.

jeez, there are many hackers and scammers luring in cryptocurrency world nowadays.
we must be extra careful not to give our private key, and not to click any links that looks suspicious.

The hacking group Lazarus are calling their hacking campaign as HaoBao, it's a self given name.
And realistically if you are just careful with your browsing and download activity you should be fine. And if you don't store BTC on your desktop or mobile device then there is nothing to worry about.

this doesn't sound legit to be honest specially since it is coming from McAfee! he is most probably trying again to gain some attention for his product.
a security company can not know beforehand that a group of hackers are "planning to" attack and hack something simply because those hackers aren't releasing newsletters telling the world what the hell they are doing...
besides all the "tactics" to hack bitcoin has been tried in the past 9+ years. there is nothing new anymore.

There are many rules for hacker to hack our wallet.  They are make many type of virus, spamming web, phising, their organized too. Protect yourself it better, never visit "blackwebsite", and be carefull if you join airdrop cause 70% scam.

As our technologies are getting better , hackers are also evolving in terms of skills and mechanisms they use. They cannot access the blockchain technology itself and so they are targeting those who has bitcoin, users and investors. I see zero potential fot a user yo be hacked unless he/she is careless enough to accidentally show the keys and passwords.

Technology has really evolved with the times. Digital thieves have been keeping up with it. We must be very vigilant with out bitcoin wallets than before. Hopefully countermeasures are reached before this becomes a global incident.

Yes beware of hackers. Lately, My friends is a victim of that hackers his ethereum wallet was hacked and being transferred to another ethereum wallet. He don't had any idea, why it is being hacked?For now, He was so depressed for what had happened.

Is this news? The hacker has long been made the target of people who own Bitcoins. Especially when the housewives began to own them, too.

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that sad story of your friend, next time your friend need to be extra careful and vigilant. Never click suspicious links and always keep the keys where no one can see it, keep the keys in a private. For now watch out! hackers are everywhere. They're just hiding and waiting for the right timing to hack, so sad.🙁🙁🙁

Right now, with bitcoin price rising everybody want to hack our wallet. But I think we keep our private key, that hack able to avoid. Beside hacking, we should aware on phising email

The worst thing that happen to a man that is into Crypto business is to get hit by  hackers, I have tested it and know how it taste, it doesn't taste good at all.
Try and protect yourself from this hackers at least 90%, 100% is not sure

Indeed we must be vigilant in keeping our bitcoin for security, thieves do a lot of ways just because they want to get what they want, we better store bitcoin sent in physical wallet for a large amount of bitcoin.

I suggest for the better not to hack your coins was a hardware wallet that can store you coins offline and this is one of the best solution to avoid getting you coins. Having a big amount of bitcoin in one wallet acount was so attractive to those hackers so always be aware and be vigilant because hackers is every where.

the main enemy of internet businessmen is hackers, they are like pests for the internet businessmen, we likened to farming rice plant there must be pests that will destroy it. Hackers are now very smart even they can hack the privacy of the country though. we as bitcoin users should be more careful in terms of accessing bitcoin, lots of apps cheats with the lure of big prizes, but our account is actually hacked by them, my advice is wise in choosing bitcoin project, observe and observe the main content and purpose bitcoin.

That is great way to avoid the hacker and getting our coins, only a hardware wallet. Offline wallet is the best thing we must use for protect our assets to many theft. And of course don't negligent, protect our private key be careful on what we do.

Hackers offer both advantage and disdvantage in the economy. Hackers may be someone who is capable in fixing technical issues and making internet better or the other way around. At the end of the day they will be liable for their own actions and have place for sanctions. Beware! Be vigilant! Be protected!

As technology becomes sophisticated over the years, same goes with the hacking too. All I can say is that we should beware of hackers. If browsing on an online wallet, make sure that you're in an incognito mode. Don't share your private data to anyone else. Paper wallet is more safe than storing your private keys online. If you have enough money, buy a hardware wallet.

I agree! Hackers have both positive and negative sides. If all the hackers had a good side, surely they could lighten everyone up.

 They're constantly coming up with new hacking techniques. Our life on the contrary every year becomes more dependent on the Internet. Hackers will always look for moves in our security system. With the growing popularity of crypto-currencies, hackers gained access to the money that is in many computers. They will never give up the opportunity to receive them

Sounds interesting is this for real? what is you source of this news? can you link us to that article, this will be a big help for my report tomorrow about the vulnerability of crypto currency, this is a big help for me thank you.

Not all hackers are bad if the system affected by one hacker then it will solve by another hacker. But most of the hackers are against to the system they will not work for the country. How the technology improves like that hackers also improve their knowledge there is no end for this hackers so be careful.

Those hackers are not exhausted, because of the little information they give you and of course many of them. It's a good idea to find out that HaoBao is a hack because if it's not a lot of people to do it in case it's not too late, thank you very much and you know that it's good for everyone who is no longer a hacker, we need more beware.

We really cant avoid todays chaotic thinking people. they hack as much as they can. they prospect people who are really good at making things in bitcoin, all we have to do is stay awake and alive for your own bitcoins safety.

Keep your wallet backup in a safe place. If you encrypt your wallet, when your phone or computer is stolen, it can also be used to restore your wallet.

After encrypting your wallet or smartphone, anyone who moves the money is required to enter a set of passwords that you set. This will prevent theft.

Offline wallets, also known as cold storage, provide the highest level of security storage. It involves storing your wallet in a secure environment without a network connection.

As long as we can do the above, don't worry about the hacker problem, we can only strengthen self-protection.

Do you have a link about what you say?

I need to check it and examine how is this true?