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I think this is a normal thing now, - https://ambcrypto.com/2-3-million-bitcoin-btc-addresses-monitored-clipboard-hijacking-malware/

I have been around the crypto scene since 2014 (4 years) and yet, I have never been infected by any malware or lost coins due to phishing or anything similar.

How come? If you put the same efforts on learning how bitcoin works and how you can stay in full control of your funds etc. as you do while investing and participating in bounties for ICOs, you would never lose a single dollar but that's not the case.

A malware doesn't fall from the sky. People do not care. They download random software from here and there, visit shady websites, store their funds in exchanges and then blame it on other people when they lose everything.

People themselves are to blame for visiting dangerous for their computer sites and download unofficial applications. Buy a MacBook and use it 100% safe, unlike Windows.

this is one of the oldest tricks in the book. why's it being reported as something new and worrying?

the only thing you can trust is your hardware wallet's screen. everything else can be spoofed easily.

Wow, that was huge amount of Bitcoin. That malware infects many computers years ago. I still remember the time when a malware which hijacked companies which extorted millions of dollars from victims.
But still many victims reported about their lost funds because of this. We are responsible from what we lost. We should protect our device from any harmful malware which hacks informations causing funds to be stole by hackers. Proper antivirus and regular scanning is a must when you are holding a crypto wallet. We still don't have the tool to trace. So still the end users is the responsible for what they loss.

i think that news are fake 2.3 mln bitcoin addresses hard to believe although people have several   addresses in one wallet.It is internet do not download any shit what is promising virtual mining etc take care of cleaning history and cookies have good firewall etc
It is all basic for all internet users even virustotal is able to scan any page and find phishing
site in minuit.VirusTotal is free very easy to use 

Not only is this type of malware attack old, but people can relatively easily protect themselves from it.
All it takes is to double check the first 2 or 3 digits of the bitcoin address as well as the last 2 or 3 digits after pasting.
It doesn't require any technical skills, just common sense and elementary logic.


Still, if the amount of stolen bitcoins is so large, I wonder what does this say about the average bitcoin user? Or maybe they are
just feeling overly confident about the security of their operating system that they just click the Send button without double checking.

A normal and a classical way of hacking others funds. I dont get the point about that 2.3M btc addresses monitored by hijacking malware. How they do make such thing? They can anytime see wallets balance but the question is how they would execute hacking if the user do set out maximum security either those addresses are cold ones or simply stored on hardware. Theres no way or such thing that can bypass a wallet so therefore this kind of claim is total bullshit. Even myself can monitor a big balanced wallet. Then? What thing can you do?

The same with me praise God that I have not yet infected or even faced something like that, but I've heard about the situation when people were losing significant amounts of money so it is scary for me.

Almost 5 years doing crypto-related stuff and have a 4 years old wallet that never got infected with any of these malware that they say that are targeting people. It's pretty much a common sense nowadays to never visit links that look suspicious, specially if the machine that you're working at contains vital info about you and your accounts. Learning to practice good internet habits when browsing is pretty much your best bet against these type of malicious hacks, no matter how much your knowledge about bitcoin and crypto is. I'm not a technical guy when it comes to cryptocurrency but I do know how to browse the internet safely. Those infected by such malware are the ones who have poor internet practices and are easily drawn to suspicious links.

The amount of ignorance in the world of cryptocurrency is pretty big, people just do not understand how important security is on their computers or smartphones. I did not find any new data, but back in 2012 there is to many unprotected PC around the world :

- Canada : 23 %
- USA : 26%
- UK : 21%
- Russia : 29%
- India : 30%

We may say that at least 25 % of world PC do not have any protection at that time, but I assume that today's situation is not much better. If you get infected with clipboard malware means you do not have any protection, this is wrong and dangerous even if device is not have any crypto wallet. Antivirus+Firewall with additional malware protection is something that is necessary for today's use of the Internet.