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I have just read a good article on security and I feel like it's worth sharing as the hacks keep happening over and over again. Read the basic principles and stay safe guys!

https://www.ccn.com/the-common-tactics-used-to-hack-a-cryptocurrency-exchange/

all we can do is set up an two factor authenticator  and other security purpose things dont bother for a little hard to log in that is for your own safety.

If you have gold and silver in international vaults that is very safe. Digital currencies have this problem of hacking. Diversify your investment. Bitcoin anonymity is for investors and also for hackers/thieves.

Carrying and moving with 10 kilos is not easy.

Actually, one advantage of physical gold, (and other valuables such as diamonds), is that they can be easily ferried around if one has to flee in an emergency. All throughout history, and even in the twentieth century, there were innumerable instances when this was required for survival. Of course, with Cryptocurrency, this process should become even more simple. Only, we haven't had that kind of distress affecting the holders of Cryptocurrency yet, (fingers crossed), in this century; so there's no way to be sure.

I have even heard of few people getting hacked with 2FA activated because they hadn't securely stored their 2FA backup key. Use of dropbox or google drive to store such information and other login info/private key is unsecure.

2FA doesn't make login hard, you will get a state of relax mind with it but making proper backup and storing it offline is as important as activating 2FA.

50 kilos Gold is some $2.5 million. How do you carry and move with 50 kgs ??

thanks for sharing. a cold wallet will always be the safest option. good stored private keys on paper and ledger nano and you are good to go.

Yes Using an 2fa code is a most in cryptotrading , i have lost 2K USD with bittrex the past year because i was hacked by somene that has find my password and if i was using the 2FA i will have not lose this money

   Thank you for sharing this helpful tips to secure wallet and accounts. 2FA Authenticator is one of the best security to use in your account so that someone can't open your account easily. Hackers has a lot of tactics just to stool your wallet and identity but we can avoid it if we can do right on how to stay safe of our wallet and accounts.

A lot of measures can be implemented for one to stay safe but I recommend keeping a backup of your wallet and making sure never to disclose your account details to anybody regardless of how you are pursued.

Just early today Bancor a Decentralized Exchange got hacked 24,984 ETH (approx $12 million), $1 million worth of NPXS and $10 million worth of BNT.

This month we got so many consecutive hacking on exchange. We really need a good security on exchange.
This is the reason why I dont stuck my coins in exchange if I won't trade them.

Two factor authenticator security is the latest security system to avoid hack the system of inline exchange plaform,  in my opinion need to continue searching to upgrade the security of the exchange because later on the 2fa trace of the hackers how to open.

I agree, 2fA securiry is almost impossible for the hackers to access such account. Specially if the code is being generated randomly by the wallet provider or the exchange and sent to your email. Now, the target of the hacker isnt only your wallet private keys but your email as well. As you noticed, there are people who complained about unknown log-in attempts from different places, well that would be enough to know hackers have a tough time hacking an account with 2FA.

That's true.Even clipboard hacking applications are found which easilhacks the confidential information stored in clipboards.

yeah, and one day they can simply decide that you are a scumbag and block your account and not give your money back ever and you should run after them for years with a lot of lawyers and spend a lot of money to get it back or fail trying.
or they may not even be holding enough gold for all their users and may run a scam service that fails one day and they can run away easily and you can say bye bye to your money ;D

This is a very difficult issue for large trading floors. They always look for ways to protect investors' accounts, but hackers are smarter than they are. Many of these attacks have cost me money to buy cold wallets. Ledger Nano S is a great product and it has a very high level of security. I encourage everyone to use it.

I always keep most of my coins in cold storage wallets like Ledger S Nano and just take out whenever I need it. Keeping a lot of money in exchanges is a big risk. As if dabbling in cryptocurrency is not risky enough. But you have to do what you have to do.

Obviously, one person can't! But when I wrote this, I remembered a panel discussion on CNBC I'd heard some time back, in which one of the panelists mentioned that when his grandmother was a five year old girl, their family needed to urgently escape a war zone, leaving all their possessions behind. They had gold bars fashioned into chain links, which they wrapped around their bodies and underneath their clothes. In their new place of refuge, they sold that gold for seed capital to start a new business.

Today, one can simply convert into Cryptocurrency and retrieve anyplace in the world. But, seriously, how many of those Syrian refugees used Bitcoin?! Most were just clothes on their backs, and maybe a few valuables that may well have been robbed from them on their escape journey.

Digital currency has hacking problems. Bitcoin anonymity is for investors and also for hackers / thieves.

The most important thing is to
- own your private keys (which you must back up)
- use 2 factor authentication but not the SMS one, Google Authenticator is safer
- use a hardware wallet (like Ledger, Trezor) or a hot wallet with multi-signature set up (like BTC.com wallet has 2-of-3 key)

thank you for the info, it is very useful, hopefully with this all not too worried anymore because of security, everyone would be happy because not worry about losing or other actions.

When we are taking the advantage of the decentralized behaviour of cryptocurrencies, we must realise and understand that there is a freedom along with responsibilities and hence we should pay maximum attention towards this aspect. Crypto is all about self-responsibility and hence one is himself responsible for the consequences of his decisions. When it comes to the finance the best way to trust the principle that says "Trust no one!". As we all know that precaution is always better than cure.

There is no trust in any work Betquin will end soon and all the circulation of the news now is all false and useless to wait and who sold is a winner and who waits is a loser

I really agree with the article, I think it's a very good article and increase our knowledge to always be safe in crypto. I think to prevent hacking your account, we should not only confirm transaction via emai only, but by using set up an two factor authenticator and other security purpose things. I think by using two factor authenticator will make our account more safe in exchange

absolutely, 2 FA is a must, but don't blindly rely on that only. Think of the ways your 2 FA can be also breached and prevent them from happening. It's a real threat to your crypto

When someone sent you an email make sure that the extension address / domain of that email is valid.

Its easy to caught if that's a fake one and if you haven't used any of their service and you received an email of asking you to fill up something, don't follow their instructions or download from their attachments too.

Yes, never tell anybody your personal information about your account in bitcoin cause there are so many hackers every where. Never trust the someone that asking your investment in bitcoin I tell  you never entertain him.

If you wants to avoid hacks then use hardware ledger. Its super safe than keeping your prestigious coins on an exchange.

For us who uses bitcoin keep safe and private your accounts. Securing your wallet would keep you from danger and also from those hackers that might want to get your accounts. Keep safe everyone!

People who are all newbie does not understand what actually happening on hacking with this article at all mate. One more thing this CCN site only shared many fake news to crypto users and they have legit information on this article without understandable method.

If is the problem. You need to check the URL before you login to your wallet or exchange account. All these things will be result the same if you does not know how to use it or if you entered into the phishing website instead of right one. Nothing else you need to do avoid hacking mate.

Always keep and put your coins in wallet that really secure and safe like coins.ph because nowadays many people are easy to access to the use of internet, they can hack your account if they have knowledge about hacking an account but to avoid and secure just get a hard password and always think the safeness of your account.

Honestly i already hacked by someone ,way back 2017 and i`m also a beginner in crypto ,my first airdrop was came and it has a big price ,then suddenly when the day was past,it took that my account was already hacked and it send for unknown wallet.So for now i`m strictly hiding my personals info in safe place to prevent hacking.

Never forget to put your coins in wallet for your security. People nowadays can easily hack our account . Dont trust anyone. Never ever share some private information of yours even you consider someone as your friend.

Honestly, get more suggestions from other websites that are purely crypto currency related. CCN isn't the best source and they are biased. The article sounds more like a scare tactic to repellent users from using bitcoin. Most of the hacks are not that serious and people can easily avoid those with common basic security knowledge. Only dumb people fall for those hacks.

all we can do is set up an two factor authenticator  and other security purpose things dont bother for a little hard to log in that is for your own safety. 2FA Authenticator is one of the best security to use in your account so that someone can't open your account easily.

Yes I think it’s safer to use offline system with the hardware we have, because it’s not connected to the internet and not so easy to be hacked by others because offline system can make more privacy for data we have

I think that we need to stay safe by using the hard wallet and other means of protection of the coins, i think that it is a good idea to use different safety systems for the protection of your money. I think that it is up to you to stay safe

 Security is always important factor to consider, either on your solid investment, FIAT or on Crypto currency investment, for solid investment, one should exercise extreme caution where you keep your Wealth, and likewise your Wallet for crypto currency investment. take all the necessary security advised from the expert.

hardware wallet is a perfect choice, in combination with decentralized exchanges, that should be pretty much perfect. but still make sure to educate yourself as much as possible

I feel that we have to remain safe by utilizing the hard wallet and different methods for security of the coins, I believe that it is a smart thought to utilize distinctive wellbeing frameworks for the insurance of your cash. I imagine that it is dependent upon you to stay safe.This is to remind everyons that even how little the cash they have despite everything they should be anchored with the end goal for them to avoid programmers or hoodlums that may conceivably prompts account bancruptcy. Individuals must know and take great care.

there is no safe word in the system, as strong as the system created must have weaknesses, developers who make the security system may be smart but you can not think too that hackers are stupid. if you are afraid of losses in your investment, the safest way is to stop investing and start your business in the real world

Being too paranoid about such things can also be a factor to push yourself or trigger you to have too many transactions and may be a reason to lose some of your coins.
Transactions is also a scary thing to do nowadays. Addresses can be anonymous but it is quite true that it is sometimes hard to confirm if addresses are right every time you transfer. It is quite a burden too.
As an advise to this, Find the safest wallet you can get and avoid transferring too much and do not let let anyone know your most private wallet.

We need to safe if we hold our money on exchanges and other wallets then we need to use two factor authentication,keep strong password also never use same password on different different sites. when we do transaction then this should be OTP based transaction we get OTP on mobile and enter with transaction then we can do also use best internet security antivirus for protection.

Being safe to an environment that full of different people always depend on oneselves. It always depend on each one of us on how we put security on our account, how vigilant we are in doing or conducting some transactions because safetiness always start on us. We need to become more active and wise in order for us prevent some bad happening or hackings from others.

yes safety is important not only to our account also to our self. In our account they need a hard and strong password that you surely not guess anyone, to our self they need to protect our information don't trust anyone who don't really know like a strangers people.

In crypto network we need to aware about security, we need to use always Two factor authentication for security when we login in our account on particular website,always make bookmark our important websites because with this step u can secure Ur self to login clone website and use hardware and ledger wallet to store crypto coins.

So the whole article point out towards one thing and that is "Phishing"! I guess this technique is oldest one and is going to stay for very mcc long. Easiest way to collect the private keys and passwords from the users.

I agree with this one because recently lot of MEW private keys and even keystone files were phished by this method. This was done with the help of E-mail which was from the MEW (unofficial) and then the link used to take us towards the Phished site. The page used to be look alike. We must take care of internet world, and I always safeguard myself by looking at the website address given. Must have that little S in it.  ;)

Things are always risky, if you know how to work properly we can still prevent them. I personally keep about 70% of my money on this market in Ledger S Nano. The rest of my stock on the exchange, for the computer always installed security at the highest level, confirmed by 2FA, by mail is always ready, ... that is some way I do.

is very true indeed because I think we really need to install security to be more secure than the hackers are very dangerous and annoying.

Use 02 Factor Authentication
Most Bitcoin online wallets offer the option of a 02-factor authentication process. This means that whenever you log in you are required to authenticate with an additional step other than your password. Most of the time this will be a confirmation text message sent to your phone. Even if you sometimes find this a bummer, this procedure reduces the risk of theft dramatically.

You should consider computer security as well as other databases, I myself store my coin in the cold wallet, absolutely no internet so can not penetrate, the floor account should set different passwords.

Ledger Nano S is a great product and has a very high level of security. I advise everyone to use it. because today hackers are smarter in stealing assets in the digital world. This is what makes me think to buy security to protect my assets. So I can sleep soundly.

It is the best way to avoid worried is that you don't have any bitcoin, you will avoid hacker ;D I'm jyst kidding. And thank you for your sharing information. I have just read that article, that is good guide for newbie, amateur trader, investor.

Thanks for your warning, I have some more tips, you should set different passwords for all types of accounts in the trading floor, I prefer to use blockchain wallet to store btc because it is complete. If you have more conditions, please buy a cold wallet to store more coin.

my advice is that one should avoid and be aware of the phishing site or suspicious sites that looks like the sites you would like to visit. Also avoid storing your private keys in the internet, because some hackers might see it. and never ever give your private keys to anyone.

Nice article shared by OP. Be vigilant now a days scammers are sending phishing links on telegram accounts too. Stay safe and happy trading.

We are in a risky world, scammers are everywhere, we have to be safe always, anyway thank you OP for sharing this information, what a nice article, it very helpful to all of us.

All technology is prone to being manipulated for nefarious purposes. And the truth is that there are no guarantees in life. I believe the best course is use the 2fa authentication and an offline wallet where possible. There will always be hackers and thieves and what will be, will be!

Yep. In general, 2FA can protect accounts from hacker attacks. Besides using 2FA, there are actually many ways to protect our accounts from hacker attacks. Like adding your phone number and (if any): Funds Password, Anti-Phishing Code, Security Question (AFAIK. This feature presented by KuCoin).
I am very sure that will make more difficult for hackers to hack our accounts.

currently investing with the long term will be safe, because the price of bitcoin coin increasingly rises day, if you want to profit in investing in bitcoin if you want to profit a lot

unfortunetely, safety is the biggest problem on crypto money world. And I think if good project will be came; it will be greater one.

I think two factor authenticator good safety for our wallet, investment,holders also need to hard strong security with our wallet.we are know hackers is a very dangerous because hackers always get it target do it hack our wallet,in my opinion their have lot of experience about hack.so we have need to lot of safety.

Where and how we should store 2FA backup offline? in what form? On paper?
Or what you mean under backup, moving Google authenticator from 1 device to another?

in cryptocurrency safety is the word doesn't exist, the problem always is that people want profit but don't wanna take a risks. :)

Yes, you can write down the backup codes on paper, a note or a book, everything that you can access when you need to, and keep it somewhere safe.
My 2FA ever lost due to all of the data on my phone deleted, but I still can access all of the exchanges accounts with recovery code or just reset the code.
You can also change the device to another;All you’ve got to do is go to the two-step verification page and click the “Change phone” button. Then either scan the QR or barcode, or put in the secret key on the other gadget manually. That’s it.
read more here: https://www.protectimus.com/blog/google-authenticator-backup/
Nevertheless, the most secure way to store your coins is to keep it on a cold storage, which you can access anytime you want to, not store it on exchanges.

If you want to make more secure and safe your wallet just set up an two authenticator which will help you to notice if someone try to open your wallet. You can also add your number where will text if someone also try to open your wallet. Lastly, you must keep your password and private key in safe place so that no one can hack your wallet.

I think you can secure your wallet and secure your account by making google authentic to connect with your wallet and device so that when you go into wallet must require google authentic.

i would definitely agree. i dont think anyone is stupid enough to share such information with someone. and basic safety measures should help

Thanks for reminding and providing tips for the safety measures that we need to do to avoid or prevent those hackers sorrounding us.Just be careful in giving peronal information to others.

Thank you so much for your useful sharing. I will noticed that

hacker is in everywhere and we need to make sure that our account is safe. there are many ways that we can do to save our account by doing activate 2FA (this is the most important things that we should do), activate email verification for withdraw and activate 2FA for withdraw too, save our login and password in the safe place, don't forget to always double check the site before we log in, and if something looks suspicious, it's better to not log in into that site until it's clear.

I wouldn't necessarily say that is true. bitcoin fluctuations and changes , so to claim that the price increases by day is not true.

Indeed, we can't prevent them if they wanted to intrude to us. But the only important ways to prevent others break our fence of safety is to  make all your personal keys confidencial. Goodgle authenticator apps is one of the suggested security that will primarily help you. It allerts any suspicious activity, because your email will be notified everytime when there's an attempt. Nowadays 2fa was the most in demand options which could brought more secured access to everybody, with respect to online web wallet access. Hopefully myetherwallet will have it soon, as part of the development of their service.

Keep safe, don't let your funds stay mostly on exchange but if you insist to store your funds there, only few of it.
Use wallets that has private keys or seeds so you have the control to your funds.

When you have any account need you need to secure it because all of your private details are included in that account usually like in banks or social media accounts and specially like bitcoin accounts because all your sacrifice, time, and effort will gone if someone steal your accounts or details.

I think in order to stay safe you should avoid trading at all, i think it will happen later but now it is unsafe. is btc trading worth it? i think that risks are involved but they are everywhere and you need to risk

 Yes, stay safe protect your investment, invest only what you can afford to lost, it is the same risk factors to the amount for investment you put in on the trading market. Protect all your information on your investment, password, Bitcoin wallet. and observed caution on your transaction in the market.

In order to stay safe of our bitcoin password, we must be carefull and don't letting others or even your friends about that documents so that it will not lost. It's better you keep your password on a safe place and no one can know about that of what is inside of that matters.

This is true, to reduce the hacking possible, awareness of digital asset owners is needed to be careful in storing their assets

In my view, we should keep our asset on our pivate wallet like MEW, blockchain, and many more. Also never put you asset on the Exchange or market, because we don't know that they will scam us and we lost our asset forever. Also, keep your private key save and never put it in a cloud or something like that. When you wanna put it, don't forget to encrypt it with a password

if the truth that those hakers always do theirs so we have to take security measures as well, the antivirus also be aware of the internet devices that are not hacked and remember to always be reviewing the keylogger also be reviewing the keyboard if it does something strange and put double-factor security to gmail and accounts and apart an encrypted padlock so they can not get our private keys and there are many other ways to make sure as banks do a virtual vault and not have our keys in the pc if it were not in another device

Don't use same password in similar sites.

You can also depend you password with the domain to ensure uniqueness. Ex: passwordbitcointalk

thanks for sharing. a cold wallet will always be the safest option. good stored private keys on paper and ledger nano. A lot of measures can be taken for a safe hold but I recommend keeping a backup of your wallet and ensuring never to reveal. Your account details to anyone.

Phishing is a major culprit, because people are simply too lazy to read. They receive a phishing email and quickly browse through it and then they click on URL links, without thinking twice. You should always hover your cursor over the link, to see what it is or you should just type it, to be safe.

A lot of these exploits can be prevented, if people take the time to scrutinize these emails and if they enable 2FA to their mobile devices. <not to email>

Always put to your mind the safeness to yourself even to emotional and physical, many people nowadays is technique to fool people they think easy to fool. To avoid any issue about unsafeness keep your wallet and password secured, don't trust to anyone to your account.

as long as we can secure our wallet, we don't have to worry about the hacker. maybe we can move our funds into offline wallet so we don't have to be afraid of the attacker. you can choose many wallets that you want so it will reduce their chance to hack our wallet. and the price for the wallet is not too expensive so you can buy one or two and send your balance to your wallet. we need to take attention from the hacker so we can be safe and never tells other people how much our balance.

Thank you for your info and advice, of course it is very useful for all of us. we must be careful in storing wallets and passwords so that hackers are not easily hacked and better to store them on white paper or on desktops offline, and hopefully this helps us.

Security is the most important issue in the cyrptocurrency world, we have to avoid every vague conditions

The rules are good, but should be refreshed every now and again. Thanks!

I see the phishing method is often used by hackers to steal the wallet from peoples.
Email is very important too. You better not to display your email address publicly. And never store any wallet information in your email.

Yes when it comes to investing make sure that it's safe to make sure that you're doing the right thing and your accounts do not trust anyone for you so you're sure that it's safe as many online hackers as possible.

Yes of course I want to safe anytime in bitcoin transactions especially in token will appear in wallet just need it to be safe for the scammers cannot hacked your account.

That’s bitcoin for now because there are still many anonymous whose identity is not yet known and become a chance for the hackers. So we must be careful to save our bitcoin/altcoin and make our wallet keys more private so it won’t be easy to be hacked by other anonymous.

Two factor authentication and watching the site carefully for the phishing links is the way to go.

Crypto is a decentralized and even in crypto a lot of people who take profits of it. We are trying as much as possible to earn profits from crypto before we start to enter the world of crypto we must have a principle or strategy in order to gain profits. And believe with yourself and don’t be too confident with others to keep the privacy of your wallet key.

Two factor authenticator is very important for safety.

There are no safeguards but the best way is to secure yourself. And any Web or a strange link should not be clicked on as well as always put two layers Authenticator protection is most effective to avoid invasion from a hacker.

Because I am the first time to joined the campaigned, my friend tell me some advice about my Bitcoin password to stay safety.And I will follow her advice to stay safe. I'm going to create a flash drive of my password so that it will not hacks to others.

Some people might find the enabling of two-factor authentication redundant, but you should keep in mind at all times that the black hats can outwit even the most successful traders. So, it’s imperative to follow a few basic and simple guidelines that will significantly reduce the risk of losing assets in the aftermath of hacker attacks and scams.

Thanks for sharing this informative article once again. It is very necessary we implore all security measures to protect our accounts. To guard ourselves more, we should get hardware wallets to secure our coins the more

The source of this information is quite general, if I want to keep it safe, what solution should I choose? Thanks for the post.

Yes, being too paranoid might prove to be risky as well, but a little paranoia may save your money and will always keep you ready-to-act. I mean, kind of on standby rather than having insomnia caused by too much fear  ;)

to keep safe,never give your private keys to anyone.These are people who promises a good profit through an easy way yet they asked for your private key.Considered also the fact of being scam where they asks you to an amount to be invest.Scammers and hackers are still waiting for their victim,so just be careful upon entering a transactions.

for account security we should use authenticator to avoid hacking our account, and don't forget that our e-mail must also activate 2-step verification, and make it a habit to use a good password and change your e-mail password once a month.

Great article. A good strategy to protect your wallet from hackers is required in cryptocurrency. Otherwise, your wallet may getting exposed easily.
I think phishing method is the most method used by hackers to expose many people's wallet. So, you must careful when visiting new site or a site with a red SSL.

I think many actions can be applied to someone to stay safe but we and make sure never to reveal our account details to anyone. And also the two factors authenticator both for wallet security, investment, we holders also need strong security with our wallets.

when we register on the exchange, it is better to secure our account by activating 2FA, sms verification, and the other verification and don't save the information on the internet. it is better to store the information on a separate flash drive that doesn't connect with the internet because once we connect the internet, then it will become vulnerable to the attacker to hack the information. we don't know how they can do that but the one thing we should know, they have a thousand ways to hack the account by using internet connection.

We are trying as much as possible to earn profits from crypto before we start to enter the world of crypto we must have a principle or strategy in order to gain profits.These are people who promises a good profit through an easy way yet they asked for your private key.

In crypto investment, of course there will be many things and obstacles that make the risk bigger, do not let the risk occur to you, therefore you must have knowledge and skills, make a strategy and plan for your investment, and secure your wallet with 2fa or else to avoid from hackers

you know you need to create two-factor authentication and on your mail, because if you took possession of it, then consider you have lost your data

Yes, because of the advance technology we have, hackers already upgraded the way they hack and we should really use more authenticators to secure our accounts.

I think this is a great material especially for beginners. Of course cryptocurrencies try to be as safe as possible and it is not easy to hack them. So users be aware of different dangers.

Were the one who's responsible for our funds and keeping this secure is the thing we must take seriously.

Being safe is easy to say,but keeping it always possible is an obligation..

For me prevent yourself from entering sites that is not necessary needed so the risk of being hacked will lessen

This is a good read. Thanks for sharing. I agree, there has been so much scams that has been happening in cryptos. Some of them are worth even millions. Just when we thought that they are more secure because there are no bank frauds, you'll just be amazed how these syndicates are able to still hack the systems.

Already read it not bad information thanks for sharing, Actually we know twi factor authenticator is very hard strong security with our wallet.i have good money with crypto currency markets so also need to hard security for safety our money.

In the world of crypto security is the mojor factor because if your crypto are not safe then you may lost every thing and in order to avoid this kind of accident I always prefer two step of authentication.

I stay safe and I recommend you to do the same. To my mind, it is the best way to earn good money when using the crypto world opportunities. To my mind, the safety is the best criterion for you to meet

Hackers have a million ways to steal our money, I think This is a very difficult problem for big investors, they are always looking for ways to protect investor accounts. Many of these attacks made me spend money to buy a cold wallet. The Nano S Ledger is a great product and has a very high level of security. I encourage everyone to use it.

usually hacking an account starts from an email, if there is an email not known and you don't know the sender just ignored it, and for those who keep it in the wallet, save the private key in a safe place, it is safer to use an offline wallet but if you want to save it in long term

10 Simple rules to stay safe:

1. Use a very strong password- not one that can be worked out by a hacker, such as partners name etc, a good way to create a strong password is to chose a favorite book, pick a page (the page number will be part of the password) chose a line on that page (again this will be part of the password), use the first and last words on the line and then second (first last second) and use these, add a special character- so for example:
29Johnaway!spirited32 will be a very strong password and as you have the book you could mark the page to help you remember it.

2. Always use a good email provider such as Tutanota or Proton Mail AND use a different password for your email and exchange site.
3. DO NOT open any email or attachments that are from unknown or unsolicited sources.
4. Keep your anti virus and anti malware up to date.
5. Keep your OS up to date and especially fully patched with any security updates.
6. Do not use the same password for all sites-use seperate ones for every login.
7. Encrypt your hard drive.
8. Use a hard wallet such as Tezor etc.
9. DO NOT leave large amounts on exchanges-put in, do trade then remove to hard wallet.
10. Use two factor authentication wherever possible.


 

Phishing is a classic strategy, but it is effective against newcomers. So, it is important to learn how to protect ourself from phishing website.
In cryptocurrency, you should using a cold storage to avoid submitting any important information of your wallet.

The first crypto currency in the last day has risen by almost $ 300, over the past two weeks - more than $ 1000. Experts from several well-known companies are confident that in the near future the coin will continue to strengthen its market position

2FA Authenticator is one of the best security to use in your account so that someone cannot open your account easily. Hackers have a lot of tactics just to make your wallet and identity, but we can avoid them if we can do it right about how to maintain the security of our wallet and account.

When we take advantage of the decentralized behavior of electronic money, we must recognize and understand that there is freedom with responsibility and therefore we should pay utmost attention to this aspect. Crypto is all about self-responsibility and therefore one assumes responsibility for the consequences of its decisions.

Thank you for the information, it is very useful, hope with this all not too worried anymore because of security, people will be happy because do not worry about losing or other action.

Scammers and hackers are become very much active in the bitcoin and we should take as much security as we can because if they hack once they will snatch everything.

Safety is the most important thing because there is a big possibility that we if become little careless we may going to lose our everything.

I think this tip is very useful for securing your wallet and account. 2FA Authenticator is one of the best security to use in your account so that someone cannot open your account easily. Hackers have a lot of tactics just to make your wallet and identity, but we can avoid them if we can do it right about how to maintain the security of our wallet and account.

two authenticator is another good security integration which being added as another layer of security and it is very useful in my own opinion cause no one can access your account with out having your own mobile phone wherevyou authenticator are being installed.

Great points. Among the points that you listed, I feel that 8, 9 and 10 are the primary ways of securing your cryptocurrency related funds in a secure and efficient manner. I have primarily been using these 3 points in order to secure my funds successfully even though hackers tried hacking me before. Do not ever lazily leave your funds lying around here and there on some random exchange wallet since this provides an opportunity for hackers which is something that needs to be avoided.

oh yes, it really just occurred to me after I read your comment, thank you.
Indeed, we must store important documents off line to avoid thieves from the internet window

Thanks for sharing, this is good help to educate ourselves for the safety of our investment and money online. Better safe than sorry and we need to keep our pc with the best protection of antivirus.

i think its always good to have every exchange details written down in black and white. and also enable 2fa security, email security . this will enhance and help against hacking. and also do not give any access of your exchange account API to anyone or any bot. f you can do all this, it will keep you safe.

Hackers are a pest and will never give up easy gains. We can only try to protect ourselves and distrust everything that surrounds us

Most people hacked because they are not aware on phising link. Beside that, they dont check security on search bar. Hackers always improve how to steal our crypto and we should always careful when visiting website

of course we invest in crypto is also very safe and easy we get more profits in the future, because the price of bitcoin every day is also increasing. so we will also get more profits.

To keep all your money or coins in wallet just dont share of your account and keep it or save it in the safe place in order not to be hack or scam. Dont let ur money stole by the un athorize people.

If you choose a good wallet, you are not threatened by hackers. And the technology itself is very safe. Therefore, it all depends on you.

Hacking incidents in big cryptomarkets is really alarming as i believe these entities are already employing good security measures to keep these cyber criminals away. They become easily the target as hackers know there's a big deposit of assets there. It's better to always keep yourself vigilant at all times than sorry.

A nice article to share, this will be useful for the newcomer of cryptocurrency.
I remember back then, many peoples was phished into the fake myetherwallet website and submitted their private key.
This must avoid by learning how to protect our wallet.

Is carrying gold and other valueble things around good?  I don't think for security level its a good idea, because when noticed by any one u become a victim of theft or any other abuse. I guess its the same thing with money, t digital form of money its still money cause it solves almost all our moneytry issues. So u must keep it safe from hackers and other cyber thieves. That's why we have the 2fa authenticator or a backup wallet. Or even write on a paper..

However obvious those things mentioned in the article might sound, I keep meeting people who log into phishing sites and do a lot of other stupid things, which makes them an easy prey for hackers so I do know this article will be useful for quite a while.
Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the message, the article from the link provided was really beneficial, the world of crypto has experienced a lot  of bad vibes due to such dishonest activities of people hacking either exchanges or  individual  accounts. It is our responsibility to keep our accounts or wallets safe from attacks of hackers.

I'm good,  my crew is covered,  crypto can't harm us,  hackers?  Hell no, the security is on high level we are safe

I see some people stressing how unsafe they still feel with the article you shared, but for me, i appreciate your move.

At times, it is those basic sense of security that fails us. There's a common notion that the more advanced tools you use, such as a hardware wallet, equates to more invulnerability (which makes sense too). But forgetting the basics such as protecting our crypto asset related email address or being phished by a malicious website can actually wreck havoc in many ways.

Being reminded of the basic security steps is really what we need at times. Thanks.

I do agree. We must keep in mind the best practices for staying safe, which is especially important if we want to make sure people who trust you are safe, because if you have any security issues you jeopardize everybody else around you because if you get hacked, your friends are very likely to get hacked, too.
Thanks for caring and sharing!

There are times when we forget the most basic of all securities that's why there is a tendency of getting hacked. Even just a simple e-mail and password that has been use in several sites can wreck havoc because people are just lazy to change anything that's why they always use the same one which makes them more vulnerable to hackers. An article like this is a good reminder especially to us who are making our transactions online.


We should always take caution when doing the transactions because we don't know personally who is on the other end of the line that's why even if we are transacting with the same person for a while, we should always be cautious if he acts in any way not with the norms because he may not be the one at the other end and only a hacker.

Yeah we should not be confident enough that we will not be hack because hackers are working very hard everyday and we do not know if one day your digital wallet will be hacked. Yeah good thing is that some exchanges are offering two way factor one could not get or transfer coins without the confirmation code being send to smartphones where it is being linked.

Yes, that's true, if we choose a good Wallet, of course security will be guaranteed. I think if investing in the crypto world is very safe as long as we know and do security in our account. because hackers are looking for loopholes against low security.

What every you are doing just always keep safe. . Because your life was too important. Just always secure your security .

I think two factor authenticator good safety for our wallet, investment,holders also need to hard strong security with our wallet. We are know hackers is a very dangerous because hackers always get it target do it hack our wallet,in my opinion their have lot of experience about hack.

while the hacking incidents continue, there will be more and more attempts to be made that would result to successful one. It will also inspire others to try and do the same or inspire more of those who already successfully hacked a system. With that, i am really afraid to store my cryptos in a cryopexchange now.

As BTC and cryptocurrency is becoming popular in the world because of its outstanding value and power of profiting so many people wants to get some of it as a asset. Because of this popularity some of the people are taking advantage on this and making scams for them to give them money to invest to. We must safe guys. Do not invest that fast on people offering to profit that fast. You must work hard to pay though.

Bitcoin promises to give the safest and the most confidential transactions to its customers and it not only promises but provides safest transactions to its users and I guess this is the most important reason that why millions of people around the world invest into bitcoin without any tension because they know that they are investing their money at right place as bitcoin transactions does not involve any third party seizure and provides user anonymity and above all in order to be more safe my advice will be that never share your passwords and keys of your wallet to anyone.

We will get more profit. And technology itself is very safe. Hacking breakdowns in large cryptomarkets is really alarming as I believe these entities have used good security measures to keep criminals away. Better to always be alert to yourself all the time than to apologize.

thank you for your sharing. it's very useful man

Because there is a big asset in crypto currency then it has no excuse by the online theft, they will attack and and attempt to infiltrate our system to steal some secret keys on our account. To minimize or avoid such situation then we must take extra care on performing online activity.

thanks you for your share . this links very helpful with me

Let's all be safe in all different aspects. Be safw in protectingour accounts and profiles. Be safe in all the money and values that we have. Be safe in all aspects so people must put that into their mind.

Thank you for sharing. This is to remind everyons that even how small the money they have they still need to be secured in order for them to keep away from hackers or thieves that may possibly leads to account bancruptcy. People must be aware and take good care.

There is also provided security for every account wallet that is applicable for the safety of the account. Your account need to be in safe place but more useful if going to diversify your investment rather than putting on one investment because that is very risky that might lose you one time. Good to have knowledge how to handle the account and make it safe from hacker and also finding good wallet to used.

thanks for giving such useful information . It really heap me to have good protection for my bitcoin account

I think that some of the owners of the crypto currency have already acquired immunity to rumors from China or the US. If you throw off only for re-purchase. I personally do it myself.

To be safe, we have to use a difficult password.By using difficult passwords we can stay safe here. Therefore, it is necessary to use difficult passwords to be safe from hackers.

Good information mate for keeping you safe here in the crypto world all your password, private key, wallet, information, private information, and etc should be keep on safe or don't give it to anyone. Like doing kyc is very dangerous don't just do a kyc if you not sure about it or about the project because they can use your info for bad things.

If we buy bitcoin when the price is $ 20,000, of course the best option now is to save it and be patient waiting for the increase in bitcoin prices. The problem we face is how to make the bitcoin that we have will remain safe and avoid hackers. I see blockchain wallets are a good choice for storing bitcoin, because the security is quite good, which requires verification via email that we have, and the other option is the Nano Ledger, but of course we also need to be able to store the bitcoin wallet password properly so it is unknown by someone else. If we can do what I explain, then rest assured that the bitcoin we have will remain safe and avoid hackers.

Use two-factor authentication to increase the security of your wallet. Crypto is very vulnerable to theft and therefore you must remain vigilant and use security.

I think this security wallet will provide comfort for investing. I think this news should be spread widely for many people.

That is not enough, there are many examples of people that choose a good wallet and they still got hacked anyway, if you want to keep your coins as safe as possible then you need to take additional steps, one of the easiest is to have a hardware wallet, I know that those wallets are not free and cost you money but if you have 10 times the value in cryptocurrencies that it will cost you to buy a hardware wallet then you need to buy it.

Those wallets are by far the best way to secure your coins, you also need to change your attitude towards paying fees, a lot of people let their coins in the exchange because they do not want to pay a few dollars to move their coins and when the exchange gets hacked they regret not moving their coins to their wallets.

Storage is one of the most important aspects in investing in cryptocurrency.  And I agree that a cold wallet at the moment can best protect your investment.

I think that the safety of the investment depends primarily on the investor himself. If you choose a proven wallet and use it correctly, your coins will be completely safe.

I recently purchased a Trezor wallet. And this is a very successful acquisition, in my opinion. It looks like a flash drive and is not focused on the Internet. And this is its main advantage, which significantly increases the safety of my storage.

A good reminder about basic security in general. Follow the basics of good practice such as....
Use a good private email provider such as protonmail, tutanota etc
use a good vpn such as nordvpn etc
use a hard wallet such as trezor etc
DON'T leave your money on an exchange-go in trade come out leave nothing on the exchange keep it in your hard wallet.

Hackers are everywhere and if you want the full safety of your wallet then secure your passwords and private keys at the safest place and never share it. Never go to any unknown link and put your credentials.

Yes eapecially that hackers are everywhere. We must take care our account because we are only the number 1 responsible ofnit. The safety of our money was depend on us. Hopefully no one will be a victim again. Thanks for another knowledge anyway.

Thank you for the article, this is really a very useful material, because it began to crack more and more. Safety is one of the most important factors!

Security is a must and it will always be, like to our community theres a lot of phenomena where others can take advantage in such manner security can avail or perform. In relatively to bitcoin and other crypto there are so many features and encrypted data that make it more secured than those banks and other types of invesments

Any person who connect with internet should be very careful. But the major problem for investors, holders. They should be aware from the basic things. As you post a link i read that. This is very informative and helpful for everyone.