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As I was reading news today on cointelegraph, what i read really shocked me. It was about a new trojan. The trojan can affect exchanges apps. The trojan get access to specifically google factor authenticator on devices and steal it. Use the link below for the full details

https://cointelegraph.com/news/threat-alert-new-trojans-targeting-major-crypto-exchanges-apps-discovered

I am new to cryptocurrencies  but I gained a lot from this news. We need to stay connected everyday to read news because cyber criminals are looking for ways to steal our coins.

A week ago, I read about the safest wallets, I found out that the safest are paper wallet and hardware wallet. The wallets are offline but to make a transaction, you have to connect it online. I later read of a malware that can steal cryptocurrencies  from trezor or ledger nano in just 15 seconds which are the best hardware wallets.

So, we need to know how to manage our wallets too and have a strong antivirus to protect us from hackers and also we need to know the latest threats from cyber criminals so that we can protect ourselves away from them.

Simply don't just click any suspicious link in the internet, hardware wallets are secured, just have it and don't let anyone have physical access to it. Paper wallets are safe to online hackers, and not even to your indoor or neighbors.

You can't protect Bitcoin in general but you can protect your coins. First, don't keep all coins you have in just one wallet and avoid online wallets. They are at least safe and max vulnerable to threats and hackers.
Also, definetely use hardware wallets, they are the best.
Avoid sharin your personal and wallets data with anyone and keep your details on a safe place.
Keep the hygene of your computer and mobile so new updazed version of antivirus and avoid clicking on suspicious attachments, links etc.

You are very right. The malware I said above can be due to outdated antivirus, we need to update the antivirus to its latest version. Hardware wallets are very safe, I consider Ledger nano the best because it is not expensive as trezor. Hot wallet can be gone for if the cryptocurrencies  to save are less than $500. But if you have more than that to save, hardware wallets are far less prone to attack and are the best.

One of the most secured coins today is the cryptocurrency or the bitcoins because it is encrypted all the time every transaction we made are converted into different letters and numbers with different cases, so all of the transactions are secured. The only person who can decipher that is the other party only. That's why many people would like to use the cryptocurrency because it is secured, and also it has the fastest transaction. One thing that the hackers can be targeted is your device because most of the time when we are browsing the internet we can get a lot of virus, malware, trojan, and works can copy our files too and send into the hacker sometimes the mistake we are doing is opening links, surf into a unsecured websites, and also opening some emails that is not secured, or it has a portal that the hackers can connect into our device and now getting our information like names, pin codes, and all of the data have. Always make sure you must secure your device first.

it's not necessary if the virus stronger than your anti virus. you must change device operating system.

You try as long as you don't click on suspicious links on the internet that are tempting, keep your hardware wallet secure, have it and don't let others have physical access to it. Set up two-factor authentication
I will explain in more detail below, but authentication is two important factors for you. 2FA Authentication requires users to have two things to log into your e-mail account: something you know (password) and something you have (your cellphone).
It's almost impossible for other people to log in to your email account if two-factor authentication is enabled. And don't forget you also need to keep your computer and cellphone clean so that they become the latest version.

What do you mean keeping your phone or computer clean?
The only way to make your mobile updated is to download the latest version of your OS which will available when your phone notifies you.
I assume you mean updating the anti virus regularly.

Your wallet will be safer without having too many unnecessary downloads of applications on your computer or phone. If you're a fan of downloading something, do it on the other device not with the device where your crypto was stored and transacted.

anti viruses are good but they won't always protect you against everything. you still have to be careful yourself, don't download any random things you don't trust, don't visit shady links,... and obviously you must use cold storage. hardware wallets are good but that is not the only option. for "storage" you can always use a paper wallet that costs practically nothing.

Online wallets are most vulnerable for this kind of attacks.

So if you are a newbie, much better to go to hardware wallets, it quite cheap instead of using web wallets that one day you could be the next victim if you are not careful. As other have said, don't click any links, you're opening the door for them to exploit you. And once you get phished, you can potentially loss your coins so we need to be careful.

To be honest, hackers are more advanced than us. On the other hand, hackers can't get control of your device without your help. For example, during install a new apps it will ask for permission, did you ever noticed what permissions have been giving? Most of virus enter on our device via software and suspicious links (especially from porno sites). So we should prevent such as attack in order to protect our cryptocurrency.

I will not suggest to use paper wallet due to various reason. Only use hardware wallet to keep your cryptocurrency safe. But of course you have to prevent virus as well they could get control of your clipboard. No system are safe, always double check your addresses during sent fund. Don't store your fund on exchange for long time to avoid attack.

Smartphone apps are the most vulnerable,when it comes to security.
I have an Android device and I don't use cryptocurrency related apps(wallets,trading platforms,etc.) and I never will.Just use a PC with a good anti-virus +really strong passwords and you will be fine.
I never browse websites that have suspicious domain names(ending with weird domain extensions).
You should consider doing this as well.
Remember that,if a hacker targets you and wants to hack you,he will do it,in one way or another.
In most cases hackers don't care about you.They care about the big targets- crypto trading platforms,online wallet services,etc.

Hacking softwares are getting advanced as these hackers are always in the pursuit of more sophisticated tools. Of course they are after for the money so they need to find ways on how to acquire it easily. So it is always better to use hardware wallet rather than smartphone apps when it comes to storing your crypto portfolio.

If your goal is to store a very large amount of cryptocurrency and don't want to touch it whatever happens plus become an anonymous owner, a paper wallet is still a good option. It's probably 'safer', and by that I mean you can hide the fact that you own cryptocurrency as long as you can save the backup in a secure place.

Obviously it comes with a lack of flexibility and somewhat out of date tech, but that doesn't matter if you're holding for years and don't brag around that you have 1 BTC.

I always avoid clicking a suspicious link because we don't know if this link contains a virus or it can have accessed our computer. I still don't have experience with the paper wallet but it seems it is also a secured wallet for our cryptocurrencies. Just stay away on unknown links, websites or apps that you see on the internet and kindly use a trusted wallet like ledger nano s. There have been many cases of hacking today that's why we need to be more careful securing our cryptocurrency and wallet.

Use brave browser for browsing the internet, do not click or download suspicious link or material. Alway keep a backup of your wallet and always use cold storage for storing Bitcoin. Never disclose your Private key and never transact on a mobile device. Follow all these rules and you will be safe.

About Google authenticator, please wait for an official announcement from Google. I doubt it is possible.

When you take your hacking classes , sometimes they are gonna teach you how to get someone's personal data by just making them click a link or by letting them use your mobile or laptop to even log in .

There are specific softwares to use when you are really serious about this and sometimes you don't even have to do anything just let the software run on its own .

Therefore you need to examine the steps the hackers do and work accordingly ..

Just get a hacking workshop , you will learn more than enough from that and will  be able to save your money.

Simple, buy a hardware wallet. Coldcard even allows you to create PSBT (Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions) to send transactions without connecting your Coldcard to the internet.

Buying a hardware wallet is really one of the secured option on how you will be able yo protect your bitcoin from those hackers that has a bad intention on you. The thing is even the ledger can be a hardware wallet too in which the ledger is the one where you will be able to put your private keys for your wallet and when someone access it with the correct private key but doesn't have the ledger then probably they will not be able to touch or have an complete access on the wallet.

A hardware wallet will be the best wallet you can use to store your coins in a safe place. You don't have to connect the hardware wallet if you don't want to send it to the exchanges, or you want to send it to other wallets. As long as you don't connect the hardware wallet to the internet, I think that will be fine, so you don't need to worry about the hackers. The other thing that you should pay attention to is always careful when you browse the internet because the malware, the trojan will be everywhere trying to steal your data.

There's a saying that  nothing on the Internet is safe, thus has been one of my philosophy and will always reminds myself to be more careful while surfing the Internet of a thing. So, saving anything online looks dangerous and shouldn't be use by cryptocurrency holders because of hacks. Personally, am not using a hardware wallet but have a cold storage for my stash and have been safe on the Internet. Don't click everything you sew as a link sent to you or come across.

There is no trojan virus for android nor android viruses so I think it safe to use mobile application in saving cryptocurrencies. Another, I am not sure if it is true but I have a friend who told me that he bought a flashdrive that does not stores movies, songs, pictures, ms office files but stores bitcoin. If it is true then it is a really good way of protecting your crypto and keeping it away from the internet.

Knowledge is our best weapon against all these hackers. If we are going to stay ignorant and miss out the most important news in the market every time, then we would end up becoming prone on getting hacked. Always stay updated on which antivirus would function best on protecting your information and at the same time, know and find some ways on how you can give your account the best security it should really have. If you are going to let your account lie down without any protection from hackers and you are being careless, then don't be surprised anymore if one day you lose all of your wealth.

One way of protecting my bitcoin is accessing trusted websites only. Another is by using hardware wallet or offline mode. In that case, it is far away from the internet. Hackers always finds a way to get your precious coins so it is better to get away your coins away from the internet. We must think what will they do so that we can prevent them and secure everything we worked for.

That statement you have said about the internet is true, there is really nothing safe with the internet because you are browsing into a public and wide area network. The only thing that is not public is your important information but it is already stored in a particular database wherein it is encrypted so they cannot use your account. I highly recommend to everyone for you to secure your funds is that you should store your important information on your local devices and do not use some storage online. You should have to store it on your pc or mobile phone.
Indeed, do not get easily hooked by the ads also. Do not click any links that are suspicious because that might be malicious software that can steal your important information. I can say that you must be informed when you are making steps online because one single mistake can lead to a bad situation, which is losing your money,

You are right, without good knowledge our defense will be weak, and our wallet will be hacked. I have a bad experience and lost around 0.05 btc because my email was hacked, even though my email and wallet used 2-fa, but when my email was hacked it could all be manipulated. One thing I have learned, no matter how strong the protection that we provide, there is absolutely nothing safe on the internet. Since then I have avoided using a wallet that was confirmed using email.
Hopefully this bad experience does not happen to you, and as much as possible continue to pray to God to ask for extra protection.

You should not be too worried about hackers as long as you are storing your BTC offline.

Hardware wallets such as Ledger and Trezor are worth the investment.

Peace of mind.

Just save your wallet password and Private key in a secure place but don't keep it into email or pen-drive because pen-drive can anytime lost and email may hacked anytime. If there are possibility with 2fa system must make that so your cryptocurrencies and bitcoin will be highly secure.

Thanks.

Simply do not share your private keys and information to other people no other than yourself. If they won't know such information, your cryptos won't be at risk. Also avoid logging in your wallet to other devices. Hardware wallets are also another way to secure your cryptos but be mindful of not putting it to any place in order to double the assurance that hackers won't have a chance of getting your holdings without your consent, ofcourse.
Websites that has credibility is also another way of securing your cryptos. There are fake websites which would scam your holdings if ever you won't be careful of your actions. Always check the site's credibility and reputation. Asking first is not expensive, and it could save your entire cryptoholdings.
That is probably a hardware wallet. I know some wallets such as ledger nano and trezor and by far reading the feedbacks, these two are guaranteed to secure your holdings.

Don't click any address u see and basically google for reviews or at least info on how smth works

Let me correct,
What you have read is not 15 seconds but 15 minutes. They have found out the flaws of the hardware wallet that most crypto user is using right now, but it is also explained that for this to initiate the hacker needs a physical interaction with the ledger itself.

The only thing you need is to avoid clicking any suspiscious links and avoid downloading any unnecessary application to your personal computer.

You can simply protect your wallet by not sharing any information of your wallet, by not clicking links, bookmark the original links that you always use (especially those links that you need to log in, it is important to avoid phising), and avoid downloading anything that you do not need.

The problem is people are disregarding the fact that a basic knowledge about safety and security on the internet will help them. They don't analyze that hackers are consistently searching for an opportunity to exploit their funds and that's the reason why we have to be cautious. Sometimes they are also the reason why we end up on a being victimized by hackers because they are not applying their knowledge or the lesson that they have learn from their experiences. Personally, I protect my funds by using hardware wallets and I always keep myself notified when it comes to scam/hack issues.

Basic rules:
1. Do not use public internet connections
2. Do not store online your crypto for a minute longer than really necessary. Use hardware wallets or cold wallets for storage.
3. Do not click any clickbait/suspicious links from websites or even messages on messenger/Facebook. They might be very similar to the real ones as well (like bilcointalk.org or bitcointalk.or) and may capture your logins, passwords or replace real wallet addresses with hacker ones. So then, in this case, the safest approach would be to use separate devices for private stuff and dealing with cryptocurrencies.
4. Double-check the wallet address before the transaction - transactions are not reversible.
5. Check the security of the website - if there is no SSL padlock and address does not start with https:// be very cautious.

I think even though you have provided security in your wallet with a very high level like that then there are still some other ways for hackers to steal your assets easily, you should know that some places of exchange some time ago that have a high level of security also have security systems are strong but can still be hacked, so there is no place to be safe, all of them still have a very high risk.

Hardware wallet can be the right choice because it does not directly interact with devices that have an internet connection.

Never open your wallet or accounts to another device. Don't log in if the device is not yours. Always keep that in mind.

People are always losing their money because they always forgot to logout their account when they use another device. It is very dangerous most especially if you are not really close to the person you borrowed the device. Sometimes you just need to use your own cellphones, laptops, desktop and etc., for a more secured and protected bitcoin. The same with the other cryptocurrency, take care of your belongings most especially those cellphones that have access to your crypto account because we don't know if people are good in hacking accounts or not. So the good option is to always be careful and comfortable with your account and always use one device only for the crypto account.

Of course, we had to forget about the rule "do not keep your cryptocurrency online for longer than really necessary". And remember to set up all the given safety and backup options possible - if the hardware wallet brakes, you will still have access to its content.

Hardware wallet is the safest way to prevent any kind of scamming situation, just always remember that nothing is safe online, you can't underestimate any hackers so it's better to be sure than sorry. Hardware wallet is just 100$++ and will guarantee the safeness of your money, or just simply print a paper wallet and that will settle it all.

For me, protecting bitcoin is equal to staying out of internet. Buy hardware wallet! or print a paper wallet!

Never click on any unknown link. These links are promoted by hackers in different ways. They send most phishing links via email. Don't join any giveaway that wants your private key. I saw that by attending the giveaway, many were victims of hackers. Simple. 

It is true,

Most crypto users become a victim of hacking because of this trick. And since this is free they just click the link and log in their wallet on the fake website that hackers made. That's why it is better to investigate if the website is legit first and see for yourself if it is really a giveaway. Also, don't just easily log in the wallet to being a victim of hacking.

But you know people which do really love to brag that they are holding into something. lol
Paper or hardwallet is always been a good option for long term but i do always have that questions in mind on why there are really people who doesnt think off
carefully and instead do end up on using an exchange wallet or custodial ones which are more riskier than to those wallet mentioned earlier.
Protecting your coin will always vary or depend on how you do set up security measures.

A virus will not just fly from nowhere into your computer or smartphone. Your system will contact a virus if you keep clicking links that you know nothing about and also downloading apps that you don’t know about. There are apps that are owned by hackers and they can do anything once they have access to your computer or smartphone, and for them to have such an access you must have downloaded their app or clicked their link. That is why you have to be careful and avoid all these and also unsolicited mails that arrive in your inbox.

I mostly make use of smartphone cryptocurrency wallets like BitPay, Blockchain, Xapo and Coinbase and I have never had any problem with any of them. I store coins differently. These are the risks you got to take when making use of cryptocurrency, that’s why you’re always told to invest an amount you can risk.

Hackers really exist and the best to protect it is we should use the secured wallet. Never click any link that may lead on hacking your coins. As other fault that hack their assets by accidentally click phishing links on their PC. I always use hardware wallet for storing crypto through this year all my assets are safe and secured.

Hardware wallet is the best choice, lately, I also read that paper wallet is quite safe and can be an alternative choice. I do not store large amounts of cryptocurrency, so I just need to use a wallet in my gadget, I choose a trusted wallet application, and as much as possible I do not choose those connected by email, because I have had a bad experience when my email was hacked and all wallet connected with the email it's gone.

There is always a new way for the hackers to steal crypto coins in our wallets. But it is our responsibility to become aware of those possible hacking things. Remember to download only apps from trusted sites and never ever click suspicious links as they possibly contained malwares like this trojan.
 
 I remembered when my account hacked because I have signed up to the fake cloud mining websites. That was a nightmare for me because hacker tend to get my coins from a particular site I have logged in. Now, it's a lesson learnes for me not to hastily sign up with some untrusted websites.

that's it mate because sometimes our behavior in internet what made us vulnerable to this hack,scams over internet.
there are too many clickbait and phishing link in internet that has attractive opening for us to be lured and click.
never forget that just look for your best interest and not take seriously everything that will get your attention because this is the way
 they are Baiting the victim.and better that we have knowledge about this so thanks for Sharing OP this is a Big Help for others.

Storing your bitcoins safely is tentatively relative to how smart the user is at storing it. For a lot of people coinbase would probably be your best bet because I know people that lose they're password and don't have a backup key or they download an update to their wallet but it was a scam to get your coins from your computer. It's a brutal catch 22. Coinbase could freeze you out of your funds at any moment but are you smart enough to not click on the url, or check what your downloading or where your throwing your private key at.

Agreed with that, the best way to store our cryptocurrency just through hardware wallet. Storing them on exchange or even through myetherewallet if you have some altcoin then it is not guarantee that your coin are safe. But at least there is an advantage and disadvabtage among when you use hardware wallet and storing them on an exchange. You will be easy to withdraw your coin if you need money but you have a risk that the exchange will be hacked and when you use hardware wallet, you will at least safe with hacker over there but you can't withdraw your money directly.

As long as we transact and / or use the internet and other computer devices, that's when no one is really safe, because even when the hacker has targeted one of the victims, whether it's an exchange or those who use a hardware wallet, the hacker will still easily do the action. We realize that so far even major and famous exchanges have experienced hacking and this proves, when hackers have targeted or targeted their targets, it can be said that hackers will succeed to do so and there is no safe in this circle so we just need to be careful and It's never careless to do anything in this circle so that whatever identity we have can be properly secured.

Agree, hackers nowadays are really more advanced than before.. Even binance had experienced such hacking problems where in even the kyc details of each users got leak.. But the good thing is, binance really secured it's inventors funds thru their SAFU... So it means that even exchanges are really prone to hacking.. It is not safe to keep our investment there... That's why we need to find a way to secured our coins thru other options like paper wallet or hardware wallets wherein you are the only one who knows all the details of it..

You are right, very high risk, instead of protecting it can be lost.

Be Careful.
OP, don't use something that states Bitcoin protection. Many cases afflict members here by clicking on sites like that, protection, the security of Bitcoin is in yourself, not with other people or certain sites.

It is a big challenge for us on how to keep safe our coins especially when we are using online wallets. A hardware wallet is really expensive for you to acquire just for a few satoshis that you would like to store there. And that makes most holders keep in an online wallet.

Have to regret this thing when we do this...
Hackers will find a way to crack our keys and even we think that we are secured enough, we are careful about clicking links but we can't be of 100% safe all the time.

Trezor have some security breach based in some article I read before. That's why much better to use ledger or other hardware wallet. And like other says you are the only one that can protect your assets by not clicking some unknown links that can harm your computer. And collect your data especially your private keys that store in your pc.

When we are still noobs then its no surprise that we are really prone to the risk on getting fooled yet we do still lack knowledge and awareness
this is why as a part of risk management we should really let ourselves learn from others experiences so that we would able to avoid things that we would
definitely meet up along the way.All informations needed can really be read up online, it will just need you to have some effort to at least read up those things.

Bitcoin is a publicly available cryptocurrency, there are a lot enthusiasts doing transaction from different places at the same time, which makes its security and protection more challenging. Due to this fact, Bitcoin is not easy to protect in general but there are some ways to protect your personal account and transactions. Beside from layers of security from strong passwords, 2FA Authentication and updated software to fight viruses, it is also important to not engage with suspicious website and unknown links as these are used by hackers to get started phishing.

The best way is to staying alert and taking precautions like always having an updated antivirus and having a strong password with special characters and always, verify who you are making transactions with. In this way, bitcoin can be protected from hackers.

Anyone that is serious about the protection of his coins needs to really think about changing its operating system to something way more secure than windows, I know that Linux can be more inconvenient when it comes to certain software and specifically when it comes to games but that should not be a factor when we consider how secure our coins become by using Linux, if you choose to use Linux this makes the issue of the antivirus moot and your coins will be many times more secure.

There's a very easy way of protecting your coins. You just have to make sure your private keys are in your possession and are kept offline. There's a common misconception that when someone loses Bitcoins it's those bitcoins that were hacked. In reality the user was hacked, or the exchange he was using was hacked. Bitcoin wasn't hacked and is not going to be hacked, there's no need for us to do anything to protect it. What we should do is protect the devices we use to transact and try not to use centralized exchanges.

I would suggest every time you access a website check it's SSL certificates and you should be able to easily catch scams and hacks. Moreover you must always check the sender's email address and carefully match it. A few point to always keep in mind.

1- Any offer sent to email that sounds too good to be true is a scam more often than not.

2- An email that urges you to change password is usually a phishing attempt.

3- Getting an email that asks you to claim any sort of prize is usually a scam.

Virus can't infected our Computers if we don't click malicious link and other unknown applications (don't download).  And also always check our pc link clicking virus scan before connecting our hardware wallet to make transactions. And your right! We need to keek updated always in other ways of hackers to victim us. So that we will be safe always here in crypto currency world.

That is a way to secure your coins but that will most likely require two things, the use of paper wallets and becoming a long term holder, and that is not really an option for most people, despite the risks many people keep their money in the wallets of exchanges because they are traders and speculators that want to take advantage of every single movement in the price of bitcoin, as such they do not really have too much of a choice and they will depend on the security of the exchange to protect their coins.

Regarding this particular virus, there is already a thread discussing it here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5229210.msg53930208#msg53930208). Specifically, see this (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5229210.msg53937723#msg53937723) and this (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5229210.msg53955086#msg53955086) post for my explanation of how it works. The TL;DR is don't keep your coins on exchanges or online wallets because this virus is capable of displaying a fake login screen. Hardware wallets, paper wallets and SPV clients like electrum wallet are all safe from this.

Just keep it simple! download a cold storage wallet and keep a backup of that wallet so you can get access to your wallet without any issue later on. Always keep the back-up phrases safe somewhere and not in the reach of anyone except you.

Never reveal your private key and never hold your crypto on a an exchange wallet. Always transact indore and never reveal that you earn from cryptocurrency.

Follow and you will be safe.

If you think like that way then there is no security for anything or any hardware wallet or any paper wallet or no matter what are you using to protect your asset. Not even a bank can give you 100% security for your asset. Cause bank robbery or bankruptcy is not a unknown thing to us. If you try to use hardware wallet cheaters crack your wallet somehow (like trojan), if you use paper wallet there is a chance to lost it, if you try to use desktop/app wallet they can hack your wallet through email or any other virus.

Those will be happen if we are not much smart to protect your asset. Sometimes for more profit we choose untrustworthy bank, sometime we click a unknown link from our email, sometimes we use unprotected software or application. So there is plenty of way to hack your wallet or PC easily if you are not get smart how to use it.

Honestly i shocked also when i heard about it, cause i also thought hardware wallet is the most secure wallet (which still is). But we can't always judge anything for one or two incidents. Cheaters are everywhere, there is no platform i know about where cheaters are not exist. So being smart is the only way to beat them.

Hardware wallets are safer to use than of any online wallets but as we indulge in the online system of payment or transactions still it is prone to hacking especially when we misclick site into pishing sites. This is a reason why we can't be 100% secured and the only thing that we should have to do and so we don't fall into this is to be careful in visiting sites. The security of our wallet lies to us, on how we handle it and how bulgar we are into the other people which is giving them a chance to copy our keys and get control over our wallet.

Today, we are all vulnerable to hacking. There are even apps, wallets and software that may seem safe outside but is really unsafe to store Bitcoin. We are too confident to rely on online wallets that are makes us vulnerable to hackers. The main thing we must do is to not constantly click on links that says we will benefit but in turn, hackers can see our activities and even monitor our transactions. That's why we have to be very careful for us to be protected and to not waste our effort. Yes paper wallets are safe from hackers but we are not sure of the people around us now that there are news about killings because of Bitcoin.

I feel like if you dwell on it too much, it tends to happen. Don't be too paranoid about having your Bitcoin getting stolen. Just practice the required measures of not clicking on unknown links or downloading any unknown software on your PC and using the right hardware.

Bitcoin is money, and everyday, hackers are trying to steal them like they do to the normal currency. There is no way you can completely have and use them offline; its transaction is online.

Or, better still, perform your bitcoin transaction on a PC that you rarely go online with or use daily.

A few simple steps and precautions are enough to protect your cryptocurrency assets from hackers. From what I have seen, if you use email confirmation using a Gmail account, hacking incidents can be prevented 99.99% of the times. Only using laborious methods such as SIM swap, a hacker can steal coins from a wallet which is protected with email authentication and 2FA.

Sadly am once a victim of hacker.Someone hacks my wallet last year.Maybe i become careless,hackers are genius.You cant protect bitcoin and any currencies in all but you can make your wallet where you store your bitcoin and any currency you hold safe and secure.
Im backing up my wallet now and also im being careful too.But someone suggest tthat i should use a more secure wallet like hardware wallet which i dont have any idea as of now.So,im doing a research now.

These people are more experienced than us. You don't need to keep all your funds on one exchange as a rule of the thumb. Not your key, not your money also have a role to play here, have several non-custodian wallets and keep your tokens there. Don't just rely on one in case of a successful hack. so that you don't lose your entire capital. Always use an antivirus that can detect trojan behaviors and warn about this action. Don't download App from Google PlayStore or iOS without verifying if it corresponds with the official release. Most hackers use similar names to deceive unsuspected users to download fake App and collect valuable information that is able to conduct a successful hack.

For such a virus to have access to your device or system or even access your applications, you must have clicked on a link or downloaded some stuffs that carried such virus. That’s why you should always avoid unsolicited mails and stop clicking on links that you know nothing about and download apps that you don’t know anything about them. Such virus cannot just fly from nowhere and enter your device, there is something you must have done to give it access.

So, everyone should learn and know things they should avoid to keep themselves safe from all these. Even paper wallets before you can send them out you will still have to access them online and that is it. Hardware wallets like Trezor and Nano S Ledger and paper wallets are all cold storage. There is nothing 100% secure, you just have to be security conscious and guide yourself.

Don't visit random site and always check the site that you log in.
Don't share or send your account information to others specially for those airdrops that ask for your private key.

While it's cool that at least someone offers this, it's sad that it's not a good university. China's a powerful country, and they have high-quality higher education. But this university is such a no-name that it's even hard to find any info about it online. Okay, I get it, China is not big on the Internet, they have their own space for that. But it seems suspicious in any case that Google confuses it with other facilities, the website seems to be offline (if CUIT is the one), and a Wikipedia page (if, again, it's the same university, and I am not sure of that) says that this facility's known for an incident of promoting cruel behavior with animals for the sake of research. I also cannot find this news on any reputable news portals...

This is the reason why I always say that the blockchain technology is evolving and there are still many things to learn. Nobody could boldly tell you he/she knows everything about it and this is the reason why some that have look for a bad side is developing an attack that could steal information from the target and gain access to an individual crypto wallet. It is very unsafe to keep information that can lead to getting access to your wallet on your devices and installing anti-virus such as malwarebyte is a good thing

If you are storing your coins in an exchange you do not even have to make a mistake to get your coins stolen from you, if the exchange gets hacked you could lose your coins even if you took all of those precautions, it is important to remember that there is no way to protect your coins completely but if you take some simple steps the possibilities of losing your coins can decrease dramatically as hackers most likely will prefer to try to steal from those that do not take as many precautions as you do.

I agree with you. We have no way to keep all Bitcoin in the world but we surely can save our Bitcoin by keeping them in a proper way. Yes, it is better to avoid keeping them in online wallets, especially in an exchange wallet. Put them in hardware wallets, it is much safer than the online ones. If we want to send our Bitcoin to exchange or online wallets, just do it once we want to trade them.

Correct. It is because they are always working to find out the weaknesses of the Bitcoin/crypto storage system. They must do research and analysis as well. So, that's why we must be more careful and updated the way to store our crypto/Bitcoin assets.

In line with this, we should also not deal with a person who just messages you in telegram especially when you don't know that person or you don't even expect that kind of transaction.

Yeah, I agree people say that using a hardware wallet is the best way to keep our cryptocurrency but I know not all of us can afford to have it because of its price. And so they don't have a choice but to use an online wallet. Only we have to do is be careful and not use different PC or laptop or let the others use of it otherwise, it compromises your files inside.

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We often talk about how to use Bitcoin in everyday life and that the use of cryptocurrency be widespread.  We would like cryptocurrency to replace fiat funds in the near future. But first of all, we should think about the security of our cryptocurrency funds, as well as the ease of handling of other users with them.  I believe that before cryptocurrency is massively used in every country, you first need to train people to properly use and store their cryptocurrency funds, because hackers will always hunt for other people's money.  In addition, not everyone can afford a hardware wallet, especially given the current financial condition of an ordinary person.

Yeah, Expect a random person to chat or message you in telegram since most hackers use that application, not degrading the telegram app but that's the real scene for scams. I always receive a random chat from whoever trying to phish sending some suspicious websites. Don't fall for this anyone!

Hardware wallet or software wallet is secured, it depends on who handles it. I am using softwallet for several years and I haven't encountered any hacks yet, anyone should be a keeper especially in this kind of space. But for some reason hardware wallet is much preferred of many since it is tangible and has a less risk of hacking but a high risk of being stolen.

But, email confirmations can only secure your coins when you store them in online web wallets like blockchain.com which is actually risky itself because there is no reason to trust your coins with any website no matter how trusted they are when you can download a wallet file and keep your coins in your own control.

I usually use 2 computers one for my day to day work and the 2nd one where I have only the core wallet installed where I make all transactions and there is no risk using this method because I don't surf interest or download any files from that computer and there is no way the hacker can gain access to it unless I have the PC lost which is again impossible because it being a PC I don't carry it anywhere either ;D.

To be honest, there are a lot of great hackers nowadays that they are really unpredictable that you can't really when will they attack and steal all of your cryptocurrencies or bitcoin. So the best way to protect your funds from hackers is not to visit any suspicious websites and do not share any of your information and passwords to people through online.

This is such a simple solution and yet it is very effective, however we must recognize that not everyone has the money to have a computer on their home doing nothing, however if you have an old computer this could be a viable solution, but if that is not the case then buying something like a hardware wallet could be an even better option as you can buy them for a relatively cheap price and those devices unlike your regular computer were specifically created to be very difficult to hack.

Added to that using hardware wallets can always help because even if your computer is infected with virus and compromised then also you cannot be hacked by hackers.

I believe people must use mobile as 2FA if they use web-wallets because there are phishing links often and you end up giving your password to them so at least they cannot login until you also give them the OTP. Moreover, if you are wise and aware enough then there is no way someone can get your coins at their will, yes a few hackers might do brute forcing and other tricks to get access but if you use hardware wallets even those are eliminated.

I think this can affect more of those that share the same phone with google authentication app. They got into your mail and the google account you sign in on your phone. have never trusted wallet and exchanges on the android phones, I believe the vulnerability is high, even more risky when the app request for google authentication code that is on the same phone with the app. I prefer the windows app and online exchange for now, maybe IOS app as well. Android is not as safe.

It seems iOS and Android are not much different because most of them are centralized wallets that don't give users to get recovery seeds and private keys, because one thing I feel is safe to use a wallet is about ownership of the private key itself. But as long as you can use any wallet properly and always be careful in everything, I think that is a way for us to keep our funds safe.

Sorry for your loss but can you mention what sort of wallet of yours was hacked because you mentioned you don't use hardware wallets so do you use exchanges as wallets or desktop/mobile wallet?

Since you are new, here is something that might help - https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet and always download any wallets from trusted sources.

Hardware wallets are pretty good but can be very difficult to use for quick payments and if you are not familiar I suggest you to learn a bit and maybe go with trezor.

I have been here for more than three years and I would say that if you take a limited number of basic precautions, then more than 99% of the wallet hacking attempts can be defeated. 2FA is a must and if you are not activating it, then it is like you are giving away whatever cryptocurrency assets you have in your wallets to the thieves. It takes hardly 2 minutes to install Google Authenticator in your phone. And another precaution is to be careful about the phishing sites.

Even if you lose your hardware wallet that is not a big deal since you should have a backup of your seed words somewhere and you could use that seed to recover your coins with ease, however unlike losing a software wallet you will lose the amount of money invested to get the device and the money needed to buy a new one, but despite all of this it is a good idea to have a hardware wallet in which you keep the majority of your funds safe from the attempts of hackers to steal your coins.

Yep and I want to add that, also we should not click or be baited on some of the pop-up advertisements because sometimes there are some malicious virus that are associated with that kind of advertisements. Also don't give your private keys to anyone, especially when that key are the ones who have a lot of stored bitcoin or money.

In my opinion, there should be a dedicated PC based on some well-maintained Linux distro (probably on Windows 7, but NEVER on Win10), on SSD supporting TCG Opal technology, and the most important point is that you will use this wallet-PC only for operations with cryptocurrencies. The only web browser you will use there should be TOR browser. Also, you should be a paranoid about passwords and also be a retrograde about storing your passwords. We can talk a lot about it, but in a nutshell you should come up with passwords of 10 characters and longer, as random as possible. Write it up on paper, in two copies stored in different places safely.

So on that PC above you should set up at least three passwords: 1^st for SED-drive unlocking during boot, 2^nd for your OS account, and 3^rd for your wallet. BTW check that your wallet can be unlocked with password you have just set prior to sending any funds on it's address.

Buy two flash drives with hardware encryption support for storing wallet files and private keys. Protect them with two different passwords. Be a paranoid.

If you still did not know about it - your passwords should not be repeated anywhere and never. Use 2FA everywhere. Store backups of 2FA keys on paper.

And more, and more...

Usually I always bookmark trusted websites that I often visit and if there are suspicious links you should not click or there are applications that are not from the official do not try to download it. Always being careful is the most important thing to avoid hackers who want to steal our crypto assets.

to be honest, you can avoid that by not clicking on strange messages from large companies or on behalf of such things. besides that you also need to use defenses such as antivirus, or other things that help identify odd things. some other hackers try to use phishing sites, just as happened in the case of the blockchain, and myetherwallet, even some people also try to imitate the name of this forum to steal your account.
yeah, stay careful, and stay alert. Even though it's not 100%, it's good enough

We all know that is impossible since every system always has some kind of flaw, however it is not really necessary, you only need to take some basic precautions and that will be more than enough to reduce the chances of a hacker stealing your coins, if you buy a hardware wallet, use a safe operating system like Linux and you create long passwords and never repeat them then you will be safe from most attacks that hackers could take against you and your coins.

Nothing can give 100% protection against the hackers, but it is possible to have 99.9999% protection. And I think that it is as good as 100%. If you take all the basic precautions, then only in some rare cases (such as the recent $45 million robbery involving BTC and BCH from Chinese user Zhoujianfu through SIM swap) the hackers can steal the coins in your wallets. 

In my opinion, if hackers use malware and trojans to steal the coins we have, we should always install premium antivirus. And always
update your antivirus, don't use free antivirus. And hardware wallet is still the safest to use, so don't worry too much. If you have coins
in large quantities, don't keep them in one wallet. Divide into several wallets to avoid being targeted by hackers.

At least, we can try to secure our funds, and if we can protect the wallet, we can prevent the hackers too. As long as we can follow every instruction to secure the wallet, we don't have to feel worried because the hacker will need time to hack the wallet. I am not worried about that because I guess that only me that know where the wallet, and that is what we do. We don't have to tell other people that we have crypto and where we keep that crypto, because that can make them curious, and that can invite the bad people to try to steal our wallet.

The safest you could do is consult a security expert, they know what to do and how to prevent this malicious schemes. Hardware wallet and paper wallet seems the safest. Next thing you should do is have a common sense, think for yourself, don't click when the link is fishy and trust your gut feel when you are deciding.

Stop entering every site, just use the only trusted sites to read, buy staffs/assets, and play games, don't open emails from unknown and time to time delete your spam  folder and not download the apps from  untrusted source, also escape  to store your keys and mnemonics phase online and if necessary just use only trusted cloud storage.      

When you are using bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies, risk is always included. Some hackers create a suspicios link or some clickbait to make you interests in the following website or link. So i suggest that you avoid suspicious links specially in your emails or an unsafe websites. You can also create an offline wallet or hardware wallet. In your hardware wallet you can store your bitcoin offline but when you have to make a transaction, it must be connected online . It has a less chance of getting stolen but that doesn't mean that you have to be careless. You must be alert and aware of the things you used specially when online.

Or much better to not clicking any links sent by not expected sender because for sure 99% of them are just advertising or hackers and or scammers.

Also those links sent by not reputable person?avoid clicking them as most of them are clickbait or sponsoring advertising.

And also correct to create offline wallet for more secure crypto holdings.and last never share gadgets to others and your social media accounts.

I believe that there are simple procedures that you can take to avoid your wallet being hacked and your cryptocurrencies being stolen by hackers. The first thing is that you should store them in a secure wallet and a secure device, maybe a separate device that you don’t really use much.

You should also avoid clicking on links that you know nothing about, because those are mainly the ways that these malware can be installed in your system/device without you being aware of it, and that’s how they collect information and also gain access to your wallet. You should also stop opening unsolicited mails, once you see them, mark them as spam immediately and delete all.

The bitcoin is already secured the transaction are only to the sender and the receiver and one of the things does the hacker can get the information is through the device because most of the time we are browsing into the internet, downloading insecure files, and using the moded application can cause harm to our devices and we cannot see that sometimes there is a worm, trojan, malware and more about that software that the hacker use to get your information and also the transaction.

Still, that article sounds interesting. I personally didn't know phones could be targetted for this, it's not surprising but I guess I Never thought of it. Google auth increasingly sounds like the worst authentication app, can't back it up / move it over to a different device but also is a security risk. WOuld someone with experience or knowledge be able to tell me if such issues would also affect authenticators like Authy?

In that case, we can store our coins in hardware wallets and make sure you have tight security protocol for your computer, if you are using it also to connect the world wide web. Avoid pop-ups and you're right, unsolicited emails, put directly to trash and delete. Never open their attachments, because that's where they will screw your computer. Also, sign-up only to trusted sites and do not give your credentials to anybody that you know your privacy would be at risk.

I think that these issues should be considered through the prism of the fact that in the near future ordinary people will use cryptocurrency as a means of payment.  Not every person will be able to use a hardware wallet and therefore it will be necessary to look for other opportunities in order to preserve their assets.  If we consider the situation with the storage of funds in bank accounts, then the bank security service is responsible for their safety, and if we talk about the safety of cryptocurrency, then each user is responsible for the safety of cryptocurrency funds personally.  I believe that for an inexperienced person, cryptocurrency storage carries a rather big risk.

Getting a hardware wallet is a solid advice for those that are looking to protect their coins, but getting an antivirus is simply not going to be enough, if you need an antivirus then that means that you are using an operating system that is not secure by definition, if you really want to secure your coins then you need to be willing to sacrifice some convenience on its use and install one of the many Linux distributions and learn how to use it, this will take time but your coins will be many times more secure when you do that.

One of the primary ways of securing your cryptocurrencies is to buy a hardware wallet such as Trezor or the Ledger Nano S and make sure you have backed up its private key at a very secure place. Also, make sure that you keep this wallet very safe and away from any thing that can pose a threat of damage to it. Whiles surfing the internet beware of suspicious links and for safer reasons you can even install Ad blockers to prevent any of these suspicious ads from popping up.

basic IT knowledges and hardware wallets can be the best protection for your coins

Before we even talk about entering sites, be aware of the links you are all clicking since this is the common start of phishing sites. You might think that it is the site you wanted to go but hackers nowadays are so tricky that even a single sign in a link could lead you to a trap. I remembered a streamer who talked about a hacker who hacked his computer, I think that is TimtheTatman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMMCmYnVAqs). I know this is not crypto currency-related but if someone got control of your PC, just consider your bitcoin gone. Not a supporter of the content creator but I think you could learn something from that video since the hacker while controlling his PC, taught him something

Phishing is still a thing for frauds at this very moment cause there will no less gullible people and there will be just more of them in the future. If the security of the people increases it does well on the breaching too, emails are one of the most targeted by these people coz they can just work up with random emails and send an invitation link although emails are putting unsecured logo to it under its name, some people are not well known on how it could cost them. I haven't heard of that story where Tim was hacked, but I'm sure he learned his lesson with that.

All these have been on for a long time now, people usually get scammed and infected by virus because of some suspicious freebies, which are too good to be true. Downloading or adding just any link to your browser extension can be very deadly when it comes to security in this space.

This is the best idea on avoiding losing your stuff.
There is no freebies nowadays so younreally need to earn your coin in a hard way .
And expecting free stuff on a phishing link grow up.



Try to get a hard ware wallet . If you still concern about getting accessed on your PC.

As a bitcoin user, we have a different ways to prevent our account to get hacked by the bad people. But it is basic on how to get off from the hackers, by just thinking before you click. Many sites out there has an hidden agenda that if you click their links their bots are starting to see your private information without knowing it. I must to say that avoid to enter in a link with a suspicious acts.

Isn't just to think? No offense for those that were scammed but that would be the most basic thing to do in most situations. Think. Not from a single POV, but from every possible POV. Whether it be tiring or a pain in the ass, you should still check it out. As for hacking, I doubt there are a lot of instances where a hacker would attack a person's pc intentionally. Most are because people often click at something that let's the hacker come in. It's like, you're opening the door for the hacker to come in, welcoming them even. If that was the case, same solution, think. Think before you click. If you were to be attacked specifically though, that may be a different issue since the hacker could use specific scenarios to bait you in. Most scenarios in the internet are for in a general sense, so thinking about it could easily show that it was a hack/scam.

There are ways you can stay safe from all these hackers. Securing your cryptocurrency wallet is a task that's left for you, you have to do the right thing when securing your wallet. As for the best wallets, paper wallets are the most secure, but I don't think there is any wallet that should be considered as the best because they all have one way or the other that they are not so good at. Your paper wallet if you're not careful you can end up storing it in the wrong place and water might touch it, or rats and roaches? Lol.

You can have three wallets; hardware, paper and cloud wallets. Cloud wallets will be for a regular use while paper wallets will be the main storage and hardware wallets can be used to store some too, and make sure that your private keys are store different from your wallet. And when you want to generate your paper wallet, make sure to scan your computer for any malware.

its better to use hardware wallets than other wallets such as online wallets, but that doesn't mean you must not use online wallets, the best way you can do with your wallet is to be careful  with the passcode or the privatekey do not let anyone know your privatekey, that might be the cause of your loss, and second don't click any suspicious links

When you have a huge amount of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, you should be storing the 90% of your crypto in your hardware wallet like ledger and trezor wallet because it is the safest way to store your cryptos that hackers could not access in a hardware wallet. While the 10% of your crypto should be in your online wallet, so it wouldn't be bad if you have been hacked or lost your account.

just simple way IMO...
do not carelessly use Wifi especially in crowded places such as cafes or others, do not carelessly click on links in emails or browsers, use Google authenticator or email authenticator for your wallet.

Bitcoin exchange is unchanged. But you can't do anything right now. Someone can steal your btc if you have access to his / her account. In the meantime you have installed a malware in the middle of a software install. I'm sorry for your disappointment, hope you get good news soon.

The best way to protect yourself and your funds is not to disclose your data and passwords to anyone, and not to use suspicious resources.

Always keep in mind that hackers cannot just take and withdraw your funds from your wallets.
In any case, they will need your help. Whether it’s an installed application, a clicked link, a browser extension, or something else.
You should always ask yourself, "How safe is this? Are there any risks when using this?"
If there is a chance of compromising, then this will happen sooner or later.