Keeping your assets safe in the crypto space..

[Issa56]

Still, I guess we can only just remain careful to avoid falling victim to scammers after all there isn’t much that can be done. What have you guys been doing to keep your assets safe though? Drop some comments, let's learn.

Firstly, don’t leave your coin on exchange, no matter how reputable the exchange is, anything can happen to it, and if your coin is there, you might be losing it, so it’s better you always leave your coin in a non custodial wallet.
 
Second, don’t trust anyone you meet, either online or offline. Make sure nobody has access to your private key. If anyone has access to your private key, then they can steal your coin without you even knowing, so don’t trust anyone with your private key.
 
Thirdly, you have to be very careful with things you download online, some might be fake, and as soon as you input your details, scammers will be able to access your coins. So when downloading any application, make sure you are getting the link to the application from the official website.
 
Fourth, if you receive any links from random people, make sure you stay away from them and never click on them.

[batang_bitcoin]

Most of these exchanges have their articles giving reminders to everyone that we should keep our assets safe. And even here, everyone is giving our advice mostly to everyone and newbies that we should keep our assets safe as well. Do not be too careless when you're in the crypto space because there have been a lot of scams and hacks that has happened. Don't just give access to anybody that you don't know and always secure yourselves from any possible attack through being aware of what you're trying to do.

[SATWAT]

Use a separate PC for crypto-related activities, and do not open any shady websites or links on that PC. Do not store your private keys on your PC, store them offline. Preferably, use hardware wallets for crypto holding if possible.

Trust no one when it comes to cryptocurrency. I know a person, who lost $2k to a scammer, only by clicking a shady link and connecting a wallet after opening the link. 

Even your this suggestion is good and helpful for the members but here I have one thing as mostly members from the Third World countries are not able to have facility like this like having separate computer for the crypto related activities and one for the other things even I have many friends where most of the family members are using one computer because they can't afford other, so this is surely not easy for all.

But recently we are having some development as peoples are buying mobiles which are working better and here they can do this bus still not easy so better give suggestions which they can do on these computers also.

[livingfree]

Use a separate PC for crypto-related activities, and do not open any shady websites or links on that PC. Do not store your private keys on your PC, store them offline. Preferably, use hardware wallets for crypto holding if possible.

This is good when you are able to do it but not everyone has another or separate PC for doing crypto stuff and mostly are using only one device to do every stuff that they do.

So with that, don't do shady things and never visit links that are unknown to you. That's the start of the attack when you do not know what you are installing and what kind of websites you visit.

Trust no one when it comes to cryptocurrency. I know a person, who lost $2k to a scammer, only by clicking a shady link and connecting a wallet after opening the link. 

Most likely this is related to airdrop I think, a smart contract can do the thing that's been made by that scammer.

[Iamcrypticguy]

One constant fact that I've noticed since I got into crypto is that the moment a project or a company starts getting popular or begins to gain a huge follower base, it starts to attract scammers like Sugar to ants.

It honestly gets annoying after a while, I can't join a Telegram or Discord group without being DMed by a dozen of them, fake links flying here and there. A recent example is Bitget releasing a couple of articles to inform their users about phishing and a particular malicious browser extension named "AggrTrade". I've seen similar notifications from Binance, bybit also telling their users to be careful

Still, I guess we can only just remain careful to avoid falling victim to scammers after all there isn’t much that can be done. What have you guys been doing to keep your assets safe though? Drop some comments, let's learn.

You're absolutely right! The more popular a crypto project or exchange gets, the bigger a target it becomes for scammers. Phishing attempts, fake websites, and fraudulent emails are just a few ways they try to steal your hard-earned crypto. The recent Bitget articles warning about the "AggrTrade" extension are a prime example, it's crazy how these scammers create fake extensions to steal crypto. Binance also warns about malicious websites that tricks you into installing malware on your device. Honestly, that's why I'm super careful about what I click on and where I download extensions from. Losing my crypto to a scammer is a nightmare I can't afford.
It's great that exchanges are proactive,  not just for user protection, but also to maintain their reputation. Scammers like this can definitely damage an exchange's trust.

I read about the first exchange article and I was impressed by how they take security and protecting their users against phishing attack seriously. It's becoming a pandemic and I comment their efforts..

[Iamcrypticguy]

Use a separate PC for crypto-related activities, and do not open any shady websites or links on that PC. Do not store your private keys on your PC, store them offline. Preferably, use hardware wallets for crypto holding if possible.

This is good when you are able to do it but not everyone has another or separate PC for doing crypto stuff and mostly are using only one device to do every stuff that they do.

So with that, don't do shady things and never visit links that are unknown to you. That's the start of the attack when you do not know what you are installing and what kind of websites you visit.

Trust no one when it comes to cryptocurrency. I know a person, who lost $2k to a scammer, only by clicking a shady link and connecting a wallet after opening the link. 

Most likely this is related to airdrop I think, a smart contract can do the thing that's been made by that scammer.

Also use a separate wallet for airdrop and other related stuff.. different from your main wallet.

[el kaka22]

If you are having trouble or scaring, then just put it in a usb and just store it somewhere safe, if you do that 99% security is achieved. The only possible potential way of losing it would be if you forget where you put it, but you could multiply that move and put it at 5 different places if you want, that way you will not forget everywhere, and even if something happens you are fine. I do not really care about these stuff, I find them quite excessive, I just put it on binance and be done with it.

A lot of people will say "not your keys not your coins" but to be fair I have seen a lot of people lose even when they had keys, so I rather keep it safe with Binance which I know could be more trusted than myself, I would be more likely to lose it myself.

[bluebit25]

I think about the case of counterfeiting in the cryptocurrency space, where scammers take advantage of the popularity of the product to trap users. Like I've come across a lot of X accounts that contain gold deposits (but are fake) to post malicious links, usually people who are easily attracted by easy money will fall for the invitations hello attractive.

I myself have also faced the disclosure of keys on my trustwallet wallet due to connecting to websites that I really don't remember the exact time, but when I lost money, I understood the problem. And there are a series of different attacks, sometimes we don't know because the behavior is quite simple, so don't rush to believe anything in cyberspace, check everything carefully before confirm.

[Kristiyana]

Use a separate PC for crypto-related activities, and do not open any shady websites or links on that PC. Do not store your private keys on your PC, store them offline. Preferably, use hardware wallets for crypto holding if possible.

This is good when you are able to do it but not everyone has another or separate PC for doing crypto stuff and mostly are using only one device to do every stuff that they do.

So with that, don't do shady things and never visit links that are unknown to you. That's the start of the attack when you do not know what you are installing and what kind of websites you visit.

Trust no one when it comes to cryptocurrency. I know a person, who lost $2k to a scammer, only by clicking a shady link and connecting a wallet after opening the link. 

Most likely this is related to airdrop I think, a smart contract can do the thing that's been made by that scammer.

Also use a separate wallet for airdrop and other related stuff.. different from your main wallet.

You're right is good to have a separate wallet for airdrop and other stuffs unlike as you said, because if you link your main wallet to most of those airdrop projects probably scammers can gain access to your funds. this is why we need to be very careful with most of this airdrop project that requires puting our wallet address, because most of those project happens to be scam and their intentions is just to gain access to  our wallet.

[God bless u]

One constant fact that I've noticed since I got into crypto is that the moment a project or a company starts getting popular or begins to gain a huge follower base, it starts to attract scammers like Sugar to ants.

It honestly gets annoying after a while, I can't join a Telegram or Discord group without being DMed by a dozen of them, fake links flying here and there. A recent example is Bitget releasing a couple of articles to inform their users about phishing and a particular malicious browser extension named "AggrTrade". I've seen similar notifications from Binance, bybit also telling their users to be careful

Still, I guess we can only just remain careful to avoid falling victim to scammers after all there isn’t much that can be done. What have you guys been doing to keep your assets safe though? Drop some comments, let's learn.

All this is ok but are our assets safe in crypto space as well? No that's not true the blockchains have failed to proved their security to the users and we have been seeing nowadays that they have been hacked on a large amount by hackers.

I'm the latest news a japani blockchain was hacked and millions worth BTc was stolen. So in order to make our assets safe who will assure us?

[redsun114]

couldn't this be because of the incident that Binance hacked due to the Chrome plugin? 
well i read this few hours ago https://cointelegraph.com/news/hackers-steal-millions-chrome-plugin-binance-scam

and maybe a warning to all will work. i didn't see any bybit or bitget hacks but it wouldn't be long since the hacker seemed savvy in victimizing crypto users. it think it should have been just a pin on the telegram channel.

This is one of the scary things that I don't want to happen with me. Imagine losing your hard-earned money that you are trying to keep because you want to multiply it, in seconds, right before your very eyes? Ouch. Anyways, I don't think Binance will get hacked, only because of a simple plugin because they are separated from the platform. But maybe the ones that get hacked are the individual's account only.

I think this have happened before but people can't seem to learn from it. Plugins or browsers extensions are not safe as the real app that we use. Binance is much bigger than two exchanges you mentioned there, so it made sense on why Binance are always in the headlines.

[Sayeds56]

One constant fact that I've noticed since I got into crypto is that the moment a project or a company starts getting popular or begins to gain a huge follower base, it starts to attract scammers like Sugar to ants.

It honestly gets annoying after a while, I can't join a Telegram or Discord group without being DMed by a dozen of them, fake links flying here and there. A recent example is Bitget releasing a couple of articles to inform their users about phishing and a particular malicious browser extension named "AggrTrade". I've seen similar notifications from Binance, bybit also telling their users to be careful

Still, I guess we can only just remain careful to avoid falling victim to scammers after all there isn’t much that can be done. What have you guys been doing to keep your assets safe though? Drop some comments, let's learn.

It is very challenging to keep our digital assets safe in our wallets or exchanges. We frequently hear from family members and friends about funds theft and compromised smart contracts of DEFI platform, leading significant losses for many investors.

We should preferably use hard wallet and be aware of phishing sites to avoid such incidents. Additionally, we should only join trusted communities, avoid using public WIFI for transaction purpose, and be skeptical when something sounds too good, better to avoid such offers

[Essential10]

Sometimes it's nice to come across posts like this on the security of crypto assets as it's a cautionary message to make me aware of you all. I often get notifications on my device about asset safekeeping in the crypto space to reinforce measures to keep funds safe. Online there are different hacker gangs who use different techniques to trap. However, the most important thing I think is to add wallets anywhere It's  not good because hackers leave traps here. So need to, introducing security measures like two-factor authentication and keeping private keys safe to strengthen wallet security. To stay safe in the crypto space, sometime security sectors are check periodically.

[gurunanakji777]

Staying safe depends on us if we click on unnecessary unknown links, we will most likely get hacked. Moreover, we frequently receive many airdrop links daily, which we should generally avoid clicking. Scammers and hackers often trap and hack newbies this way. As for storing our coins, I trust only hardware wallets. Coins should never be kept on exchanges unless we are ready to sell them and last but not least always use antivirus.

[livingfree]

Use a separate PC for crypto-related activities, and do not open any shady websites or links on that PC. Do not store your private keys on your PC, store them offline. Preferably, use hardware wallets for crypto holding if possible.

This is good when you are able to do it but not everyone has another or separate PC for doing crypto stuff and mostly are using only one device to do every stuff that they do.

So with that, don't do shady things and never visit links that are unknown to you. That's the start of the attack when you do not know what you are installing and what kind of websites you visit.

Also use a separate wallet for airdrop and other related stuff.. different from your main wallet.

Yeah, don't use your main wallet when you're joining airdrops because that might be the reason why many are being hacked or scammed easily.

Because most of your funds that are in there and with one mistake you commit, there's a possibility that the hacker will just use these smart contracts that will allow the wallets to just send whatever is on it as soon as possible.

So, that's right. Use a separate wallet too, don't use your main wallets for those kind of stuff.

[Furious 7]

Still, I guess we can only just remain careful to avoid falling victim to scammers after all there isn’t much that can be done. What have you guys been doing to keep your assets safe though? Drop some comments, let's learn.

There will be no smoke if there is no fire. Maybe this saying will be suitable for what happens in some conditions because in the end we will not get problems for our wallets such as getting scammed, drained, or whatever it is that makes our assets disappear as long as we don't fish and continue to be careful in protecting the wallets we have.

We must be aware that everything that is profitable, everyone's intentions will not be the same because in the end there will be a lot of people who will make every effort to benefit even in ways that do refer to criminals.

This also happens in crypto because for those who do have bad thoughts, they will definitely do dirty ways to profit and that is not a new thing.
It's just that in this case they also won't be able to take the assets we have as long as we are not negligent and don't do things that are detrimental in the end so this depends on yourself in the end whether things like this will continue to be allowed with you being careless or protecting and minimizing from the start so that you don't get scammed by continuing to secure and do double standards for your wallet.

[Rasa nanas]

Some things I do to secure my assets are:
1. Don't connect the main wallet with unknown websites.
2. do not respond to suspicious emails or messages.
3. Do not carry out transactions without a 3rd party.
Crypto is the most popular digital asset and there are definitely a lot of scammers roaming around here. there is no other choice but to be careful and alert because scammers always have a way to commit fraud.

[tygeade]

All this is ok but are our assets safe in crypto space as well? No that's not true the blockchains have failed to proved their security to the users and we have been seeing nowadays that they have been hacked on a large amount by hackers.

I'm the latest news a japani blockchain was hacked and millions worth BTc was stolen. So in order to make our assets safe who will assure us?

Depends on where you are keeping it, there are some very super safe ones, there are ones that are not that great at all. We should realize that things aren't all that black and white, you can't have one response to everything. Even in the case where one thing seems super safe, another day someone could figure out a way to hack into it, or something that back in the day got hacked into, may look dangerous but could go strong without any more hacking forever.

This is why I think it's quite important to realize that the best way to go would be just being careful and not putting it all in one place. If you can avoid that, then you are going to do fine and the results will come by itself. That's how you should approach it.

[laijsica]

Staying safe depends on us if we click on unnecessary unknown links, we will most likely get hacked. Moreover, we frequently receive many airdrop links daily, which we should generally avoid clicking. Scammers and hackers often trap and hack newbies this way. As for storing our coins, I trust only hardware wallets. Coins should never be kept on exchanges unless we are ready to sell them and last but not least always use antivirus.

You should carefully click on every spamming message on your wallet related device for security of crypto assets as most fraudsters spread their net through various mails or apps to steal your assets and steal your assets. Sometimes even with device security apps, fraudsters can set their traps and inadvertently get your device hacked.

[pancakebirb]

to maintain crypto assets of course we must be careful not to just click on site links that tend to be dangerous. I always avoid dangerous sites and store crypto assets on my main phone. I use a PC for work and the main phone is only for accessing crypto assets.