How the wallet is hacked, what should I do?

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Quote from: Hhoussam89 on June 28, 2020, 09:33:48 PM

For example: When a message arrives in an e-mail requesting the private key, many beginners will respond to this message and send their key, which is really sad.

I have seen a lot of people falling into a trap like this. Seen them on different social media.
Most likely they have been social engineered by those scammers. Obviously it is the fault for the victim.
Should always be careful, double check if the link is unsuspicious and safe.

Just to ask, can someone be hacked if he answered a call from an unknown number? Is there any malware that's able to have access on your phone by answering phonecalls?

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Quote from: ohyeahhaha122 on August 01, 2020, 09:42:32 AM

I think what you can do best so that no hacker can open your wallet is to write down all your private keys on a piece of paper and of course you'll need methods to preserve it for as long as possible, I think. This way would be necessary for those who store large amounts of cryptocurrency

It ain't still working. I think it will be a little bit risky from the environment of these papers being used to list the private keys of the wallet. Huge bitcoin holders use hardware wallet and do it offline. In this way a hacker could not access it anyway online. Hacking only works on those online wallets that could be phished out using a program that will be installed in the computer and make them access it remotely. So, by staying safe with the funds then better use an offline wallet and just access it whenever needed

Having writing down on a piece of paper could also help to keep safe your private keys. You just keep it safe to avoid losing the paper. Many users already using offline wallet to avoid from hacking so it is best also not to focus only in one wallet and never click any links that will attack your computer from virus or malware. All of the possible ways to avoid wallet hacked should be our responsibility as our crypto asset is at risks from these scammers.

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Quote from: ohyeahhaha122 on August 01, 2020, 09:42:32 AM

I think what you can do best so that no hacker can open your wallet is to write down all your private keys on a piece of paper and of course you'll need methods to preserve it for as long as possible, I think. This way would be necessary for those who store large amounts of cryptocurrency

It ain't still working. I think it will be a little bit risky from the environment of these papers being used to list the private keys of the wallet. Huge bitcoin holders use hardware wallet and do it offline. In this way a hacker could not access it anyway online. Hacking only works on those online wallets that could be phished out using a program that will be installed in the computer and make them access it remotely. So, by staying safe with the funds then better use an offline wallet and just access it whenever needed

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Quote from: olamidey on August 01, 2020, 02:35:22 PM

A lot of things could result into wallet being hacked. for a wallet hacked, there's little or nothing you can do. It's usually better to prevent a hack than to find a way to get it back. for a new wallet, ensure you use a very strong password and if possible use a 2 factor authenticator.

never keep your private keys online or share it. be conscious of downloading suspicious content. avoid doing fake giveaways and don't give your details out. I once had an experience with this and since then, I've been careful about my wallet details. Heard coinomi wallet is one of the strongest out there as it has its own keypad.

clear and certain because of mistakes and negligence that sometimes are not felt at all, so there is a question of a wallet that we really don't want to happen.
with developments that are so advanced every time hackers are always targeting with renewable methods that we did not expect before.

through submissions to email addresses hacking most often occurs, due to understanding and without realizing that we have been fooled by people who send spam. what is needed is true according to colleagues say that if we can save the private key is not on devices connected to the internet network.

in fact now the wallet has many renewable innovations so that we are not affected by theft. all the time is always updated with the aim that all users do feel protected. but it must also be remembered that thieves always look for weak points from people so they can be stolen.

have a strong firewall and keep it updated. also, if i noticed that something is wrong with my computer like somebody is sneaking with my online activities, i usually reprogram my computer. i know it is time consuming but its worth if you know that your computer is at risk.
and as others have said, dont signup using your personal emails to something shady sites. use disposable emails and use passwords that you havent used from your personal emails. always double check that you using the legit site.

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Quote from: olamidey on August 01, 2020, 02:35:22 PM

A lot of things could result into wallet being hacked. for a wallet hacked, there's little or nothing you can do. It's usually better to prevent a hack than to find a way to get it back. for a new wallet, ensure you use a very strong password and if possible use a 2 factor authenticator.

never keep your private keys online or share it. be conscious of downloading suspicious content. avoid doing fake giveaways and don't give your details out. I once had an experience with this and since then, I've been careful about my wallet details. Heard coinomi wallet is one of the strongest out there as it has its own keypad.

clear and certain because of mistakes and negligence that sometimes are not felt at all, so there is a question of a wallet that we really don't want to happen.
with developments that are so advanced every time hackers are always targeting with renewable methods that we did not expect before.

through submissions to email addresses hacking most often occurs, due to understanding and without realizing that we have been fooled by people who send spam. what is needed is true according to colleagues say that if we can save the private key is not on devices connected to the internet network.

in fact now the wallet has many renewable innovations so that we are not affected by theft. all the time is always updated with the aim that all users do feel protected. but it must also be remembered that thieves always look for weak points from people so they can be stolen.

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A lot of things could result into wallet being hacked. for a wallet hacked, there's little or nothing you can do. It's usually better to prevent a hack than to find a way to get it back. for a new wallet, ensure you use a very strong password and if possible use a 2 factor authenticator.

never keep your private keys online or share it. be conscious of downloading suspicious content. avoid doing fake giveaways and don't give your details out. I once had an experience with this and since then, I've been careful about my wallet details. Heard coinomi wallet is one of the strongest out there as it has its own keypad.

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I think what you can do best so that no hacker can open your wallet is to write down all your private keys on a piece of paper and of course you'll need methods to preserve it for as long as possible, I think. This way would be necessary for those who store large amounts of cryptocurrency

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Quote from: maxreish on June 28, 2020, 09:54:53 PM

Not just with the email that contained suspicious links/phishing links. But there are also malware where you can get from uncertified and unlicensed downloading sites. I remembered my experience from signing up from mining websites and then they hacked my email and password and hacked my crypto coins.

So, it is better not to sign up with any websites and prevent using same passwords and emails connected with your crypto coins exchange/wallets.

This is true. Unknowingly you are already being tracked down by those hackers based on the site you have just visited and not only through suspicious emails being sent. Sending email are already common and as far as I am concerned, I think only newbies will fall for that filling out private information from unknown sender. Hackers have already evolve the way they do their job and most of it are already cannot be easily known because they are surprisingly doing it behind your back into which you do not know and that is through the use of malicious malwares being inputted to sites to victimized many people.

So to avoid getting victimized by such, avoidance of clicking unknown links or pop ups is a must to save yourself because we do not know that maybe you are entering a trap of a hacker and little do you know and you will just be surprised that your account have been already hacked.

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I always enable 2fa to keep my account safe from fraudulent and suspicious actions. For an email, I only use a secondary one and also that email has 2fa enabled. Either it has a phone number or another 2fa activated reputed accounts. I'll never give my private keys as you stated. In case of blockchain, they can randomly steal your funds if they get access to your email so be cautious and always use different passwords on different websites. The mnemonic keys are your best friends alongside with private keys offered by different wallets. Hard wallets are preferable but are expensive.

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Quote from: Hhoussam89 on June 28, 2020, 09:33:48 PM

Many people fall victim to a hack and this causes them to lose all of their cryptocurrencies
But how do the hackers enter the wallets that have a very high level of security?
Unfortunately, it depends on the ignorance of some people, not on software methods.
For example: When a message arrives in an e-mail requesting the private key, many beginners will respond to this message and send their key, which is really sad.

Here are some instructions that might help beginners:
1- Save your private key in an offline device
2- Distribute your cryptocurrencies to several govern orates to avoid losing all of them if one of the wallets is hacked
3- Do not reply to any message from an unknown source
4- Create an e-mail address for airdrops and Bounty campaigns

Do you have any other suggestions?

And I would like to add that always use 2FA method to login everywhere : exchanges, online wallet , Gmail and everything which support 2FA

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Keep your wallet address and private key in separate folders. Many times it happens that in many cases you need to submit somewhere but you forget to submit your private key in that place. So you should not keep many addresses and private keys side by side, it would be wise to keep it separate. If someone asks for information from an unknown site, no information can be given to him. You can be hacked a lot by giving information. Above all, we must be careful.

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Your wallet may also be hacked when downloading unlicensed app and also when your accessing your wallet in others computer.
The things that you said beeds to keep in mind to avoid the hackers and its traps.

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The 2 factor authentication can also be a means for securing your wallet, we shouldn’t overlook that. We should try to apply every possible security measures to secure our cryptocurrency wallets. If your wallet is allowing for two factor authentication, you should go ahead and activate it, but do not use email and SMS, those ones would be useless if the hacker knows your phone and is able to Port your number to another device or they have your email and can hack into it. So, if you’re going to be using two factor authentication it’s best to go with Google authenticator or hardware dongle.

Even we are having lots of awareness initiatives against hacking and scamming, lots of people are still sharing about their bad experience due to lack of knowledge. I'm not sure how it will be going to be possible to enlighten each and every people who are into cryptocurrency at least (when not possible to cover all people who are into internet) regarding this.

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Quote from: Hhoussam89 on June 28, 2020, 09:33:48 PM

Many people fall victim to a hack and this causes them to lose all of their cryptocurrencies
But how do the hackers enter the wallets that have a very high level of security?
Unfortunately, it depends on the ignorance of some people, not on software methods.
For example: When a message arrives in an e-mail requesting the private key, many beginners will respond to this message and send their key, which is really sad.

Here are some instructions that might help beginners:
1- Save your private key in an offline device
2- Distribute your cryptocurrencies to several govern orates to avoid losing all of them if one of the wallets is hacked
3- Do not reply to any message from an unknown source
4- Create an e-mail address for airdrops and Bounty campaigns

Do you have any other suggestions?

Don't use an online wallet to add it up also.
There are sites that would just require you to login in your usual login credentials (email and password), and pretty much those wallets are quite vulnerable to hacks.

For #4, when you register to an airdrop and you got an email for that, be cautious to the "Claim Tokens", etc thing.
Back in my days, a site that hides themselves as MEW (that's what I use for temporary claiming of tokens only) just to make you put your wallet file into their site.

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take a look of glacier protocol https://glacierprotocol.org/ this has been defined the state of art for bitcoin cold storage.
plus I think it's very useful for anyone since it allow people to know all potential risk involved for bitcoin storage/usage.

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Similar happened to me when I was not yet into cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. My bank pin was compromised due to phishing email, which they have a “fake advisory about my account” and took me to the site where it matches the interface of the real one. As I entered my pin and submitted, it leads me to a fake page. I hurried to the bank and checked my ATM, and found out that almost $400 were stolen and I quickly blocked my card.

It was a lesson that I would never forget several years ago. Same thing applies to our private keys. Any strategy that requires you to enter your private key or mnemonic phrases (except if it’s the real wallet) are considered your funds “bye-bye”.

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It's extremely simple guys... Don't send your private keys, seed phrase, or other access credentials to anybody for any reason...

Nobody from any reputable firm will ask you for this information, and it's not necessary to solve any information you're having. It's not like a credit card where they need the information to pull up your account, if you hand over your private keys/seed phrase/recovery mnemonic, then you are essentially handing over ownership of your funds.

Always verify the PGP signature of the software you are downloading, and never accept any excuses for why this signature verification fails.

If in doubt, always ask somebody trustworthy before thinking about handing over your private details, there are plenty of people on this forum who would be happy to help. Just create a thread in the beginners and help section.

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Any newbie that follows the steps that the op has listed here wouldn’t have any problem with these hackers. There are lots of ways that hackers can gain access to your cryptocurrency wallet, they might hack your device or system, they can send you phishing emails, they can use keyloggers/trojans against you, they can create fake wallets, they can impersonate you, use fake advertisements, or use your clipboard.

Explaining all these things is a long story, but just as the op has said, do not reply emails from unknown people (unsolicited mails), and don’t download browser extensions because as I said they can use it mess up your clipboard. There has been complaints of people sending to the wrong address which is not the address they copied.

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I add a little your stagment, always clear the search history browsing, do not install suspicious applications, and always update the antivirus. The fact is that many wallets have been hacked because of minor mistakes such as entering private key on websites and applications that are not trusted.

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Perhaps these recommendations have already been said, but they are the ones that I use to prevent my wallet from being hacked. I mainly use 2FA and 3FA for my crypto transactions.

It is essential to learn how to surf the Internet safely to avoid malicious websites. Use a recognized antivirus, most of them can help you visit safe sites.

People who use crypto should also pay more attention when doing their transactions, avoid using unreliable sites. Preferably go to reputable websites to avoid unrecoverable losses, double check when you transact.

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Wrote about an important topic. There are many people who have lost their wallet only because of a mistake. One such mistake is enough to get lost in the online world. Enable 2-factor for your account and keep private key carefully. I think if these two things are right, your account is much more secure.

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There are many ways to hack if you have targeted certain people to hack, this is not only phishing but also malware and selling some information. For people who store large amounts of digital assets, the hardware wallet is the best way, but it also has a weakness where we must be careful about storing that hardware. The most important thing in my opinion is the level of vigilance in things that are suspicious and do not easily put trust in someone. Many cases of fraud often occur because it is easily manipulated and put trust.

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Hacking means accessing a network or unauthorized access to a computer to steal or alter information or files The reason why wallets are hacked is that we keep our personal information on social media or in any group, the chances of being hacked are very high.

It would not be right to think that you are safe with just a password to save yourself from hackers Passwords seem to be hacked almost all the time.

Use two-step authentication or two levels of security Many websites or services now offer two levels of security The two-tier verification process requires the user to use a regular password on his account as well as another code on the smartphone and tab when logging in It provides an additional level of security. So as long as you have a mobile phone in your hand you can be sure that no one else can access the account Many services like Apple Google Facebook Dropbox have this two-level verification process Whenever you try to log in to a new device you will be asked for a secret code after entering the password It will only get instant on your phone If the hacker knows your password he will not be able to hack the account until he knows the code that came on your mobile.

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Most of the time, victims falls to what so called, cyber engineering. It is the process of socially gaining vulnerabilities even if the system has a strong security measures. Basically, if the user can access it, manipulating the user itself gives you an access through social interaction. I believe, what happened to twitter hacking is that the hacker used social engineering, of course the support or any representative provided useful information that is why some accounts get's compromised.

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The reason for the wallet being hacked and this topic has come up in almost every way to avoid it. The number of scams is increasing day by day and a lot of people are facing it.
I'll just share my personal experience. Even if he is a very dear person or someone close to you, even if he is your best friend, it would be better not to share these things with him. I have suffered losses because of this.

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Quote from: Hhoussam89 on June 28, 2020, 09:33:48 PM

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4- Create an e-mail address for airdrops and Bounty campaigns

This really needs to be a concern, separating the main account (which is used for things that are personal and important, for example, exchange accounts) and reserve accounts (which are used to join airdrop and bounty). Usually, scammers make use of e-mail that you have used for airdrop or bounties to spread fake information, fake websites, etc.

Other suggestions, make sure you check whether the event or airdrop or give away, etc. is official or not by asking directly to the official account of the platform listed.

Quote from: Eugenar on July 17, 2020, 02:07:41 AM

That is why securing your wallet is really important, you should have a secured and safest wallet because it holds all of your money, once it gets hacked even your seed you cant do things to recover it. You should also have back up with your wallet so you can still recover it once it gets hacked by others.

There are some people who pay less attention to this. They save a lot of BTC in an online wallet, even though it is very risky, they should be able to buy safer wallet hardware, but it is not implemented. So it is very important to have knowledge before investing, for asset security.

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That's why keeping your private keys is really important, you should keep it on yourself, you should keep it with your own, do not tell it to anyone and to your friends as well. No one should know that thing including with your family especially if you don't have a strong bond with them.

That is why securing your wallet is really important, you should have a secured and safest wallet because it holds all of your money, once it gets hacked even your seed you cant do things to recover it. You should also have back up with your wallet so you can still recover it once it gets hacked by others.

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Some suggestions from my side:

Use a secure email provider like Protonmail and use more than one address there
Use a secure VPN
Double Check the emails you get, e. g. binance.com is not biinance.com or in telegram groups, dood0815 is noot d00d0815
Have your coins stored at a cold wallet of a big exchange that has an insurance policy that could cover a hack
In case you are really have a huge number of BTC, go to a custody provider and store your coins there.

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Using cryptocurrency requires you to become more responsible for your own stuff. There is no such thing like bank in this world and therefore, you need to keep your money save and avoid using any things which can cause your computer to be hacked. It is some how hard to beginner but as time pass, I believe that people can understand the concept of how to lock their bitcoin in safely in their wallet.

We can prevent ourselves from being hacked by several ways. You can use a hardware wallet which is really trustful and reliable. You can also use a web wallet (however, web wallet can turn into a scammer. who know?) with Authy 2-Factor Authentication including text message, secret code or email. Our living world contains lot of risks, just try to be as much careful as you can

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First you have to make sure that you’re making use of the best cryptocurrency wallet that is created by a team that takes their work seriously, I’m saying this for those that choose to make use of exchange wallets like Coinbase, because exchanges can be compromised and their users will be affected.

Then if you’re the type of person that wants to be making use of wallets where you’re fully in control, wallets that stores your keys on your system offline, then you have to apply some serious measures and be careful with how you use your computer and follow the steps that the op has listed in his post.

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Quote from: pixie85 on July 02, 2020, 05:30:46 PM

I have some suggestions for you.

Divide your coins into 2 parts: the part for spending and the part for holding

The part for spending can be held on a mobile wallet always near you and always ready to be used. Remember to have a backup seed in case you lose the phone.

The part for holding should always be offline. You don't use the computer it's held on or you buy a hardware wallet for it.

This is also a nice suggestions when it comes of storing of your crypto into a wallet. To always not store your coins in one wallet only, it is important to have a backup. Most newbies don't know what to do on their wallet and mistakenly provide the private keys. Never click any link and unknown email since hackers attack also thru email. No doubt about the hardware wallet it's safe because I'm using this for long now.

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Quote from: Hhoussam89 on June 28, 2020, 09:33:48 PM

Many people fall victim to a hack and this causes them to lose all of their cryptocurrencies
But how do the hackers enter the wallets that have a very high level of security?
Unfortunately, it depends on the ignorance of some people, not on software methods.
For example: When a message arrives in an e-mail requesting the private key, many beginners will respond to this message and send their key, which is really sad.

Here are some instructions that might help beginners:
1- Save your private key in an offline device
2- Distribute your cryptocurrencies to several govern orates to avoid losing all of them if one of the wallets is hacked
3- Do not reply to any message from an unknown source
4- Create an e-mail address for airdrops and Bounty campaigns

Do you have any other suggestions?

Don't open any suspicious link from your email. Maximum wallet can be hacked due to the malicius mail they have opened and logged in their wallet using that link. If you use private key in offline device, set up 2fa for both mobile and google authenticator, i will save your wallet from hacking.

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Quote from: pokeronlinestatus on July 02, 2020, 02:02:49 PM

Hackers don’t just go straight and attack your wallet and steal everything you have in it. They take their time to be picking up useful information about you, one after the other.

They already know the things that they need to be able to hack your wallet, so they work towards getting all the necessary information they need and when they have gotten all that, then they will attack and steal everything. That’s why we all have to be careful. It’s not every info that should posted online, it’s better to just keep somethings out. That’s why it’s good if you’re having problem at times, just do research and help yourself than coming to a forum and posting info about your wallet that should be kept private just because you need help.

At the same time hackers are very smart if they can hack you but they see you only have a very small amount of money they may decide against acting right now, they will wait until you get more coins and once they know you have a substantial amount of coins that is the moment they are going to strike and steal everything you have, as such it is important to keep the security of our coins as one of our priorities and anyone with more than 1k worth of coins must get a hardware wallet to avoid being hacked.

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I have some suggestions for you.

Divide your coins into 2 parts: the part for spending and the part for holding

The part for spending can be held on a mobile wallet always near you and always ready to be used. Remember to have a backup seed in case you lose the phone.

The part for holding should always be offline. You don't use the computer it's held on or you buy a hardware wallet for it.

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Quote from: Hhoussam89 on June 28, 2020, 09:33:48 PM

Many people fall victim to a hack and this causes them to lose all of their cryptocurrencies
But how do the hackers enter the wallets that have a very high level of security?
Unfortunately, it depends on the ignorance of some people, not on software methods.
For example: When a message arrives in an e-mail requesting the private key, many beginners will respond to this message and send their key, which is really sad.

Here are some instructions that might help beginners:
1- Save your private key in an offline device
2- Distribute your cryptocurrencies to several govern orates to avoid losing all of them if one of the wallets is hacked
3- Do not reply to any message from an unknown source
4- Create an e-mail address for airdrops and Bounty campaigns

Do you have any other suggestions?

Lol, so someone random asks for private key and he sends it? Well, he deserves to get hacked. At least he will learn his lesson and know what a private key is and how to keep it securely. So harsh, but that is the only way he is going to learn, because he was already arrogant enough not to learn about securities before buying crypto currencies. If the person is this dumb, he will still get hacked even if he saves his private key in an offline device. I don't see any problem answering emails from unknown sources. As long as you know what you are doing and are cautious, you will be safe.

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Well, it's quite understandable that most newbies especially the one who doesn't have a background of online security. I myself admit it when the first time I got hacked because I was too naive to trust someone whom I don't really know in real life. Thanks to that experience I am now so meticulous about how to secure my every account since the trauma on that day hardly embedded in my brain. Most newbies should read this thread or somewhere that will increase their knowledge of protecting their online accounts especially the wallet addresses.

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Hackers don’t just go straight and attack your wallet and steal everything you have in it. They take their time to be picking up useful information about you, one after the other.

They already know the things that they need to be able to hack your wallet, so they work towards getting all the necessary information they need and when they have gotten all that, then they will attack and steal everything. That’s why we all have to be careful. It’s not every info that should posted online, it’s better to just keep somethings out. That’s why it’s good if you’re having problem at times, just do research and help yourself than coming to a forum and posting info about your wallet that should be kept private just because you need help.

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Once it hacks, you can only find where it goes, which wallet it sents as we have the record to that but unfortunately, couldn't have the chance to take it back to you. Hacking is a common scenario in crypto and it happens to anyone even though you use hard wallets/offline wallets. Many hacks trick possible of losing control into your account but one in common reason is that being pished by fake/clone sites. Mostly grammatically error that it closely looks the same to the original site. Even me, I've also caught into that but I was able to escape because I'd double-checked the site and find out that I was visiting the wrong site.

*double-checking is very important especially when it involves money. And much secured if you have 2FA confirmation aside from email validation.

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I am not surprised that many wallets have been hacked, that is because we cannot maintain our wallets properly. There are many ways to
prevent hackers, among others, do not respond to messages from strangers, use paid anti-virus, check back when pressing links on the internet,
always enable 2FA authentication, keep the private key in a safe place and use strong passwords. Do the things I have mentioned, our wallets
should be safe.

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Quote from: Leviathan.007 on June 30, 2020, 02:53:02 AM

As far as I know there are only a few ways for anyone to get access into your funds if you don't transfer them mistakenly to another address. (or by malware to change address in clipboard).

And the most common one is phishing attacks. That's how usually people get hacked.
They aren't just exposing their account and password to the hackers but including the private keys.
One effective action to counter this is to have a separate email password and If the wallet has an option to log-out to all of the device to delay the hacker's operation.
That's how people will realize the importance of 2FA and OTP's sent to emails before sending out to any addresses.

In addition, there is a very high level of security in those wallets where commands are duplicated for confirmation, namely, a code is sent to e-mail, a code is sent to a phone number and, accordingly, Google authentication.

Right! and well, talking about a high level of security then you need to familiarize and enable these layers of security from your wallet.
I have a local custodial wallet, and I won't be worried If somebody else is accessing my account, because first; I get notified through email about an unrecognized log-in from different device or on different location. Second, they need the OTP sent to my email again to proceed any actions that involves cashing out from the wallet. Lastly, I'll be receiving a text message from this custodial wallet confirming/denying of transactions.
So, as you can see breaching an account isn't easy as long as you won't be as dumb as giving out essential infos including email password or using only one password from your web accounts, wallet accounts, down to your email address.

There are really custodial wallets which is really hard to breach of but be sure that those emails of yours wont really be compromised unless if you set out multiple
verifications from email to phone number then thats already a hard thing for them to breach on.It depends on an individual on how they do secure out their accounts
because some people doesnt really mind too much when it comes to security or simply they do become concern when they already experienced some loss of funds.

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Quote from: Oasisman on June 30, 2020, 12:39:15 PM

Quote from: Leviathan.007 on June 30, 2020, 02:53:02 AM

As far as I know there are only a few ways for anyone to get access into your funds if you don't transfer them mistakenly to another address. (or by malware to change address in clipboard).

And the most common one is phishing attacks. That's how usually people get hacked.
They aren't just exposing their account and password to the hackers but including the private keys.
One effective action to counter this is to have a separate email password and If the wallet has an option to log-out to all of the device to delay the hacker's operation.
That's how people will realize the importance of 2FA and OTP's sent to emails before sending out to any addresses.

In addition, there is a very high level of security in those wallets where commands are duplicated for confirmation, namely, a code is sent to e-mail, a code is sent to a phone number and, accordingly, Google authentication.

Right! and well, talking about a high level of security then you need to familiarize and enable these layers of security from your wallet.
I have a local custodial wallet, and I won't be worried If somebody else is accessing my account, because first; I get notified through email about an unrecognized log-in from different device or on different location. Second, they need the OTP sent to my email again to proceed any actions that involves cashing out from the wallet. Lastly, I'll be receiving a text message from this custodial wallet confirming/denying of transactions.
So, as you can see breaching an account isn't easy as long as you won't be as dumb as giving out essential infos including email password or using only one password from your web accounts, wallet accounts, down to your email address.

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Quote from: Hhoussam89 on June 28, 2020, 09:33:48 PM

Many people fall victim to a hack and this causes them to lose all of their cryptocurrencies
But how do the hackers enter the wallets that have a very high level of security?
Unfortunately, it depends on the ignorance of some people, not on software methods.
For example: When a message arrives in an e-mail requesting the private key, many beginners will respond to this message and send their key, which is really sad.

Here are some instructions that might help beginners:
1- Save your private key in an offline device
2- Distribute your cryptocurrencies to several govern orates to avoid losing all of them if one of the wallets is hacked
3- Do not reply to any message from an unknown source
4- Create an e-mail address for airdrops and Bounty campaigns

Do you have any other suggestions?

Yes! It is true that it really is hard to hack a wallet due to high level of security and people are getting hacked because of the their carelessness. People really need to take care of their Electronic Wallets because there will be a lot of threat that involves phishing. The fourth suggestion is really helpful and it really divides the personal emails and cryptocurrency emails apart.

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Quote from: Hhoussam89 on June 28, 2020, 09:33:48 PM

Many people fall victim to a hack and this causes them to lose all of their cryptocurrencies
But how do the hackers enter the wallets that have a very high level of security?
Unfortunately, it depends on the ignorance of some people, not on software methods.
For example: When a message arrives in an e-mail requesting the private key, many beginners will respond to this message and send their key, which is really sad.

Here are some instructions that might help beginners:
1- Save your private key in an offline device
2- Distribute your cryptocurrencies to several govern orates to avoid losing all of them if one of the wallets is hacked
3- Do not reply to any message from an unknown source
4- Create an e-mail address for airdrops and Bounty campaigns

Do you have any other suggestions?

One of the most common ways to lose your coins is to download your wallet from the wrong website, if you do that then you are most likely downloading a compromised wallet that will only generate the address of the hacker and once you send money there the hacker that also has the private keys of those addresses can move the coins to an address he controls exclusively, as such it is important to always check we are downloading our wallet from the developers and we take the time to verify it otherwise this could happen to you.

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Quote from: peterurb on July 01, 2020, 04:00:22 AM

I think, that people should behave as they have still some virus on their computer. If they have a lot of cryptos they should buy hardware wallet which saves private key on that device. The private key should be stored in an extremely safe place or you can buy some tin box for example from Trezor. It is a great thing for long-term saving - even 500 years.

Buying some hardware wallet is another option for storing coins since many users have been a victim of scam or phishing links. Let us really be aware of keeping safe our coins in a certain wallet as these days many scammers in this industry. A user should know how to store his asset to avoid of getting scam.

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I think, that people should behave as they have still some virus on their computer. If they have a lot of cryptos they should buy hardware wallet which saves private key on that device. The private key should be stored in an extremely safe place or you can buy some tin box for example from Trezor. It is a great thing for long-term saving - even 500 years.

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Quote from: Yamifoud on June 30, 2020, 05:14:01 PM

Aside from OP's list,
Don't let other people know your wallet keys and never used another laptop/PC which you are not in control with when accessing your account.
Some cases may happen in accessing your account in computer shops have left unattended or not even close properly giving a chance for the owner/controller of the shop to trace what you are doing, and that possible they can access your account without any permission.

If we are wanting to keep safe all the time, we should also be careful in accessing our wallet. And as I said, better to have your own controlled PC (if we have nothing) rather than to compromise it.

Better yet is not to let people know that you are dealing with cryptocurrency in the first place, what I mean by that is that keep it your secret even to your closest people because once you tell them that then the domino effect starts, words will slip in their mouth even though they do not have a malicious intent and the word will pass on until it reaches someone with intent, you could've prevented it if you keep it to yourself in the first place. The reason that this schemes works is sometimes the perpetrator is an acquaintance of the victim (I do not know the statistics but most crimes show the same commonality).

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Maybe invest on other computer so you can separate your personal stuff and your assets.
I know most of us love to explore online and sometimes can't prevent ourselves from opening different sites and downloading files, these kind of activities makes us very prone to hacking or malware and we might install a malware without us knowing we had, also let us consider the ransomware, this is a serious threat and without a back up, all our information will be gone together with our crypto assets.

What I did on my own initiative is I back up all my personal information, passwords, files, private keys and etc, I save it in different USB, some are kept inside my house and the others are in other location, also, I have a laptop that I only use to access my assets, not using it for my usual browsing activity online, that's the way I protect my assets against the risk, may it be online or offline.

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Aside from OP's list,
Don't let other people know your wallet keys and never used another laptop/PC which you are not in control with when accessing your account.
Some cases may happen in accessing your account in computer shops have left unattended or not even close properly giving a chance for the owner/controller of the shop to trace what you are doing, and that possible they can access your account without any permission.

If we are wanting to keep safe all the time, we should also be careful in accessing our wallet. And as I said, better to have your own controlled PC (if we have nothing) rather than to compromise it.

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Quote from: Mpamaegbu on June 30, 2020, 02:04:32 PM

Quote from: maxreish on June 28, 2020, 09:54:53 PM

Not just with the email that contained suspicious links/phishing links. But there are also malware where you can get from uncertified and unlicensed downloading sites. I remembered my experience from signing up from mining websites and then they hacked my email and password and hacked my crypto coins.

I totally agree with you on the malware issue and that's why I advise people to not download from any untrusted site. Even on the Android playstore, I don't download any app that has below 4 star rating. If you must download, use a different phone from the one where you have important stuff on. It's that simple.

That is correct, that's why when I was downloading an app from the play store I read first the reviews and feedbacks. But that is different case from a very well known app, you can directly visit from the official website if you want to download an app wallet like Electrum or Mycelium.

A crypto wallet isn't easy to hack if they don't have the private key, but I don't know if that is working in malware infecting. If you have a huge amount of crypto I recommend buying a hardware wallet like Trezor or Ledger Nano S. because that are safe and most reputed wallets.
Double your security feature like enabling 2FA and your private key should also safe or printed in a piece of paper and keep in your wallet or even your money vault.

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Quote from: maxreish on June 28, 2020, 09:54:53 PM

Not just with the email that contained suspicious links/phishing links. But there are also malware where you can get from uncertified and unlicensed downloading sites. I remembered my experience from signing up from mining websites and then they hacked my email and password and hacked my crypto coins.

I totally agree with you on the malware issue and that's why I advise people to not download from any untrusted site. Even on the Android playstore, I don't download any app that has below 4 star rating. If you must download, use a different phone from the one where you have important stuff on. It's that simple.

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Quote from: Oasisman on June 30, 2020, 12:39:15 PM

Quote from: Leviathan.007 on June 30, 2020, 02:53:02 AM

As far as I know there are only a few ways for anyone to get access into your funds if you don't transfer them mistakenly to another address. (or by malware to change address in clipboard).

And the most common one is phishing attacks. That's how usually people get hacked.
They aren't just exposing their account and password to the hackers but including the private keys.
One effective action to counter this is to have a separate email password and If the wallet has an option to log-out to all of the device to delay the hacker's operation.
That's how people will realize the importance of 2FA and OTP's sent to emails before sending out to any addresses.

you need to have not only individual passwords, as you said, but nowhere else to use these email addresses, to which confirmation codes for certain actions from your cryptocurrency wallets come. it is also very strong And a very important moment for achieving the security of our money. In addition, there is a very high level of security in those wallets where commands are duplicated for confirmation, namely, a code is sent to e-mail, a code is sent to a phone number and, accordingly, Google authentication.

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Quote from: Leviathan.007 on June 30, 2020, 02:53:02 AM

As far as I know there are only a few ways for anyone to get access into your funds if you don't transfer them mistakenly to another address. (or by malware to change address in clipboard).

And the most common one is phishing attacks. That's how usually people get hacked.
They aren't just exposing their account and password to the hackers but including the private keys.
One effective action to counter this is to have a separate email password and If the wallet has an option to log-out to all of the device to delay the hacker's operation.
That's how people will realize the importance of 2FA and OTP's sent to emails before sending out to any addresses.

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Quote from: Hhoussam89 on June 28, 2020, 09:33:48 PM

Many people fall victim to a hack and this causes them to lose all of their cryptocurrencies
But how do the hackers enter the wallets that have a very high level of security?
Unfortunately, it depends on the ignorance of some people, not on software methods.
For example: When a message arrives in an e-mail requesting the private key, many beginners will respond to this message and send their key, which is really sad.

Here are some instructions that might help beginners:
1- Save your private key in an offline device
2- Distribute your cryptocurrencies to several govern orates to avoid losing all of them if one of the wallets is hacked
3- Do not reply to any message from an unknown source
4- Create an e-mail address for airdrops and Bounty campaigns

Do you have any other suggestions?

That is why beginners must educate themselves specially they are new into this industry so that other people specifically hackers won't be able to stand a chance of taking advantage of their weakness. Actually the real safety of your wallet and account literally depends on you (owner) because you were the one who have created it and the main task you have to do it to take full responsibility of taking good care of your private informations.

All the suggestions stated by the OP above is agreeable to be done to avoid getting hacked. NEVER ever do entertain strange emails for there are lots of possibilities that it is a scheme to get your funds so if you were just a beginner, the first thing you must do is to keep yourself aware of the things that are unusual. The entire safety of your wallets lies on your hands so better educate yourself and be responsible on handling your wallet and account.

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The main reason for hacking wallets is to share our email password wallet keys with someone else Always be careful not to give out personal information before investing. This is more likely to happen in groups or new organizations so don't go to another site with your personal email Do not share passwords with anyone You can use a hardware wallet to avoid being hacked.

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As far as I know there are only a few ways for anyone to get access into your funds if you don't transfer them mistakenly to another address. (or by malware to change address in clipboard).
Your private key is your investment. Means if you share your private key to anyone, you are actually sharing your funds to that person. Try to use hardware wallet if you do really care about the security of your investment. For any airdrop/payment creating another wallet and don't use your main wallet address. Every time before you send bitcoins to someone ask for signed message and use encrypted messages for financial stuff.

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Added to all the points above I would like to add a vital point that is being used massively for hacks and people are just unaware of what wrong they did, so I am gonna share the vital method and a few small points.

- Hackers will lure you by giveaway offers and all they need is you to signup to their website and just claim the reward. Basically doing this they collect a lot of usernames and password and most of the guys use same username and password on almost all exchanges, wallets and everywhere so they get hacked.

A few small points

1- Never login to any link you get on emails.
2- At least check for SSL and make a quick habit of either googling links like I want to open bitclointalk then I only google case I know google wont give me phishing links.

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Quote from: Ifemini on June 29, 2020, 05:59:16 PM

Quote from: Hhoussam89 on June 28, 2020, 09:33:48 PM

Here are some instructions that might help beginners:
1- Save your private key in an offline device
2- Distribute your cryptocurrencies to several govern orates to avoid losing all of them if one of the wallets is hacked
3- Do not reply to any message from an unknown source
4- Create an e-mail address for airdrops and Bounty campaigns

Do you have any other suggestions?

You should know that storing your private key offline or online has little effects with careless peeps; so instead i suggest newbies to understand perfectly why they must keep their private keys personal and save, avoid evernote app or any notepad applications on your phone, avoid any clipboard application too.

Also, after having a different email for exchange platforms, and a different email for bounties and airdrops; always remember never to use your exchange platform on any airdrop or bounty websites that requires log in.

This is good suggestion and actually I do that for such a long time for proper account security since it's really hard to get hack and get broke in just a quick blink. We should remember that having a separate emails for everything is good for us although its quite hassle but I promise it's worth it since we can assure that we are away from the hack or any attempts will occur since our account is separately safe.

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Quote from: davis196 on June 28, 2020, 11:45:16 PM

Never use one password on all your accounts.

That's the absolute best method but it is hard because I myself use like 25 crypto websites and it is impossible to remember them all so I personally use strong password for wallets and exchanges while simple password for others.

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4.Forget about airdrops.If something is for free,usually you are the product(or the victim).They are a waste of time anyway.

and if you still want to chase airdrops just use a temporary or separate email which was already mentioned in the OP.

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7.Use the paid version of a good VPN.The free versions of VPNs aren't very good.

I have had multiple issues with VPN in past so I rather just suggest to use your own IP because I don't think anyone can hack you based on your IP address, or can they? If so please explain a bit more.

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Quote from: Hhoussam89 on June 28, 2020, 09:33:48 PM

Here are some instructions that might help beginners:
1- Save your private key in an offline device
2- Distribute your cryptocurrencies to several govern orates to avoid losing all of them if one of the wallets is hacked
3- Do not reply to any message from an unknown source
4- Create an e-mail address for airdrops and Bounty campaigns

Do you have any other suggestions?

You should know that storing your private key offline or online has little effects with careless peeps; so instead i suggest newbies to understand perfectly why they must keep their private keys personal and save, avoid evernote app or any notepad applications on your phone, avoid any clipboard application too.

Also, after having a different email for exchange platforms, and a different email for bounties and airdrops; always remember never to use your exchange platform on any airdrop or bounty websites that requires log in.

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Due to the issues of wallet hacking that happened this year and last year which i believe are the major strategies used by hackers and to prevent hacker attack is by using strong paid antivirus, never tell anyone about your holding, know the genuine site to downlaod your wallet app or wallet manager and dont open email or click on unknown source.

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Peoples ignorance or do lack of knowledge is always the main culprit on what people go scammed neither they are the ones who do give out or expose of their key or they do just carelessly place up their pk's into unsecure storage or some sort. Hackers are fucking smart ass people, they do just wait up for the right opportunity to come and if you do give them out an opportunity then it will
automatically talks about having an empty wallet of yours. When it comes to security then its always be good on sticking on a wallet which you do posses its pk, (not trusting up any 3rd party platforms and some sort). Next, keep it as secure as you can or away from other people which for them cant access even if its your own family Cheesy

. next, dont forget on where you do store up those or else
you will be fucked up.

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Quote from: Little Mouse on June 28, 2020, 10:52:53 PM

If you generate private key from risky sources, chance of your wallet being hacked is high. For example, if you generate private key through bitaddress online, hacker may get access your private key. It is better to use offline method to generate that. There are a lot of ways to be saved. Using offline wallet/ hardware wallet are best.

Yes and if you are not much knowledgeable about these things then it is best to just use a wallet like coinbase because at least it gives more security and chances are much lower of coinbase turning scam than the chances are that you would fall victim to a scammer in hope of securing a private key yourself. So yeah either generate it offline if you know at least the basics and if you don't just go for a respect wallet provider.

I believe phishing is the largest thread that exist in crypto because it is just too easy to grab email addresses from any airdrop website and then use it to inbox users with suspicious links and steal their information so I strongly agree with the 4th point that OP mentioned because as long as you don't use your primary email for airdrops, ICOs, etc you will be safe from those attempts and no matter how smart you feel you are, if someone tries to hack you 1 million times you are gonna fall to it most probably.

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The harder it is for you to get to your private keys yourself, the harder it will be for hackers to do it.
This is the law of security. You should not go to extremes and dig in the keys in the chest in the backyard of your house, but you must treat the place of their storage responsibly.
Ask yourself: if an attacker gains access to your device, can he get to the keys? If the answer is yes, then you have found the main vulnerability.

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It is not just about the wallet you’re using being secure. There are some ways that people make mistakes and when they lose their coins they try to blame the developers of wallets, when they are clearly the ones that got involved in things that led to their being hacked and them losing all their funds.

I have seen many people complain about wallets that I have been using for years without having any problem. One of my friends complained to me that he lost $1,700 in a Blockchain wallet, but this is the same wallet that I have been using for over four years now. I didn’t go further in asking him what happened, because I know for sure that he must have exposed his info somehow and that led to hackers taking advantage of him.

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Quote from: AniviaBtc on June 29, 2020, 07:46:36 AM

The only thing necessary for me to prevent this kind of situation where your wallets are getting hacked is, never used other gadgets or device to access your wallet. That's very risky even if you know the person that owns the device that you are using. Don't trust anyone when it comes to cryptocurrency especially when we talk about digital wallets.

Every beginners or newbies should know the importance of that and they should know how to improve their security. It is easy to make a digital wallet that has a high security, and it depends on you if you will use other gadgets. But if i were you, i will only access my digital wallet only when I'm using my devices.

Unfortunately, security is not only issue for beginnners and newbies, many crypto users have this problem and often forget their own safety. They trust too much not only to other people but also to different platforms, they share their access data and don't protect their wallets in adequate way. I think that awareness about security and how to protect yourself again hacker attacks and other illegal activities is still very low among crypto users.

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1. Make sure the wallet security feature has added an authentication.
2. Avoid any messages related to private keys, don't respond.
3. Join only airdrops from good projects, but use an alternative email.
4. Do not install third-party wallet applications that are not recommended.

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Usually the wallet is successfully hacked because of lack of caution and lack of security to maintain the wallet that we have.
My advice is always enable 2FA in exchanges, change passwords regularly, use premium anti-virus and don't click unknown
links. Don't tell any story regarding our private key to others. If these tips are done well, then we can avoid hackers.

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- Always download your waller software from the Official website and make sure to verify the GPG signatures before installing so that you can be sure that you are installing an authentic version and not a look-alike malware.
- Always check the domain names and make sure that you enter/type the correct domain name. Don't click on links from Google Ads, emails etc and end up in a look-alike phishing website with closely misspelt domain names.
- Its always better to avoid Web Wallets as they are more prone to hacks

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You could also get hacked if you used custodial wallet because your private keys is being held by a third party that doesn't give you a full control on your funds, so there are chances that hackers could steal your funds. But you can still send and receive payments, it is the reason why I only used custodial wallets when I need to withdraw some of my funds.

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These things happen a lot. Those who get hacked by giving their private keys are just plain stupid as a dog. I mean, who in their right mind would even think of sharing that kind of information to other people? It would be just like giving to others your card details and giving them authorization to take everything you have. Not that I condone other stupidity or carelessness that leads to being hacked, just saying that this is the worst. Anyways, you get my point.

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My first time doing bounty was a disaster using my real email was a bad thing I did. I was flooded by fake offers that cause my email to be full of messages that lead to my unread real email to be buried in deep pages. That email cannot be used now because it always received emails from unknown sources. I cannot tell who's who on that email I used. I should have chosen another email for bounties but it's already too late. Now I'm no longer doing bounties but the email that I used is receiving fake offers every day. this is why people should be aware to not use or publicize their personal email because things can be rough if someone copied it and sent it to those spammers.

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Quote from: davis196 on June 28, 2020, 11:45:16 PM

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Some tips that you provide are very useful and can be used as a reference as a way to secure a personal wallet.
But all also returned to the personal wallet user. Sometimes people who are too careless to keep their wallet's private key, don't secure the device they are using like using an antivirus.

malware, ransomware, phishing lurk every online user. Downloading the application on several sites can be the cause of the virus to enter. Because I have experienced when the computer is infected by ransomware, all data will be locked.
The most important thing is to stay alert and use double security to protect your personal wallet and other important things from being hacked.

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The only thing necessary for me to prevent this kind of situation where your wallets are getting hacked is, never used other gadgets or device to access your wallet. That's very risky even if you know the person that owns the device that you are using. Don't trust anyone when it comes to cryptocurrency especially when we talk about digital wallets.

Every beginners or newbies should know the importance of that and they should know how to improve their security. It is easy to make a digital wallet that has a high security, and it depends on you if you will use other gadgets. But if i were you, i will only access my digital wallet only when I'm using my devices.

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Quote from: huu78 on June 28, 2020, 10:08:39 PM

many beginners like them because of lack of reading, that's important education like this to a beginner so as not to get caught up in loss or theft.
the instructions above are also good and clear for beginners to apply to prevent such incidents. maybe my advice is just more to read and ask people who are more familiar with the new action.

If you are excited to have a transaction in bitcoin, then that's very dangerous for your account. Try to check and improve your security first before you engage in some bitcoin transactions or activities. Beginners are really the most prone in this kind of instances where their accounts are vulnerable to scams.

Mistakes about your wallet will really make you have a huge losses so be more careful in making passwords. Long passwords but easy to remember is enough for you to have a successful and more secured bitcoin wallet. Once you are comfortable with your wallet, and you are not that scared to get hacked or scammed, that will help you to become more confident in making bitcoin as your asset.

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Quote from: Latviand on June 29, 2020, 01:31:59 AM

Quote from: maxreish on June 28, 2020, 09:54:53 PM

Not just with the email that contained suspicious links/phishing links. But there are also malware where you can get from uncertified and unlicensed downloading sites. I remembered my experience from signing up from mining websites and then they hacked my email and password and hacked my crypto coins.

So, it is better not to sign up with any websites and prevent using same passwords and emails connected with your crypto coins exchange/wallets.

As you try to improve the security of your wallets, it is not that hard for you to prevent those scams or getting hacked. The wallets are getting hack because of the owner's negligence about his wallet, if you know that it includes money, you should take care of it as long as you can. All of your assets are there especially if you are holding huge amount of bitcoin.

Having a more unique passwords and maximizing the use of letters, symbols and numbers are really essential for making a strong account password. You should be careful of the gadget or device that you are using, if you want to access your account, make sure that you should not use other gadgets.

Having unique passwords and maximising the use of letters, symbols and numbers only protect us from Brute-force attack but if your device or gadget is hacked or compromised using keylogger malware then it doesn't help you. If user hasn't enable Two-Factor Authentication on email or exchange account then he/she will lost their funds easily.

Back in 2018 I have seen Binance google ads phishing site, I have tested their phishing site on windows and mobile device using Binance account with no funds. Hacker has built so sophisticated phishing site it can steals your 2FA code. I was so surprised by their new way of phishing ideas.

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Quote from: Hhoussam89 on June 28, 2020, 09:33:48 PM

Unfortunately, it depends on the ignorance of some people, not on software methods.

I tend to agree, most probably are those newbies that easily fall in trap by claiming airdrop or whatever free crypto just to access their crypto wallet.
They are lack of knowledge and jumping into crypto space because of hoping to gain profit on it, they never know scammer/hackers are waiting for them to step their trap. Naive and lazy people will commonly a victim of this.

Quote from: Hhoussam89 on June 28, 2020, 09:33:48 PM

Here are some instructions that might help beginners:
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Do you have any other suggestions?

changing a password twice a month is necessary if you have a huge amount had stored.
always escrow when dealing with random people on the internet

others has been replied above.

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Most of the times, it's as simple as don't talk to strangers about your wealth, don't trust anyone and always take too-good-to-be-true stuff with a very large grain of salt. Honestly, most of these hacks/thefts happen when people either download some infected software hoping to get their Bitcoin doubled or just send the money themselves to some "Elon Musk giveaway" address in hopes that a billionaire would get them rich for free. Nobody would do that.

Then you have some people trading stuff with Newbies or complete strangers without a reputable Escrow. That is literally like leaving a bag of cash somewhere in the city, sending the other party the location of the bag and expecting them to leave a Bitcoin paper wallet there for you. It may or may not work, but if you take the risk then you deserve the loss.

This is the Internet and electronic devices. You have to be extra precautious. Act on the Internet as if you just came into a student dormitory with a large bag of Gold coins in your backpack.

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Quote from: erickastella on June 28, 2020, 11:40:16 PM

install premium antivirus examples like Eset (if using a desktop device) because there are so many viruses or malware there that can take over your wallet, why use premium instead of using free?
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I don't think antivirus (premium/non-premium) can help our wallet safe. Antiviruses are only for those viruses or malware which also can be acquired by our own selves or own mistakes/ just being dumb.
The greatest protection for me is being educated and not being dumb, always think twice before clicking anything, especially if you are not familiar with what are you doing.
If you fall into fishing, your antivirus is no use even how much you bought it.

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Don't be fooled by those emails that are trying to copy someone or a service that's very particular to a crypto person. They're likely to attract you with sort of bonuses or anything that looks like a giveaway just for you to sign up.

The technique is read the domain of that email and if that's not familiar to you, ignore. But some of those cons are smart as well, they tend to copy almost near to that particular service that they're copying so be cautious of that too.

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Quote from: maxreish on June 28, 2020, 09:54:53 PM

Not just with the email that contained suspicious links/phishing links. But there are also malware where you can get from uncertified and unlicensed downloading sites. I remembered my experience from signing up from mining websites and then they hacked my email and password and hacked my crypto coins.

So, it is better not to sign up with any websites and prevent using same passwords and emails connected with your crypto coins exchange/wallets.

As you try to improve the security of your wallets, it is not that hard for you to prevent those scams or getting hacked. The wallets are getting hack because of the owner's negligence about his wallet, if you know that it includes money, you should take care of it as long as you can. All of your assets are there especially if you are holding huge amount of bitcoin.

Having a more unique passwords and maximizing the use of letters, symbols and numbers are really essential for making a strong account password. You should be careful of the gadget or device that you are using, if you want to access your account, make sure that you should not use other gadgets.

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The unfortunate danger of digital or virtual currency is hacking. It happens in many fields due to some mistakes.
There are some black hat hackers in the world who try to harm people through hacking. In other words, hacking is the theft of personal data of a person or an organization or demands money.
They create many phishing websites and many types of applications so that they can be easily hacked. And they will send some messages to your Gmail that can take away your information when clicked. So I would say that the wallet you have to open with Gmail will not use Gmail anywhere else
You can open another Gmail to do something else and be a little safer.

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Quote from: Hhoussam89 on June 28, 2020, 09:33:48 PM

1- Save your private key in an offline device

For this option, we should use a device which is properly secured because anyone can loss their private key by ransomware attack as many of us try to use crack version which are probably risky for device. Also, everyone must use a hardware wallet if he/she can afford to buy it. We can use private cloud service from any reputative company to store private key , not the full key in one account. Wink

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Here are my tips about security:
1.Set a really strong password.You can check password at howsecureismypassword.net
Never use one password on all your accounts.

2.Always enable 2-factor authentication.

3.Never talk to strangers online and if you talk,just try social engineering and never reveal real info about yourself.

4.Forget about airdrops.If something is for free,usually you are the product(or the victim).They are a waste of time anyway.

5.Keep private keys offline.I mean duh,you already shared that,it's common sense.

6.Never download anything suspicious and always install some strong Anti-virus program.

7.Use the paid version of a good VPN.The free versions of VPNs aren't very good.

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install premium antivirus examples like Eset (if using a desktop device) because there are so many viruses or malware there that can take over your wallet, why use premium instead of using free? because in my opinion premium antivirus always updates their database about new viruses so that if we are exposed to viruses in the database it can be detected.

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Quote from: Hhoussam89 on June 28, 2020, 09:33:48 PM

1- Save your private key in an offline device

One of the best way and the to store your private keys/ seed phrases is by "encrypting" it before making additional backup that is written maybe on a multiple piece of paper or metal seed plate/storage that is distributed on multiple locations. A simple encryption of your seed phrase allows you to have another layer of security instead of having a list of word phrases that can easily be copied and used to steal all the unspent funds.

This is by far the simplest process where a newbie can follow in storing their keys in an offline storage.

Quote from: Hhoussam89 on June 28, 2020, 09:33:48 PM

4- Create an e-mail address for airdrops and Bounty campaigns

Or do not join any of them at all. Most airdrops or token bounty related campaigns are just a vaporware and can sometimes compromised your system because it has a possibility that some of the projects will require you to download their own wallet for you to be able to receive their shitcoin.

Other resources:
[1] Good topics on security and privacy

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Our wallet accounts are the most important thing in this crypto world, we are exploring the crypto world because we want to earn money if our wallet will be hacked then all things that we are doing will be wasted, there are many hackers in the virtual world so you need to have security on your wallet account.

Things you can do to avoid being hacked.
1. Avoid clicking some unusual links on your Gmail or on any platform, especially if it is not important to you, most of the hackers are using links and they will send it through Gmail.
2. Do not download a fake application, before installing the application on your device, you should check it first read some reviews about it.
3. Download updated IOS on your desktop.

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There are so many hackers in this crypto world, securing our account is really important especially when it is our wallet account that keeps our cryptocurrency, one of the familiar ways of the hackers to gain access to your account is by the fake websites. You should be familiar with what are the legit and fake websites to avoid danger. There are many websites that really look like an original website, you better be observant and do somre research about the website first before trying it or better read some reviews about it.

Fake websites:
1. Grammatically error.
2. In the source link, you may see the word "not secure"
3. If you see something unusual on the link like something dot(.) besides the link, then it is fake websites

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If you generate private key from risky sources, chance of your wallet being hacked is high. For example, if you generate private key through bitaddress online, hacker may get access your private key. It is better to use offline method to generate that. There are a lot of ways to be saved. Using offline wallet/ hardware wallet are best.

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many beginners like them because of lack of reading, that's important education like this to a beginner so as not to get caught up in loss or theft.
the instructions above are also good and clear for beginners to apply to prevent such incidents. maybe my advice is just more to read and ask people who are more familiar with the new action.

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Check website carefully because many hackers create a phishing website that really identical to the legit website which a newbie can fall for it and also downloading wallet from unknown source is big factor for all the hacking event in crypto.

You can add some of this reason below on your list:
-downloading file that contains malware
-using same email and password to all account
-participating on scam giveaway
-installing app that downloaded on random source(some hackers are inserting malware on a famous app)

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Not just with the email that contained suspicious links/phishing links. But there are also malware where you can get from uncertified and unlicensed downloading sites. I remembered my experience from signing up from mining websites and then they hacked my email and password and hacked my crypto coins.

So, it is better not to sign up with any websites and prevent using same passwords and emails connected with your crypto coins exchange/wallets.

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Many people fall victim to a hack and this causes them to lose all of their cryptocurrencies
But how do the hackers enter the wallets that have a very high level of security?
Unfortunately, it depends on the ignorance of some people, not on software methods.
For example: When a message arrives in an e-mail requesting the private key, many beginners will respond to this message and send their key, which is really sad.

Here are some instructions that might help beginners:
1- Save your private key in an offline device
2- Distribute your cryptocurrencies to several govern orates to avoid losing all of them if one of the wallets is hacked
3- Do not reply to any message from an unknown source
4- Create an e-mail address for airdrops and Bounty campaigns

Do you have any other suggestions?

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