Topic: Learn to be safe and secured online (Read 327 times)

Even with absolute security and precaution nothing is safe. First I was a victim of clipboard virus then the second time I was victim of ransom ware virus. Even my antivirus couldn't detect that. Every file, every, document, every image I had in my harddisk was encrypted. Many popular ransomware virus were reversed engineered to decrypt the data.Unfortunately, the one I was infected with had no cure at that time. It was somehow new. As a result, I lost everything. Most of my data was backed up but in the ends I, somehow lost 2 private keys. Around 2k worth of fund is still inside the wallet but I have no way to access that. lol

You don't have to leave your funds vulnerable to hackers, even though there is nothing such as 100% security you can protect your funds from hackers and ensure there is a very slim chance of it being stolen, if you follow all the warnings and security tips posted all around this forum, you'll learn how to protect your assets from hackers. Your wallet would not be emptied if you keep your keys offline, if you keep your seed phrase safe and never expose it, if you use open source softwares and also protect your data, etc.

This topic appears very often on the forum, but strangely, the administrator does not want to open a separate board for discussing pressing cybersecurity issues. There are many topics that need constant updating and monitoring, as technology does not stand still and hackers regularly create more and more sophisticated methods for people who are ready to be deceived. Why am I formulating? For any normal person who regularly visits the Internet, knowledge of computer security and online security is an obvious factor.

Thus, for your own education, constant monitoring of sites publishing computer security news will be the best way in the absence of a full-fledged board.

Well, everyone's concern is all about fund security. Unfortunately, with the advanced technology that we have these days, hackers have taken advantage of the situation while many people who are too careless fall into their tricks. We can't rid of them either nor stop them from hacking - and that was the reality. As we are in the crypto space and online investment, we could assume that we are ready and dare to face the vulnerability of our funds to hackers.

We can never be surprised that one day our wallets will be empty but having deep knowledge on how to secure our wallet somewhat gives us a bigger chance.

It is very important for us to try and protect ourselves from scammers and hackers that could get hold of our information and make sure we do the necessary things that will make us stay safe. There are some exchanges that we don't even have to create account there based on other investors past experiences and review. No matter how eagered we are to to have an exchange account where we will be using to make cryptocurrency transactions, it is very important for us to stay safe and make sure we check for reviews from other users before signing up on the exchange for our own safety.

Scammers are more and more on online platforms now and day by day scammers are increasing on online platforms.  Scammers especially target those who cannot keep online platforms very secure.  Most scammers use their own intelligence to hack other people's accounts.  Those who don't KYC their account and don't use google authenticator are more likely to have their account hacked and those who share all their account seed with others are more vulnerable to scammers.  If you are not careful with online platforms, you will definitely get scammed.  So we should verify the online platforms.

Yeah, It's all over everywhere, clipboard virus used to take away people's funds unknowingly. The causes of such a virus is downloading apps recklessly to our device, where we hold crypto. It's crucial we mind the app downloaded to our devices as they could contain malware. There is an increase in security breach on the internet. Checking the address isn't all needs to be done. Maybe someday we won't be able to go through the address properly, before forwarding the funds. I'd suggest that users after noticing an attack like that. Taking away irrelevant apps or files from our device is encouraged. However, attackers have multiple means to con internet users, especially in the cryptocurrency niche. Aside from the techniques exposed by OP, the list goes on and on. But, phishing is one dangerous method, and it could be dangerous, when we are not observant of the URL of the site we visit. This kind of scam isn't simple to notice initially, that's why people still fall for it. Those other methods are relevant, but can be suspicious at a point, depending on the scam player.  Calling people claiming to be their financial institution can stair suspicions, if the receiver understands the trick. The scammers phone number may not be similar to that of the institution and the professionalism may not match that of an employed customer care in the institution. Most institutions, boldly announce that they don't call or ask for sensitive information from their customers. Unless the user doesn't follow diligent research process, the could fall victim for such a scam. Unlike phishing, it's just so difficult to notice. 

This is very informative, this just made me remember a buddy, i told to make use of authenticator on all his online account he created, in the past which for a second it was as if i knew he never heard of AUTHENTICATOR before so along the line i had to show and direct him on how to get it done.

Constant safety reminder keeps you abreast and puts you in the know of possible and potential security attack on you. As time goes on and as technology evolve, scammers are always going sophisticated too. I too for once take a proper check on my accounts to note any lapses so I could put it in other because that is the only way to stay safe and always protected online. Once in a while do a routine check for updates as regards your privacy and security features.

Newbies are the most target of these scammers and most of the newbies fall sheepishly to their scams and hacks  causing them huge losses which they never believe they could lose just like that without any remedy of getting it back.

If we tirelessly work towards having the best security safety of our bitcoin asset then we are going to remain a difficult puzzle for the hackers to solve the means through which they can use to have access to us and penetrate in, we are in most cases responsible for allowing them to attack us because we unknowingly creates some loopholes that serves as entry point for them to launch an attack, henceforth we need to be very careful with how we appear online and things we do on various websites visited, these alone may reduce our chances of being scammed as well if we give attention to them

Well, I want to appreciate your effort to always remind the community on their safety and I always take my safety very seriously especially  On the internet and on the cryptocurrency industry this is because any funds lost or stolen in the cryptocurrency industry can’t be recovered and adding to all you’ve listed is phishing links and people should always try as much as possible to avoid clicking on any random link from the internet especially from exchanges and I’m saying this from my personal experience and ordeal and I wouldn’t want anyone to also fall victim of such cheap scam and also learn how to treat everyone and everything as a suspect as long as the internet is concerned.

These attacks sometimes come through the anti-virus app that you are running through your Laptop or PC. I'm aware of that because this happened to me many times, When I was running an Anti-Virus app on my laptop, so there my all data was hacked into the laptop because it suddenly got the passwords that were through the malicious links. And I turned off my laptop when I again opened it there was nothing on the laptop, the data were something else, i.e malicious things.
Also, never try to open spam links through your email or any other app.

Ensure your devices have up to date antivirus software & operating systems. Use strong and unique passwords for each online account. Always be cautious of suspicious emails, messages or requests for personal information & never click on unfamiliar links or download files from untrusted sources. Obviously back up your important data and enable two factor authentication whenever possible. Be mindful of the info you share online & adjust privacy settings to limit access to your personal data.

It doesn't matter how careful you get you'll still get phishing emails. It might be too much but they'll still come. Scammers work very hard. It doesn't have to be just emails, social media accounts also receive phishing messages. They send all forms of intriguing messages. It could be an investment, to invest in a particular project, or a way to make money online.
You just have to know that you shouldn't click on these links and don't take those kinds of messages seriously. You can block numbers and emails that send phishing messages to you.

Don't be careless when you are online and click on any link you see. You will not be phished if you are careful on the Internet.

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We always often hear a sentence: Don't Trust, Verify. Even the sentence does tend to be bitcoin, but if you study it carefully that sentence is very useful to remind us not to easily believe in something in the world. We are humans who are sometimes careless and forget about something which can make us lose something important. Because of that if I receive something via email, Chat, SMS, or anything on the gadget, I have to check it 1st if that message is safe from viruses, or any kind of malware. I never click on any links from messages even if the links look clean and trust. I will definitely ask and find out the purpose until I'm really sure that link is safe. Sometimes, If the link is useless for me, I never click it even if it's safe.

That's the most important and always verify what you click.
Actually, there are too many of them, a kind of cyber attack that we should know and even here in the forum that still happened.  The same case in the Electrum hack attack, called pop-up scam, it's involves deceptive pop-up windows on websites or app, often claiming that the user's computer is infected or need to update to a higher version in order to proceed with the transaction which is the result in downloading malicious software.

In my country, this smishing scam attempt is very common, yesterday I received a text message that my bank account was compromised, but while reading the text message I knew it was a scam attempt because I don't have an account on the bank that the text said.

0 days also exist. So sometimes it's possible to get hacked simply for opening an image let's say, which should not be an attack vector normally. For instance the .webp exploit had it so users could get exploited simply by opening a webp image sent to them. Thankfully it was patched by major

If someone is looking to store significant amounts of cryptocurrency, it's always best to store it in a way that doesn't involve an internet connection. Cold wallets exist. And if you for some reason need a computer to do something it can also be non-networked.

Aside from knowing the list stated by @OP, there are other kind of threat online. Threat like malware and ransomware are rampantly infecting victims.  One of the recent news in my country is the Philhealth being hacked through backdor malware that enable the hacker to control the system. This is one of the example of the ransomware and said to be infected through the device of one of its staff working at home.

So aside from being on lookout for Phishing, Vishing and Smishing, one should also tighten their internet security for possible data hack.  Installing anti-malware  or internet cyber security can greatly help to avoid this king of attacks.

Most importantly, avoid clicking unknown links.

AFAIK downloading cracked version of paid applications, downloading softwares from untrustworthy sources or websites, clicking links in emails from unknown sources, trojans are some of the ways your computer could have been possibly infected. Glad to know you were able to noticed that your copied address has been replaced by a clipboard malware but you might want to reconsider your browsing habits.

Whenever a transaction is about to be carried out, it's very important to always crosscheck some of the digits of the copied address against the address on the sending tap before confirming the transaction.