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Topic: Some a$$hole from Wilmington just tried to hack my btc account (Read 1238 times)

legendary
Activity: 1498
Merit: 1000
http://www.addressip.org/ip-77541-199.115.114.66.html

Scumbag scammers are flocking in day by day.

Get a firewall setup, that is what I have protecting my computers.

http://www.pfsense.org/
hero member
Activity: 700
Merit: 500
I've had several attacks on my Mac mini...not sure if any were successful, but, my Bitcoin funds in my encrypted wallet were just fine.

There are some very important security issues to figure out with Bitcoin. Ideally, clients would be able to employ physical keys that would make an eaves dropper with complete access to all the files on your computer and able to record every keysteoke unable to steal your coins.

This is an important concern.

Yes - it is definitely needed. Yubikey is good alternative,  I am seriously considering that.

Pulling this off requires some practice. Yubikey is nothing more than a USB keyboard that comes with a subscription service. You can program Yubikey to present strings you specify off of their service, but when we get down to the grit a Yubikey is still a keyboard until you go out of your way to make it into something else.
full member
Activity: 308
Merit: 102
I've had several attacks on my Mac mini...not sure if any were successful, but, my Bitcoin funds in my encrypted wallet were just fine.

There are some very important security issues to figure out with Bitcoin. Ideally, clients would be able to employ physical keys that would make an eaves dropper with complete access to all the files on your computer and able to record every keysteoke unable to steal your coins.

Yes - it is definitely needed. Yubikey is good alternative,  I am seriously considering that.
donator
Activity: 1464
Merit: 1047
I outlived my lifetime membership:)
I've had several attacks on my Mac mini...not sure if any were successful, but, my Bitcoin funds in my encrypted wallet were just fine.

There are some very important security issues to figure out with Bitcoin. Ideally, clients would be able to employ physical keys that would make an eaves dropper with complete access to all the files on your computer and able to record every keysteoke unable to steal your coins.
full member
Activity: 308
Merit: 102
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