Electrum and MyEtherWalle users face phishing attacks.
"My Bitcoin secret has been revealed. I use a PIN code as my password. When blockchain updates its application, I log out. I'm tired of trying to sign in with a PIN - it's the only "password" I've ever known or used. I also don't have a copy of the seed phrase. An innocent but costly mistake! - Schiff said.
Electrum Bitcoin Wallet.
A seed phrase is a set of words that gives you access to funds for the Waves.Exchange account. During the account registration process, you will always be asked to save your secret phrase (seed), which by default contains 15 English words with spaces between each word.
The Electrum development team also warned them that they had nothing to do with a project called Electrum Dark: they used our name without our permission. Be careful with the altcoin version of Electrum, as they are sometimes used as vectors to install malware against your real Bitcoin wallet.
However, after electrum officials said in early 19th that some security mechanisms should be put in place to prevent this "update phishing", many users of Electrum are still in the old version.
A new repo qtum-electrum-new has been built to add qtum-related features to the latest code for Bitcoin electrum.
Electrum-GRS Developer: Kefkius - Tyler from the United States.
"Electrum DDoS botnet infects more than 152,000 hosts" - Jett.
Pair 1Key (Key) Value (Value) Secret Phrase (Monemick) Clip olive upper oak void side suit toilet stick narrowSecret. seed0x4bd2b2c1dad3dbe3fa37dc6ad5a4e32dd8ad84b938179ac905b0622880e86e7SR25519.
Electrum-LTC is Electrum's community maintenance port, Litecoin's Bitcoin wallet. It is not the official product of Electrum Technologies GmbH, and it is not supported.
Earlier this month, Electrum detected a DoS attack on its network, allegedly launched by a malicious botnet with more than 140,000 machines, designed to provide Electrum to users.
A seed phrase is a set of words that gives you access to funds for the Waves.Exchange account. During the account registration process, you will always be asked to save your secret phrase (seed), which by default contains 15 English words with spaces between each word.
On December 27, Reddit user u/normal_rc reported that Electrum's wallet had been hacked and that nearly 250 bitcoins (243.6 BTCs, nearly $1 million) had been maliciously stolen, coinelegraph reported. Electrum then confirmed that the attack included creating a fake version of the wallet to trick users into providing password information. Electrum responded on Twitter that "this is a persistent phishing attack on Electrum users" and warned users not to download Electrum from any source other than the official website.
Electrum tweeted today about the incident, saying it was "a persistent phishing attack on Electrum users" and imploring users to check the effectiveness of the resources they log on to.
Turn on Electrum.
The Healthy Security Lab is concerned that Nearly 250 bitcoins have been stolen in a recent hacking attack on an Electrum wallet. This attack, confirmed by Electrum, involves creating a fake version of the wallet to trick users into providing password information. Electrum responded on Twitter that "this is an ongoing phishing attack on Electrum users and advised users to download wallet apps from the official website" and that The Healthy Security Lab advised users not to install an unknown source of Electrum wallets to avoid being tricked.
Bitcoin Private Key is a digital secret that every Bitcoin wallet has. This 256-bit number can be expressed in several formats: hepte- 256-bit, heptary is 32 bytes, or 64 characters in the 0-9 or a-f range, Base64 string, WIF key, or monemone phrase.
However, after electrum officials said in early 19th that some security mechanisms should be put in place to prevent this "update phishing", many users of Electrum are still in the old version.