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Despite all its simplicity, the issue needs separate coverage:
"Cryptocurrency trader robbed of $450,000 in Hong Kong".
"Recall that in December a bitcoin trader was robbed of 12 million rubles in a Moscow pub."
"The managing director of cryptocurrency exchange EXMO was kidnapped near his office in Kyiv. The robbers, wearing dark clothes and face-hiding balaclavas, forcibly dragged the blockchain specialist into a Mercedes-Benz car and drove him away in an unknown direction."
These are all excerpts from news reports in the recent past, the methods of robbery are different each time, but they all have one thing in common: the victims were either media personalities or simply not shy about openly showing off their savings. To put it simply, in Russian parlance, they were "selling their faces". Is this wise?
The answer is no, not at all. You don't reveal your fiat money schemes to anyone except trusted people, do you? So why go for a large crypto deal without taking security measures? That's just it.
The rule of thumb from the above is to never, ever, ever "shine" your actual disposable income, storage conditions, shipping details to anyone, anywhere. Don't conduct transactions from hand to hand without taking the necessary security measures, and then your chances of losing what you've gained are drastically reduced.
Second, and equally important is the viral load on the network and existing network vulnerabilities. I see three methods as the most dangerous:
1. Theft of coins through software that substitutes the contents of the buffer while copying the wallet address. I.e., when you copy the wallet address, the program replaces the address at the moment of "paste" operation, and your coins will go to another address.
2. making transfers via open Wi-Fi networks. This is what they are: the traffic can always be monitored. Beware of such places, especially if you visit some expensive places.
3. Phishing sites. They are like Chinese copies of real sites - transfer any funds to the addresses listed there, and you can forever say goodbye to the amount transferred.
What are your thoughts on the above?
Rule one: get in the habit of using official applications on the gadget or computer that is involved in the cryptocurrency exchange. Otherwise, there is a great risk of catching a bug, and after all, respect the work of the programmers (this does not apply to pirated "windows"). If you need to run something questionable - install a virtual machine. Any thumb drives that have been inserted into other computers should also be run in a virtual machine first.
Rule number two: Always check the credentials with great care. Check the address bar of your browser. There is no other way.
Rule three: only use a secure connection. No open networks, for everyone.
By following the four simple and obvious (apparently not to everyone) rules outlined above, your chances of losing your money are reduced manifold.
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That's a good share and very insightful .. I hope every individual take these basic precautions to be safe
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A lot of useful information on how to stay safe. I definitely advise everyone to take it on board!
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Always check credentials very carefully. Check your browser's address bar. There is no other way.
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I sometimes wonder how the rich Chinese let such carelessness get in the way of transferring such a huge transaction? How could such blindness ignore the amounts you might lose? For the sake of interest, I would love to hear the story of having such an incredibly bitter experience.
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Always check credentials very carefully. Check your browser's address bar. There is no other way.
Isn't it easier to save in advance all the necessary and even important links to sites not to search for a Google search query, bypassing the chance of phishing reduced to zero?
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A lot of useful information on how to stay safe. I definitely advise everyone to take it on board!
There is an idea how to write a code of information security, and collect all known data on how to use network security and possible struggle in case of PC infection.
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<p>Despite all its simplicity, the issue needs separate coverage:</p><p>"Cryptocurrency trader robbed of $450,000 in Hong Kong".</p><p>"Recall that in December a bitcoin trader was robbed of 12 million rubles in a Moscow pub."</p><p>"The managing director of cryptocurrency exchange EXMO was kidnapped near his office in Kyiv. The robbers, wearing dark clothes and face-hiding balaclavas, forcibly dragged the blockchain specialist into a Mercedes-Benz car and drove him away in an unknown direction."</p><p>These are all excerpts from news reports in the recent past, the methods of robbery are different each time, but they all have one thing in common: the victims were either media personalities or simply not shy about openly showing off their savings. To put it simply, in Russian parlance, they were "selling their faces". Is this wise?</p><p>The answer is no, not at all. You don't reveal your fiat money schemes to anyone except trusted people, do you? So why go for a large crypto deal without taking security measures? That's just it. </p><p>The rule of thumb from the above is to never, ever, ever "shine" your actual disposable income, storage conditions, shipping details to anyone, anywhere. Don't conduct transactions from hand to hand without taking the necessary security measures, and then your chances of losing what you've gained are drastically reduced.</p><p>Second, and equally important is the viral load on the network and existing network vulnerabilities. I see three methods as the most dangerous:</p><p>1.    Theft of coins through software that substitutes the contents of the buffer while copying the wallet address. I.e., when you copy the wallet address, the program replaces the address at the moment of "paste" operation, and your coins will go to another address.<br />2.    making transfers via open Wi-Fi networks. This is what they are: the traffic can always be monitored. Beware of such places, especially if you visit some expensive places.<br />3.    Phishing sites. They are like Chinese copies of real sites - transfer any funds to the addresses listed there, and you can forever say goodbye to the amount transferred.</p><p>What are your thoughts on the above?</p><p>Rule one: get in the habit of using official applications on the gadget or computer that is involved in the cryptocurrency exchange. Otherwise, there is a great risk of catching a bug, and after all, respect the work of the programmers (this does not apply to pirated "windows"). If you need to run something questionable - install a virtual machine. Any thumb drives that have been inserted into other computers should also be run in a virtual machine first.</p><p>Rule number two: Always check the credentials with great care. Check the address bar of your browser. There is no other way. </p><p>Rule three: only use a secure connection. No open networks, for everyone.<br />By following the four simple and obvious (apparently not to everyone) rules outlined above, your chances of losing your money are reduced manifold.</p>
By the way, a question for you. Why didn't you leave a link to the source of this news? Maybe you know everyone here, but in the future the influx of new blood will demand it.
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A lot of useful information on how to stay safe. I definitely advise everyone to take it on board!
Really useful article, I will recommend it to my friends.
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CleverGUY28;712 wrote:A lot of useful information on how to stay safe. I definitely advise everyone to take it on board!
Really useful article, I will recommend it to my friends.
Doing that will be nice because knowledge is the most needed powerful weapon in cryptocurrency and a lot of crypto investors have lost their life investments in crypto due to not taking the basic precautions to be safe
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