In cryptocotyle found a new vulnerability. How not to lose your bitcoins?
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At the 35 world Congress of hackers a group of enthusiasts wallet.fail demonstrated several ways of hacking the hardware of cryptocurrency wallets. And even though all the attacks are possible only with physical access to the media, the programmers were able to extract the necessary data from RAM best wallet. How, then, can your precious ?
theguard your own cryptocurrency
At the presentation, the hackers have identified four main ways of access to the purse: attack on the supply chain, the vulnerability of the firmware, sidechained-attack and vulnerability at the hardware level. The last three methods require hacking the actual availability of your best wallet in the hands of criminals. But what about the first?
The Attack on the supply chain can occur even before the moment you become the owner of the device. In other words, its safety is compromised on the way from the supplier to the seller, or on the way from the seller to you. Holographic marker that marks the purses, quite simply to replace her. Yes, and many users simply do not pay attention to such details, so in their hands in addition may be fake best wallet.
The Ledger Blue there is another problem — when entering the PIN code, the device emits a weak radio signal, which in theory can be captured by the fraudsters. In this case, «hack» except that the user using soldering iron or wrench. The protection system will not work if you are forced to enter the required password.
For maximum protection, experts on cyber security is recommended to always set a passphrase on their wallets. The only way you can protect the funds from theft PIN from RAM. Yes, this option is also available. So always keep their purses with them, because their loss could mean irrecoverable disappearance of your funds in the crypt.
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