5 Important Tips Bitcoin You Are Not Broke Hacker
The growth of virtual currency, Bitcoin, which has grown and hunted many people in the world in recent years, is seen as attracting cybercriminals or hackers. Behind its tempting potential, Bitcoin also keeps a great danger behind it.
Several times hackers managed to break into a virtual money bank. As in September 2012, the exchange and sale of virtual currency, Bitfloor, successfully attacked by hackers. They managed to steal Bitcoin reached US $ 250 thousand or about Rp3, 4 billion until Bitfloor was forced to close in the same year.
The case of virtual currency piercing ever again. Two weeks ago, the exchange of virtual currency, Coincheck in Japan burglarized 53 billion yen, or about Rp6, 5 trillion.
Kaspersky security company laboratory said, malware attacks stalk Bitcoin money transactions. The hacked malware is able to hack Bitcoin wallet and steal it using botnet and trojan virus.
In addition, the botnet can get into the Bitcoin user's computer and use it as if the victim was trading Bitcoin.
Kasperky Lab recommends, firstly, that Bitcoin users do not store all virtual currency in online banks or virtual currency exchange services. These places despite the reputation and secure possibility to be hacked are still very large.
It is also important for Bitcoin owners to pay attention to these two places can not guarantee will be able to return the lost customer money stolen. In addition, Kaspersky recommends to use Bitcoin wallet offline. The second suggestion is that users should use the offline service.
"Use the Bitcoin wallet offline service such as Electrum or Armory that lets you keep your virtual currency in a strongly encrypted safe on your own hard drive Third, use strong passwords to provide double protection," Kasperksy Lab said in a release on Wednesday February 7, 2018.
Furthermore, Kaspersky Lab said, the password on Bitcoin wallet should be made with open-source software that can generate keywords. In addition, the fifth suggestion that separates where to store offline wallet with a computer where the Internet-connected transactions.
Users can save it on a hard drive or a computer that is not connected to the internet.
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