Hack: How to Protect Yourself From Some Cybernetic Breaches
Malta-based is one of the largest exchanges in the world which has recently hit by the scam worth $41 million. As per the recent announcement by the company in the blog post hackers were waiting for this opportunity and has a variety of techniques such as phishing, viruses and other attacks to withdraw around 7000 from the exchange, marking the hack as the 6th largest in the world.
is always seen as one of the most secure operators in the entire industry however, the recent hack associated to the company has once again raised the question on how to protect your holding from the cybernetic breeches.
To find out the answer, we have delved into various security aspects and determine the most effective tips to protect you from hacks.
Use cold :
The easiest and effective way to protect your asset is using clod to your holdings instead of depending on exchanges to do it. These offline wallets that keep you away from all vulnerabilities related to internet network (hackers and scammers generally targets users account using the network) do not allow scam actors to reach your access.
Here it must be noted that cold wallets can also get vulnerable and has a risk of loss. In a various case like your private key get lost or USB stick or hard drive consisting it gets stolen.
2-factor authentication:
To secure yourself from such experiences and preventing your account, it is always recommended to use the computer with two-factor authentication. Using a strong and unique password that is unable to break and the two-factor authentication over verifications via Email and messages is the best option to ensure security for bitcoins on exchanges. So, if your exchange addresses your SMS authentications then we suggest you move to Google authenticator disabling the former.
Change password more often
Another important method to secure crypto assets in your accounts on exchanges is resetting your passwords to them more often and adding multi-factor authentication periodically. In short, you need to take all the necessary precaution to secure them as you would use for other assets.
Watch for Phishing attacks:
Phishing is another type of attack users dealing with and exchanges need to be aware of. To prevent you from this sort of attacks make sure to visit secures sites or save them under bookmarks.
These phishing actors usually look to trick you to get access to your administrative passwords and private keys that can give them entry to user’s crypto wallets. They also
Use emails to access user’s accounts. However, by using a good antivirus and other feature on exchanges like nifty in one can avoid phishing scams.
Conclusion
There is not a lot you can do to avoid exchanges to be hacked however there are ways to safeguard yourself in the difficult situation. We hope the above guide on securing will help you in not being an easy target in the time of the hack.
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Published at Sat, 11 May 2019 18:33:21 +0000
