Impostors Attempt Twitter Phishing Attack on Users of Bitcoin Wallet Electrum
A bit of a public service announcement today as Reddit user ZoidbergCoin reported a phishing attempt on the part of a false Electrum Twitter account. The attackers were clever, creating an exact clone of the original Electrum Twitter, but using an "I" (uppercase) instead of a lowercase "l." On first glance, it's hard to tell the difference. For reference, Electrum is a popular lightweight bitcoin wallet for desktop and mobile which operates similar to SPV wallets. It communicates with a trusted server rather than downloading the entire block chain. One common criticism of it is that the....
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Lightweight Bitcoin Wallet Electrum has announced to release its updated version this week. Thanks to all our beta testers! Electrum 2.0 will be released this week! Expect us. - Electrum (@ElectrumWallet) February 23, 2015. A Special Focus on Bitcoin Wallet Security. The new Electrum 2.0 will be focusing specially on Bitcoin wallet security features. As publicized earlier, this update is hoping to add support for Trezor hardware wallets. It simply means that users will have the option to transfer their Bitcoins to a much secure and isolated environment. Server-based Blockchain Still....
Ledger confirmed that for the last week some customers have been the target of a phishing attack.