Malware Alert! Increasing Threats Put Bitcoin Users in Danger
The Bitcoin community now has more worrying things on its plate. As if hacking incidents plaguing cryptocurrency exchanges aren’t enough, the number of malware and ransomware threats on the rise. In the past couple of weeks, a number of new malicious programs were detected by multiple cyber security firms. One look at the list is enough to know that no device is currently safe. Windows Ransomware. A new ransomware called Fantom is wreaking havoc among Windows machine users. The malware cleverly disguises itself as an official update from Microsoft, tricking users into installing it.....
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