The boom in the cryptocurrency market has attracted many newbies and users far from blockchain awareness. Various scammers use this unceremoniously.. Some of them have this impudence, that they manage to introduce fake e-wallets for bitcoins in stores like Google Play Store.
How a user does not become a victim of hackers and save their accumulations in cryptocurrency?
Lookout company, which specializes in computer security, Reported, what 20 December found 3 fake wallet in Google Play Store. After her press release appeared in the media, the organization «Google» uninstalled those apps.
All users, who want to own bitcoins and other digital money, must open accounts on exchanges or install e-wallets on their computers, tablets, telephones. They allow receiving and sending digital currency, exchange and save virtual coins.
There are a large number of wallets, their forms are diverse:
• offline on flash cards and disks;
• cloudy;
• for desktops;
• for mobile phones.
Lookout explains, fake wallets don't do any function, available to real. They only look a little like them. Counterfeiters are unable to take bitcoin and forward it to the end user's encoded address. They send all coins to the address of the burglars..
Users managed to download three fake wallets 20 thousands of times, before they were removed from the Google Play Store website. Google responded to the counterfeiting warning immediately. However, this does not change the fact, that even in tested places you can run into harmful software.
It's not so clear yet, how many bitcoins scammers managed to steal from users. This type of computer crime is relatively new.
How to avoid similar questions?
There are several things, that need to be done, so as not to be deceived by scammers.
• You can install applications to protect mobile phones and computers from scammer applications.
• It is necessary to regularly update the operating system, don't ignore apps, protecting it from hacking.
• It is worth using e-wallets only from trusted suppliers.
ВЂ No need to download new and little-known applications for Android and iOS even from official stores. There are also fakes.
• It is important to regularly update e-wallets, make backups of them, store multiple versions of the wallet in different locations, including flash cards, not connected to the internet.
• Do not store passwords on your computer in places accessible to all. It is better to write them down on a flash card or even paper and put them away from the device..
