Qtum Electrum is a Qtum desktop light wallet modified from the well-known Bitcoin wallet Electrum. Compared to the current Qtum Core full-node wallet, Qtum Electrum takes up less disk space and takes less time to synchronize chunks, supports multi-signature and hardware wallets, supports cold wallet mode, supports the import of mnomes into mobile wallets, and uses SPV authentication to ensure security.
A new version of Electrum Wallet v0.18.16 was released.
Attackers reportedly created their own Electrum servers, which hosted the attacked version of Electrum in order to implement the attack. When the user will be vulnerable.
Users of Bitcoin wallet Electrum are facing a phishing attack, according to the Devi Security Lab. Hackers broadcast messages to the Electrum client through a malicious server, prompting the user to update to v4.0.0, and if the user follows the prompt to install this "backdoor-carrying client", the private key is stolen and all digital assets are stolen. At the time of writing, at least 1,450 BTCs worth about $11.6 million had been stolen from phishing attacks that faked Electrum upgrade tips. DeViable Security Labs hereby suggests that versions of Electrum below 3.3.4 are vulnerable to such phishing attacks, and users using Electrum Wallet are requested to update to the latest version of Electrum 3.3.8 via the official website (electrum.org), which has not yet been officially released, and do not use the link in the prompt to avoid asset losses.
While advanced settings may discourage users of some personal servers, Esplora is the best choice for users who want to set up both a personal Electrum server and a personal block browser. By bundling the two together, Esplora can save users a lot of time setting up servers and blockchain browsers, respectively.
In the centered local wallet, BTC, ETH, EOS, TRON wallet, after entering the transfer interface, when entering the transfer address, will give "address invalid", "exchange address please note to fill in MEMO", "the address has security anomalies" and other risk situation tips, try to avoid the user transfer error caused by property losses. In the de-centralized local wallet, BTC, ETH, EOS, TRON wallet, after entering the transfer interface, enter the transfer address, in addition to supporting manual address filling and sweeping, but also directly from the local wallet, recent transfer records and contacts, because we found that many times the user transfer is actually from one of their own account transfer assets to another account.
Google researcher Tavis Ormandy discovered the Bitcoin wallet Electrum.
A botnet with more than 140,000 machines has launched a DoS attack on the server of Bitcoin wallet Electrum in an attempt to direct users to software versions designed to steal Bitcoin. Electrum users have been advised to take extra care when using the platform until the issue is resolved. Security researchers familiar with the matter say that if a user installs a fake version of Electrum, all funds contained in the old version will be lost immediately. (TNW)
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Electrum is a well-known light wallet for Bitcoin that adds new features such as server authentication using SSL to prevent MITM attacks. So unlike other Bitcoin light wallets, Electrum cannot communicate directly with different versions of Bitcoin full nodes, and each startup connects to electrumserver to communicate, and electrum.