https are used for c?c; server communication, and specific flags are set for the connection to ignore the server certificate.

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Electrum Personal Servers (EPS) do not perform as well as ElectrumX or Electrs, but are easier to set up and connect to Bitcoin nodes, making them a good choice for those interested in installing private Electrum servers. Compared to fully indexed ElectrumX or Esplora instances, it is less hardware-demanding and therefore can run on normal devices.

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B: Electrum server can customize messages to appear in the user's electrum light wallet software, giving hackers a chance to broadcast phishing messages.

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This "update tip" is not an official act of Electrum, but a phishing attack by an attacker that exploits a message flaw on the Electrum client and the ElectrumX server, which requires the attacker to deploy the malicious ElectrumX server in advance, and the malicious server is localized by the user's Electrum client (because the Electrum client is a light wallet and the user needs the ElectrumX server to broadcast the transaction). At the time of the madness, malicious ElectrumX servers accounted for as many as 71% of the total, and the show doesn't fully count that hundreds of bitcoins have been stolen in this phishing attack over the past year or so.

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Researchers at the popular Bitcoin wallet app Electrum have uncovered a malicious shanzhai act aimed at stealing seed keys. The suspicious shanzhai wallet, called Electrum Pro, appeared online in March and has been labeled malware since.

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Implement blacklisting logic to alert malicious servers outside the Electrum client view.

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According to Bleeping Computer, the Bitcoin wallet app Electrom was on GitHub on May 9th, accusing a phishing product called Electrum Pro of stealing a user's seed key and registering a domain name called electrum without Electrum's permission. The Electrum team noted that there was a piece of code indicating that the counterfeit product might have taken the user's seed key and uploaded it to the electrum. Affected users should transfer funds from Bitcoin URLs managed by Eletrum Pro.

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This isn't the first time Thatectrum has appeared in a fake version, with hackers developing a fake encrypted wallet, Electrum, in December, resulting in the theft of nearly 250 bitcoins worth about $1 million. In January, GitHub discovered a fake Electrum wallet called "Electrvm" designed to steal users' money. In February, users of encrypted wallets Electrum and MyEtherWallet reported that they were facing phishing attacks.

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If you're using electrum, be sure to "update fishing" for possible stolen coins.

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Configure the network connection to connect to the external network external switch, and configure the VM's local hard drive to be 40GB.

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