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Vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Wallets Expose Users to Hacks and Fund Theft

Crypto News

Vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Wallets Expose Users to Hacks and Fund Theft

Electrum Wallet Flaw Allowed Servers To Trick Users Into Paying Hackers

Bitcoinist

Electrum Wallet Flaw Allowed Servers To Trick Users Into Paying Hackers

Electrum, one of Bitcoin’s oldest software wallets, published a security advisory on Saturday describing a weakness that attackers were already abusing. TL;DR A bug in the Electrum bitcoin wallet...

Bitcoin wallet bug let rogue servers steal funds when users tried to speed up payments

CoinDesk

Bitcoin wallet bug let rogue servers steal funds when users tried to speed up payments

Attackers replaced legitimate transactions with fake ones, then waited for users to approve higher fees. At least one person lost bitcoin before developers patched the flaw.

Researcher Cracks 'Steal My Bitcoin' Challenge With PHP Exploit

The Defiant

Researcher Cracks 'Steal My Bitcoin' Challenge With PHP Exploit

A 0.02511679 BTC prize was at stake, but the operator had to transfer it after discovering the server held the wrong wallet key.... Read the full story at The Defiant

How to Check a Software Wallet—and What the Checks Cannot Prove

The Defiant

How to Check a Software Wallet—and What the Checks Cannot Prove

Fake Firefox extensions targeted recovery phrases; Electrum patched a genuine-client flaw that could trick users into signing a substituted payment.... Read the full story at The Defiant

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