iOS Wallet Electron (not Electrum!) QT (using the new code base)

From an experience perspective, the average user needs to learn how to buy an ONG, how to download and install a wallet plug-in wallet, or a mobile wallet.

Reddit user u/normal_rc: 'The attacker set up a lot of malicious servers. Once a user's Electrum wallet is connected to these servers, they see what appears to be an official message when sending bitcoin transactions, telling them to upgrade the Electrum wallet, which actually contains a fraudulent URL.

Bitcoin wallet service Company Electrum has been hacked, resulting in the loss of user funds. In response to the attack, Beosin Chengdu Chain Security made an analysis: This wallet Electrum was attacked, mainly because the use of the kivy framework is using a standard py compiler and wallet does not do anti-secondary packaging protection, the core file can be directly recompiled back to the py file. Attackers can imitate the code, directly join the code to steal the user's password, key after the secondary packaging, and then cooperate with other attacks, tempt users to install the wallet implanted with malicious code, thereby stealing the user's password, key and other sensitive information.

From August to September, the Bitcoin wallet Electrum was phished twice by hackers. According to statistics from various parties, the phishing attacks forged Electrum upgrade notifications have stolen at least 1,450 BTC worth $11.6 million.

Fake: github/electrum-wallet/electrum/releases.

The Healthy Security Lab is concerned that Nearly 250 bitcoins have been stolen in a recent hacking attack on an Electrum wallet. This attack, confirmed by Electrum, involves creating a fake version of the wallet to trick users into providing password information. Electrum responded on Twitter that it was an ongoing phishing attack on Electrum users and advised them to download wallets from the official website.

The Electrum team has also been developing other features. Electrum Wallet users can view the full release notes here.

Dynamic . . . Electrum wallet attacked nearly 250 bitcoins were stolen.

Earlier this month, Electrum detected a DoS attack on its network, allegedly launched by a malicious botnet with more than 140,000 machines, designed to provide Electrum to users.