Microsoft warns digital currency owners to be aware of new malware Windows users must be wary. In a tweet, Microsoft Security Intelligence (MSI) warned cryptocurrency owners who are also Windows users on August 27 that their funds in crypto wallets might be in danger because of a new malware. The new malware, called Anubis, seems to use code forked from Loki. It steals crypto wallet credentials, credit card details and other valuable information from these Windows users. According to MSI, it first discovered the malware in June in the cybercriminal underground. It has the same name with another potent banking Trojan that has been targeting Android smartphones for months. Source: MSI Tweet MSI stressed that the malware seems to be controllable, stating that it has only been deployed in “what appears to be limited, initial campaigns that have so far only used a handful of known download URLs and C2 servers.” Certain websites trick people into downloading Anubis, then the malware steals information and sends these to command and control servers via an HTTP POST command. MSI says it will continue to monitor the threat. Cybersecurity experts suggested that the way to avoid the download is not to click on any email that seems fishy. Because the original code Loki used social engineering techniques to target its victims, sending attachments via email, which, once clicked on, would install the malware. As Cointelegraph reported previously, another new malware was a triple threat to crypto users.
Possible scenario 10 or 15 years from now... You: "I have $3,000,000 in crypto money, I worked 45 years for it. I can enjoy life now!" Email from your crypto broker: "Oops, sorry, your account was hacked last night, your balance is now zero (monthly fee not included)"
There is a malwave/virus threat to my cold hard gold bars or fiat USD in physical form. The COVID. Thankfully, I don't need to go to the Best Buy Geek Squad to clean my malware. I just wear a mask and wash my hands with warm, soapy water when I get home. Money is clean, I am alive, and can spend it because it is in my physical wallet, not a virtual one!
Your gold and fiat might be safe from malware, but what about the government? Theives? Fires? Floods? Tornados? Not to mention it is losing value. FYI now they can detect where large amounts of money are hidden. The magnetic strip inside 100 dollar bills can be detected, which is part of the reason the new hundreds came out years back. I'd much rather be my own bank and manage my own money. When you do it right the risks are minimal.
And the dollar is not? The USD lost 97% of its value since the creation of the Federal Reserve. And this problem is everywhere, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa, you name it.
%% And its an even bigger problem for those born in 1913 people. Could pay for a home with silver/but I don't want to buy a house with an Brinks Armoured truck@ closing.