Despite the success achieved by virtual money Bitcoin, the fame of its security does not seem to match. And, after years of operation, the first important alarm about the possible theft of this type of coin All this caused by a vulnerability found in the operating system Android that could allow the theft of this money through the applications that serve as a wallet formanage it from the smartphone
The news comes from Botcoin's official blog, where the detected problem has been made public. Apparently the vulnerability comes directly from the operating system Android, which has a weakness to the time to create random security numbers Depending on the operating system itself, all applicationsthat rely on it for the management of Bitcoin are equally affected. They include Bitcoin Wallet, blockchain.com wallet, BitcoinSpinner and Mycelium Wallet Although the problem would have affected more.
However, this blog also mentions others that, thanks to their own functioning and creation of random security codes in a external to Android, have managed to keep user accounts safe.Specifically, it would be Coinbase and Mt Gox apps Tools that do not depend on the terminal Android, if not from its own exchange system,to generate such codes and which at the moment seem unaffected by said problem.
Faced with such vulnerability, users with terminals Android that have applications for managing their money Bitcoin they must reinsure their accounts For this we recommend the creation of new addresses with a fixed and secure random security code generator, not dependent on Android After that, move the virtual money to the new secured account.
In addition, those responsible for Bitcoin recommend updating applications used in terminals Android in order to apply new security measures.And many of them are already working on new versions to generate new random codes and apply security measures that prevent theft of this virtual money through the vulnerability found in these smartphones Therefore, it is best to constantly check if there are any updates to these applications in Google Play Store and update as soon as possible.
The Bitcoin currency is a popular type of virtual money that does not rely on any government or any central issuer to make purchases over the Internet All this in a transparent and clean way, from user to user to avoid speculation, withholding from intermediaries or any other type of problem that may arise in an exchange that should be direct. All this taking into account that each coin Bitcoin is unique to prevent duplication.
A concept created in 2008 and that has achieved great popularity in the last year thanks to the fact that more and more Internet pages and businesses allow payment with this currency And the fact is that there already exists a kind of stock market where you can speculate and negotiate with it. All this taking into account that it is a great tool to make payments and transactions over the Internet in a private and secure At least so far.
