Usually in crypto world we get different kind of attack which try to stole our funds from our wallet ..We know many old attack made by some hacker but do you know some thing about new wallet attack which can lead your wallet funds vanish anytime ..And your wallet can be exchange wallet or privet wallet but from any kind of wallet your funds can be hacked .So let's discuss about it today!i wanna talk today about dusting attack which makes crypto trader and holder sleep into hell ..i wanna talk today about dusting attack which makes crypto trader and holder sleep into hell ..
what is dusting attack?
Suppose you get some satoshi on your bitcoin wallet but you do not know from where this satoshi come and you also know that you did not send this amount in your wallet .If this happen with you then be sure you are under the dusting attack guys ..But still there has thing that usually you will not notice or care from where this funds come and if you do so then there has a chance near future you will face problem about your wallet funds issue ..so this is the time to know about it!
What is crypto currency dust?
If you have less funds of crypto then this is called dust..You may notice that whenever you do trading then there remain small amount funds and this is called dust .just look into the picture
How you will understand that you are under dusting attack?
Whenever you see some funds available in your wallet which is less than the fee of network then you will understand you are under dusting attack.
Danger of Dusting Attack!!
Usually to dusting attack hacker take very small amount coin or token and sent to user wallet address . and then keep tracking those wallet.. After tracking if the hacker able to find out user identity then hacker give him cyber threat ..
example of dusting attack:
In 8 august of 2019 litecoin network has face the dusing attack and binance understand that 2 days later .
Also dusting attack has two place which is exchange wallet and another is personal wallet .
exchange wallet user :
in this cash hacker do not get enough profit by attack on exchange wallet as often exchange wallet get change . this why exchange wallet user become safe .But if some time you face this problem then you must contract with the exchange support team.
personal wallet user
usually personal wallet user like trust wallet ,myetherwallet,metamask can be in problem if they are into dusting attack as they can face privacy viral activity.
how to safe from dusting attack:
If you are using an exchange wallet, you do not have to do anything differently there. But keep the security of your account hard. In this case 2FA can be used, again withdrawal list can also be used. Update passwords occasionally.And if you use a personal wallet, you need to create a new address for each transaction..
So did you ever face any dusting attack?