Kraken Security Labs has found a way to extract seeds from a KeepKey cryptocurrency hardware wallet. All that is required is physical access to the wallet for about 15 minutes. Here’s how we did it: This attack relies on voltage glitching to extract your encrypted…
Category: Security
Learn how to better identify and protect yourself from crypto domain hijacking with Kraken Security Labs.
You already know that security is priority #1 at Kraken. We’ve talked at length about the many things we do here to stay paranoid in productive ways. This three-part guide will help you to do the same. Unproductive paranoia would be putting all of your…
I couldn’t be more excited to lead security efforts at one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges on Earth. Kraken is the cryptocurrency market leader in security and our number one priority, above anything else, has always been to protect our clients. We’re announcing some major…
A bug was recently discovered with Cloudflare, which Kraken and many other websites use for DoS protection and other services. Due to the nature of the bug, we recommend as a precaution that Kraken clients change their security credentials: Change your password Change your…
Heed this or perish. Let’s begin with the assumption that within 24 hours your usual mobile phone number will be hijacked by social engineers. They will use your number to gain access to every account you own that utilizes phone-based authentication and account recovery, like…
We have received many reports lately of clients falling victim to phishing sites appearing in the ads, above the organic search results, of all of the major search engines. Unfortunately, it seems to be easier to get an ad up than it is to have…
We have been alerted to multiple phishing attempts in the past 24 hours which appear to have been targeted at BitcoinTalk users. Anyone who received an email with the subject Mtgox.Claim assessment process should delete it and not click on the link it contains! This email…