Criminals Target Privacy Coins: How To Avoid Downloading Fake Wallet Apps

Reports in the past few weeks detail that bad actors are targeting two privacy coin projects, Monero and Zcash, adding to concerns about the growing rate of security incidents involving blockchain networks. Such incidents, as well the repeated 51% attacks on the Ethereum Classic network or the Electrum wallet breach, suggest criminals are becoming more sophisticated. Still, bad actors sometimes use less sophisticated methods and appear to get away with it. For instance, the security breach targ

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