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Bitcoin traders beware: Fake trading bot offer delivers ...

The malicious offer comes via email: a free trial of Gunbot, a new bitcoin trading bot developed by Gunthy:

The email carries an attachement - a VB Script that, when executed, downloads a file that looks like a JPEG image file, but it's actually a PE binary.

"At first glance, the downloaded executable appears to be a benign inventory system tool with a lot of references to SQL commands for...

Have you heard about Bitcoin multipliers? - Help Net Security

Professedly, they are services that multiply any Bitcoin amount you send them by several times, and return to you the total amount in a mere hours.

How do they do that? Supposedly, by taking advantage of bugs in Bitcoin clients and ventures:

And why do they do that (and don't take any commission)? Apparently, they believe in the technology and want to see it thrive.

Scamming uninformed and greedy users

Most users who encounter such an offer will see it for what it is: a scam. Unfortunately, there are also those who will be too blinded by greed to critically assess the legitimacy of these claims, or...