Part 2: NFT scams, Rugs, Copyrights, and Crypto wallet hacks. Welcome to the melee of 2021 heading into 2022

EDIT 03 Jan 2022: Well today just took a curve ball and a half with Discord hacks and minting scams happening so im going to go back to basics here rather than the editing of the blog (that I thought I would be doing first thing today, blog 3 to follow..)

Slow down and start with the basics 101. Security. Cybersecurity tips:

Much of the cybersecurity literature and teachings tend to be for business, large corporations or involve more acronyms than the NFT and Crypto spaces put together. Starting with the CICSO who usually hands down the cybersecurity advice to the CEO/CSO/CTO and such, who then passes down the “cybersecurity brief” that can make eyes roll so far back into your head that you vacate planet earth for an hour or so. Please don’t do that here, I hope to help with wallet, device and computer safety to start.

“Tip: Before you spend — phone a fren(d)”

(I wish I thought this one up to be honest, but I did adapt it)

So for the newbies, old hats and the rest of the 99% who are in these spaces. Lets start with basic security 101 and start as we mean to go on. Ive taken some advice from my company Privacy4 listed at the bottom of this blog to give you a head…