Trezor hardware crypto product developers responded to a vulnerability list previously published by Ledger competitors. According to a report in the official blog of the Prague company, of the five vulnerabilities, four have been fixed or cannot be used or require a pin code – and none of them is critical.
At the same time, Trezor stressed that all the risks described by Ledger employees are related to hackers' physical access to the Trezor cryptocell – while, according to the Trezor survey and the Binance crypto-exchange , only 5.93% of respondents consider physical attack the most significant threat to their funds, and 66.30% fear the remote attack the most.
In addition, Trezor assured that they closely control the production process and refused to give explanations on one of the vulnerabilities, adding that they asked their colleagues from Ledger to also refrain from disclosing information, since this may have consequences for the entire microchip industry.
“The whole episode will be a valuable lesson for us. We’ll let you know what we already know: no device can be completely protected from hacking, but depending on the security models used, there are tools to neutralize threats. For those who fear physical attacks, it is better to use passphrases … For those who are concerned about remote attacks, nothing changes. We will continue to promote the use of phrases, passwords and other operational security strategies to keep you protected , ”summed up Trezor.
Recall that last week Opera developers reported that owners of mobile iOS devices will soon have the opportunity to use Opera Touch’s Web 3 browser with a built-in cryptographic previously launched in the Android version. Opera Touch for iOS will have all the features of an easy-to-use Android version and support decentralized apps on Ethereum .
Publication date 13.03.2019
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