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Cosmos patches ‘critical’ IBC protocol bug, saving $126M
24.4.2024
IBC has always had the bug, but it only recently became exploitable due to developments in the protocol’s codebase, Asymmetric Research said
New Star Wars Bounty Hunter Game Coming From Respawn, Says Report
16.2.2024
After developing two of the best Star Wars games in recent memory with 2019’s Jedi: Fallen Order and its sequel, 2023’s Survivor, Respawn Entertainment is reportedly working on another title set in a galaxy far, far away. Insider Gaming reports that the title will be a first-person game focused...
KyberSwap DEX hacker sends an on-chain message: Be nice, or else
29.11.2023
The exploiter behind the $46 million KyberSwap hack says they plan to outline a treaty for the potential return of funds on Nov. 30, but not if threats and hostilities from execs keep up
White Hat Hackers Awarded $300K After Uncovering Critical Chainlink VRF Vulnerability
15.11.2023
White hat hackers earn $300K Chainlink bounty for responsibly disclosing critical VRF vulnerability. Image by ZayNyi, Adobe Stock. Decentralized oracle network Chainlink recently awarded white hat hackers Zach Obront and Or Cyngiser of Trust $300,000 for uncovering a critical vulnerability in...
Avalanche-based Star Arena Recovers 90% of Hacked Funds, Offers 10% Bounty
12.10.2023
On-chain social platform, Star Arena has announced a recovery of assets drained from its platform over the weekend following an agreement with the hacker.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the platform disclosed that 90% of user assets have been recovered while the hacker was offered a...
Stars Arena recovers 90% of stolen funds after offering $257K bounty
12.10.2023
The exploiter of the Web3 social media platform agreed to keep a 10% bounty in exchange for returning the remainder of the stolen funds
Mixin Network Proposes $20 Million Bug Bounty to Hacker in $200 Million Security Breach
27.9.2023
Mixin Network, the Beleaguered cross-chain transactional network for digital assets, which suffered an attack on Sept. 23 wiping $200 million, has offered a bug bounty to the exploiter on Wednesday.
“Most of our platform assets were users’, and we hope you can refund them. You can keep $20M of...
Human Rights Foundation Backs Bitcoin Bug Bounty to Empower Activists Worldwide
30.7.2023
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is offering Bitcoin (BTC) bug bounties in a bid to improve Bitcoin and the Lightning Network.
The organization has issued 10 bounties, each 2 BTC, worth around $58,500 at current rates, aimed at supporting the development of Bitcoin and the Lightning Network...
Bounty of $670 Placed on Information about Elon Musk's Crypto Wallet – Here's the Latest
19.7.2023
Someone has placed a $670 bounty on obtaining information about Elon Musk's crypto wallet.
The bounty was introduced on Arkham’s newly-launched “Intel Exchange” platform, which allows users to submit bounties in return for information about blockchain transactions.
The platform, which went live...
Coinbase layer-2 network Base closes in on mainnet launch
30.6.2023
While a date for mainnet wasn’t announced, the Base team said it’s now fulfilled 4 out of 5 of their criteria for launch
DeFi protocol Sturdy Finance offers $100K bounty to hacker if funds are returned
13.6.2023
Sturdy Finance founder Sam Forman said the company will not pursue the issue any further if the hacker accepts the offer and returns the remaining funds
Mango Markets exploiter seeks to keep disputed funds paid as ‘bug bounty’
16.2.2023
Attorneys representing Avraham Eisenberg argued he had already settled his dispute with Mango DAO and shouldn't have to pay back any more funds
Aave Launches Stablecoin GHO on Ethereum Goerli Testnet with Open Source Codebase and Audits
9.2.2023
Aave Companies, the firm behind the decentralized finance (defi) project Aave, has announced the launch of a stablecoin called GHO on the Ethereum testnet network Goerli. The codebase is available on Github and has undergone audits by Open Zeppelin, Sigmaprime and ABDK. Aave Invites Programmers...
DeFi auditor nets $40,000 for identifying Uniswap vulnerability
4.1.2023
A security firm flagged a now-fixed vulnerability to Uniswap, highlighting the potential for reentrancy attacks on the protocol’s Universal Router smart contract
Moola Market attacker returns most of $9M looted for $500K bounty
19.10.2022
The attacker has scored about a half-million dollar “bug bounty” after choosing to return a majority of the cryptocurrency they exploited from the Celo-based lending protocol
Mango Markets hacker proposes steep settlement
12.10.2022
The Solana DeFi protocol suffered a $117 million exploit yesterday, and the hacker wants 70M USDC in 'bug bounty.'
$100M drained from Solana DeFi platform Mango Markets, token plunges 52%
12.10.2022
The platform’s treasury was drained of over $100 million worth of cryptocurrency after an attacker manipulated price data of its native token to take out loans against their holdings
White hat finds huge vulnerability in ETH to Arbitrum bridge: Wen max bounty?
21.9.2022
The ethical exploiter thanked Arbitrium for the 400 ETH payday, but said such a find should be eligible for the max bounty of nearly 1,500 ETH, or $2 million
Bug bounty quadruples for Ethereum network — up to $1M payouts ahead of Merge
24.8.2022
According to the Ethereum Foundation, identifying “critical bugs” — those that have a high impact or likelihood of a high impact on the blockchain — will be worth up to $1 million
The Best Star Wars Games To Get During All These May 4th Sales
3.5.2022
Tomorrow is May 4th, aka Star Wars Day. You see, May 4th sounds kind of like “may the force,” which is part of the franchise’s famous phrase “May the Force be with you.” Yeah, it’s kinda dumb, but as is now something of an annual tradition, a bunch of digital storefronts have old and new Star Wars...