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Defillama Confirms April 2026 as Crypto’s Most-Hacked Month With 30 Incidents
30.4.2026
April 2026 closed as the most-hacked month in crypto history by incident count, with Defillama confirming 28 to 30 separate exploits and more than $625 million stolen across the industry. Key Takeaways: Defillama confirmed April 2026 as the most-hacked month in crypto history, with 28-30 incidents...
Mach-O Man Malware Steals macOS Keychain Data in Lazarus Group Crypto Campaign
22.4.2026
North Korea’s Lazarus Group has deployed a modular macOS malware kit called Mach-O Man that uses fake meeting invites to steal credentials and crypto wallet access from fintech executives and developers. Key Takeaways: North Korea’s Lazarus Group deployed Mach-O Man malware targeting macOS users...
Charles Hoskinson Points to Cardano and Midnight as Fix for Cross-Chain Flaws Behind KelpDAO Hack
21.4.2026
A cross-chain message forgery drained 116,500 restaked ether from KelpDAO on April 18, triggering what Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson called the largest DeFi exploit of the year and a contagion event that pulled billions in total value locked from the broader ecosystem within 48 hours....
Polkadot Price Dips 6% Following 1 Billion Token Minting Breach on Ethereum
13.4.2026
Certik reported a significant exploit of the Hyperbridge gateway, which allowed the perpetrator to mint 1 billion unauthorized DOT tokens on the Ethereum network. Key Takeaways: A hacker used a replay flaw to mint 1 billion fake Polkadot tokens via the Hyperbridge gateway. The price of DOT dropped...
Treasury Launches Cybersecurity Initiative Expanding Threat Intelligence Access for Digital Asset Firms
9.4.2026
U.S. Treasury expands cybersecurity coordination with digital asset firms, signaling tighter integration with traditional finance and raising baseline protections as systemic risk exposure grows across crypto markets. Key Takeaways: Treasury introduces an initiative giving U.S. digital asset firms...
Claude Mythos Preview: Anthropic’s Unreleased AI Cracked Linux and OpenBSD Bugs Humans Missed for Decades
9.4.2026
Anthropic’s unreleased Claude Mythos Preview has autonomously identified thousands of high-severity zero-day vulnerabilities across every major operating system and web browser, prompting the company to launch Project Glasswing, a defensive cybersecurity coalition backed by up to $100 million in...
Deepmind’s ‘AI Agent Traps’ Paper Maps How Hackers Could Weaponize AI Agents Against Users
6.4.2026
Google Deepmind researchers have published the first systematic framework cataloguing how malicious web content can manipulate, hijack, and weaponize autonomous AI agents against their own users. Key Takeaways: Google Deepmind researchers identified 6 AI agent trap categories, with content...
Study: Critical Exploit in Openclaw Allows Full Administrative Hijacking
1.4.2026
A new study warns that Openclaw is facing a systemic security collapse after researchers found critical vulnerabilities, malware‑infected extensions, and prompt injection risks that allow attackers to steal data or hijack systems. The ‘Trusted Environment’ Fallacy A March 31 study by Web3 security...
Wallet Draining Scam Targets Openclaw Community With Fake Airdrop
21.3.2026
A phishing campaign targeting Openclaw developers is spreading through Github, attempting to trick users into connecting crypto wallets and exposing funds to theft. Crypto Developers Warned of Github-Based Phishing Attack Cybersecurity firm OX Security reported this week that it identified...
Openclaw Impersonation Attack Steals Passwords and Crypto Wallet Data
10.3.2026
A malicious npm package impersonating an installer for the Openclaw artificial intelligence (AI) agent framework is spreading credential-stealing malware designed to quietly take control of developer machines. Security Researchers Expose Malicious Openclaw npm Package Security researchers say...
Trump’s Cyber Strategy Signals Support for Crypto Infrastructure
10.3.2026
The crypto industry is examining what President Donald Trump’s newly released National Cyber Strategy signals about the future of blockchain and digital asset policy. The document highlights support for emerging technologies, including cryptocurrencies, AI security, and post-quantum cryptography...
Anthropic Launches Claude Code Security, Shaking up Cybersecurity Stocks
22.2.2026
This week, the artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic rolled out Claude Code Security, an AI-driven code-scanning tool that hunts vulnerabilities and drafts patches, jolting cybersecurity markets while raising pointed questions about jobs and industry power shifts. Can Claude Code Security...
How CertiK rebuilt trust after Huione-related backlash
12.2.2026
The cybersecurity firm has "no concrete plans" for an IPO despite reports to the contrary last month
Binance Introduces All-in-One Web3 Security Center Amid Rising Adoption
3.2.2026
Binance Wallet has launched Security Center, a unified Web3 security hub addresses a long-standing gap in decentralized finance, where Web3 wallets lacked the comprehensive protections common in Web2 financial apps. Bridging the Security Gap in a Growing Market Binance Wallet has announced...
From Chatbot to Powerful AI Agent: Clawdbot, Now Moltbot, Is Everywhere in Tech Media
29.1.2026
Clawdbot—recently rebranded as Moltbot—is an open-source, self-hosted AI assistant that has captured global attention by promising something rare in artificial intelligence: a chatbot that actually does things, not just talks about them. An Inside Look at the AI Assistant With Autonomy, Access,...
Crypto Fraud Hits $15.8B in 2025, Far Outpacing Losses from Hacks and Exploits
17.1.2026
In 2025, Web3 fraud surged to $15.87 billion, far surpassing the $2.5 billion plus lost to traditional hacks. Unlike isolated breaches, losses were spread across millions of transactions, reflecting the rise of “industrialized” crime networks that use address clusters and cross‑platform flows....
Instagram Data From 2024 Leak Reappears, Exposing 17.5M Accounts
10.1.2026
Seventeen and a half million Instagram accounts just got an unwanted encore appearance on the dark web, thanks to an old API flaw that’s back to cause fresh headaches. According to a security notice from cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes, data tied to roughly 17.5 million Instagram users...
Token Collapses 99.95% After $26M Exploit
8.1.2026
On Jan. 8, the Truebit protocol’s native token (TRU) plummeted 99.95% to near-zero after a $26 million exploit. Security firm Cyvers Alerts detected the anomaly when a single address siphoned approximately 8,535 ether. The Anatomy of the Attack The native token of Truebit, a verification...
AI Phishing, Supply Chains, and $3.5B Lost — Crypto’s Brutal 2025
30.12.2025
2025 marked a turning point in crypto security with the $1.5 billion Bybit hack, the largest DeFi breach ever, executed by North Korea’s Lazarus Group. Chainalysis data shows rising risks for individual wallets, while exchanges experiment with controversial protocol‑level freezes. Analysts argue...
Crypto Trader Loses $50M in USDT to Address Poisoning Scam
21.12.2025
A trader lost nearly $50 million in USDT after falling victim to an “address poisoning” scam. The attacker spoofed a wallet address that looked identical to the victim’s, tricking him into copying it from his transaction history. The Mechanics of Address Poisoning A cryptocurrency trader lost...