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Crypto Tops Investor Threats for US Securities Regulators
11.1.2022
U.S. state securities regulators have revealed that cryptocurrency investments are their top investor threat this year. “Before you jump into the crypto craze, be mindful that cryptocurrencies and related financial products may be nothing more than public facing fronts for Ponzi schemes...
‘Centralization issues’ are the biggest culprits of DeFi attacks: CertiK
11.1.2022
DeFi is one of crypto's biggest growth stories, but it's also riddled with the most controversy. The sector lost $1.3 billion due to exploits in 2021
Animoca Brands-Owned Lympo Hacked, LMT Token Goes on Wild Ride
10.1.2022
Lympo, a developer of a sports non-fungible tokens (NFTs) ecosystem, confirmed that hackers stole LMT 165.2m (worth around USD 1.3m before the hack) from its operational hot wallet today. The token crashed around 78% in a few minutes before recovering part of its losses.
At 17:34 UTC, LMT (Lympo...
Aave's Permissioned DeFi Arc, Polymarket Stays, P2E Drones in Metaverse + More News
5.1.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Jetpack Features We Love and Use at CSS-Tricks
4.1.2022
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We use and love Jetpack around here. It’s a WordPress plugin that brings a whole suite of functionality to your site ranging from security to marketing with lots of ridiculously useful stuff in between! …
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CSS-Based Fingerprinting
3.1.2022
Fingerprinting is bad. It’s a term that refers to building up enough metadata about a user that you can essentially figure out who they are. JavaScript has access to all sorts of fingerprinting possibilities, which then combined with the IP …
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0.2 Zettahash: Bitcoin’s Hashrate Taps New Lifetime High, Mining Difficulty Nears ATH
2.1.2022
Bitcoin’s hashrate tapped a lifetime high on the first day of 2022 reaching 209.39 exahash per second (EH/s). During the last 12 months, Bitcoin’s hashrate has increased by 47.92% from the 141.55 EH/s recorded on January 3, 2021. Bitcoin’s Hashpower Reaches a New Milestone...
Video Game Retail Giant Gamestop Reveals More Clues About Upcoming NFT Marketplace
29.12.2021
At the end of May, crypto advocates discovered a website created by the video game retailer Gamestop. The web portal disclosed that Gamestop was entering the world of blockchain tech and non-fungible token (NFT) assets. Gamestop’s NFT web portal has recently been updated and is requesting...
North Korea Views its USD 1.7B Crypto Hack Hauls as a ‘Long-term Investment’
27.12.2021
North Korea “has hacked USD 1.7 billion worth of crypto from exchanges,” reports have claimed -and experts say that Pyongyang is going long on its haul of tokens, rather than immediately swapping them for cash....
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Elcheron Malware Targets Crypto Users on Telegram: Here’s How to Stay Safe
27.12.2021
There is a new Telegram malware dubbed Elcheron, which joins crypto-focused groups in a bid to steal crypto wallets and account credentials, said SafeGuard Cyber.
According to the report, the malware is distributed among Telegram groups by a user with the "Smokes Night" handle, who spreads...
Spider-Man: No Way Home Torrents May Contain Crypto Malware, Cybersecurity Firm Warns
27.12.2021
Cryptocurrency malware has been found in a torrent download of the new Marvel movie Spider-Man: No Way Home, a cybersecurity firm has warned. “This [crypto] miner adds exclusions to Windows Defender, creates persistence, and spawns a watchdog process to maintain its activity,”...
UAE to Jail Promoters of Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Schemes for Five Years, Offenders to Pay Over $270K in Fines
26.12.2021
Fraudsters promoting online cryptocurrency scams in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) now face a possible five-year jail sentence plus a fine of up to $272,000, according to a report. The new measures, which are set to take effect on January 2, 2022, are part of the government’s effort...
Fantom DeFi Project Loses $30M to a Security Breach
21.12.2021
Fantom-based Grim Finance recently faced a security breach, losing 30 million dollars to a hacker. The unidentified hacker exploited a reentrancy bug in Grim Finance’s smart contracts. As soon as the news of the attack came out, the network’s TVL dipped to 4.2 million dollars from 98.9...
Crypto Security in 2022: Prepare for More DeFi Hacks, Exchange Outages, and Noob Mistakes
19.12.2021
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Security is integral to crypto. This is perhaps unsurprising for something based heavily in cryptography, but with cryptoassets now surpassing a total market capitalization of USD 2trn, security has to be a key issue for every exchange, wallet, platform, user, and investor in...
What Did We Learn from the MonoX Hack?
17.12.2021
Gleb Zykov is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of HashEx, a blockchain advisory and security audits company._____...
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HTML Sanitizer API
16.12.2021
Three cheers for (draft stage) progress on a Sanitizer API! It’s gospel that you can’t trust user input. And indeed, any app I’ve ever worked on has dealt with bad actors trying to slip in and execute nefarious code …
Vulcan Forged Platform Suffers Security Breach, 96 Wallets Compromised
14.12.2021
Vulcan Forged, a gaming and NFT platform, suffered a security breach that allowed attackers to gain control of some cryptocurrency wallets of the service. The hackers got hold of 96 user wallets and managed to steal more than 4.5 million PYR, the native token of the project, among other assets....
Log a User Out from Command Line
14.12.2021
Automation is a system administrator, support agent, and tech savvy person’s dream. Automating tasks via scripts remotely helps to get clients out of trouble or even the organization itself. Oftentimes big updates can require users log out. Logging a user out from command line is super easy...
Ascendex Hacked — Exchange Loses $77 Million in ERC20, BSC, Polygon Tokens
12.12.2021
Ascendex, a cryptocurrency exchange, suffered a security breach that allowed hackers to take control of some of the wallets of the exchange. The attack focused on hot wallets, where funds are kept as a buffer to tend to customers’ withdrawals. The company announced that it would reimburse...
Indian trade group recommends ‘special class security’ status for crypto
9.12.2021
The Confederation of Indian Industries has proposed new regulations around the nascent crypto market