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Blockchain Security Firm Peckshield Reports Suspicious Activity in Poloniex Exchange Wallet – $60 Million Drained?

10.11.2023
Blockchain security firm, Peckshield has flagged suspicious activity on a wallet owned by centralized cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex suggesting alleged losses of over $60 million. The company has not disclosed the actual amount that was stolen but on-chain data outflows to the receiving wallet...

CertiK Data Highlights Significant Slowdown in New Cryptocurrency Launches

9.11.2023
Source: Adobe / Andrii Yalanskyi Recent data from blockchain security firm CertiK has revealed a noteworthy slowdown in the creation of new cryptocurrencies, with the pace now reaching its slowest in three years. Citing data shared by CertiK, CoinDesk on Wednesday reported that the third quarter...

MacOS Malware KandyKorn Targets Crypto Owners

3.11.2023
A new MacOS malware, known as KandyKorn and linked to the notorious Lazarus Group, has recently been identified. The malware was discovered by the Elastic Security Labs. According to an official report published by the blockchain security firm, KandyKorn relies on social engineering tactics...

Attacker Exploits Rounding Issue to Steal $2.1 Million From Onyx Protocol

1.11.2023
DeFi project Onyx Protocol has fallen victim to a security breach, losing more than $2 million worth of crypto assets. According to a recent post by blockchain security firm Polyzoa, the attacker exploited a rounding issue within the Onyx Protocol to steal $2.1 million worth of funds from...

Rug Pulls Account For Majority of Scams as Q3 2023 Exploits Wipe Out $720 Million

25.10.2023
The impact of digital asset scams has been a major talking point around policies, regulations, and developer’s direction this year with millions lost across chains to bad actors. A new report by blockchain security firm Hacken shows a quarter-to-quarter increase in hacks and money drained...

Blockchain Security Firm Peckshield Identifies Strange Transactions in Crypto Casino Stake Wallet – What’s Going On?

4.9.2023
Blockchain security firms Peckshield and Cyvers have detected multiple suspected transactions with wallets linked to crypto casino, Stake. Etherscan data shows that wallet 0x3130662aece32F05753D00A7B95C0444150BCd3C received about $16 million worth of different cryptocurrencies before it...

Blockchain Security Firm Quantstamp Hopes to Battle Flash Loan Attacks With New Service

23.8.2023
The service has been released in collaboration with researchers from the University of Toronto

Blockchain Security Firm Forta Upgrades Its Scam Detector to Battle Growing Crypto Fraud

8.8.2023
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been lost to scams and exploits in July alone

Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Reveals Vulnerability in Worldcoin Protocol Allowing Unverified Orb Operator Access

5.8.2023
Blockchain security firm CertiK has disclosed a vulnerability in the Worldcoin protocol that allowed unauthorized access for an Orb operator. In a recent Twitter thread, CertiK explained that the vulnerability allowed anyone to bypass the verification requirements to become an Orb operator...

Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Found an Infinite Loop Bug in Sui Network

19.6.2023
The bug was found before Sui mainnet was live and the foundation granted a $500,000 award for the discovery

Crypto Investors Lost $54M to Rugpulls, Scams in May: Blockchain Security Firm De.Fi

2.6.2023
May saw fewer exploits than April, suggesting better security practices among crypto users and developers

Blockchain security firm freezes $160K stolen in Merlin DEX 'rugpull'

5.5.2023
CertiK has contacted law enforcement in the U.S. and U.K. to find the pseudonymous operators

Blockchain Security Firm PeckShield: DeFi Protocol Yearn Finance Suffers $11 Million Exploit – Here's What Happened

13.4.2023
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Yearn Finance has fallen victim to an attack which occurred on Aave version 1, leading to the theft of about $11 million worth of Dai (DAI), Tether (USDT), USD Coin (USDC), Binance USD (BUSD) and Tru USD (TUSD) tokens, according to an investigation carried...

Euler Finance hacked despite 10 audits in 2 years, says CEO

17.3.2023
Euler Labs CEO Michael Bentley stated he will “never forgive” the hacker as the exploit caused him to lose time with his newborn son

Dogecoin Network's Patched Bug Is Still Present in 280 Blockchains, Blockchain Security Firm Says

14.3.2023
The bug pertains to the way peer-to-peer communications are conducted on blockchain networks, such as Litecoin and Zcash

Blockchain Security Firm PeckShield Uncovers New Crypto Scam That Pretends To Be Affiliated With ChatGPT

22.2.2023
Blockchain security firm PeckShield found a number of scam tokens whose creators look to profit from the ChatGPT craze. PeckShield tweeted on Tuesday that, "[It] detected dozens of newly created BingChatGPT tokens, of which 3 appear to be honeypots & 2 have high sell tax."... Read More:...