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Metaswap Gas incommunicado as experts link MGAS price drop to rug pull
27.12.2021
Following the unexpected MGAS price drop, Metaswap Gas' social media accounts were deleted, supporting PeckShield’s claim of a rug pull
7 DeFi Hacks, 30B VC Dollars and 20 Crypto Jokes
25.12.2021
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Hong Kong NFT project Monkey Kingdom loses $1.3M in phishing hack, launches compensation fund
22.12.2021
The exploited nonfungible token project is looking to make things right before the holidays with the help of a compensation fund
Bent Finance confirms pool exploit, advises investors to withdraw funds
21.12.2021
Bent Finance proactively advised investors to withdraw funds and plans to reimburse losses "one way or another."
DeFi protocol Grim Finance lost $30M in 5x reentrancy hack
20.12.2021
An apparent security flaw in the Grim Finance protocol allowed the attacker to fake five additional deposits
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...
AscendEX loses $80M following ERC-20, BSC, Polygon hot wallet compromise
12.12.2021
Out of the lot, around $60 million worth of tokens were transferred over the Ethereum blockchain alone. Tokens stolen from BSC and Polygon are worth $9.2 million and $8.5 million respectively
Indian prime minister Modi's hacked Twitter account attempts BTC scam
12.12.2021
Soon after Modi's Twitter account with over 73.4 million followers got hacked, attackers shared misleading information about the mainstream adoption of Bitcoin and a 500 BTC giveaway
What is an eclipse attack?
11.12.2021
Eclipse attacks are a sort of cyberattack in which an attacker creates a fake environment around a single node or user, allowing the attacker to manipulate the node into doing a malicious action
Amex, Visa, Citi, Paypal Invest in Crypto Transaction Monitoring and Forensics Platform
7.12.2021
American Express’ Amex Ventures, Visa, Citi Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Jump Capital, Marshall Wace, Block (formerly Square Inc.), and Paypal Ventures are among investors in the latest funding round of crypto transaction monitoring and forensics platform TRM. Amex, Visa, Citi, Paypal...
Huobi and Shiba Inu community to help BitMart overcome $200M hack
6.12.2021
Over the weekend, hackers made away with nearly $200 million in 20 different tokens
Ethereum Proposals, DeFi Hacks, Name Changes and 20 Crypto Jokes
4.12.2021
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Finance Redefined: Two DeFi hacks top $120M, and $500M Algo Fund launches, Nov. 26–Dec. 3
3.12.2021
MonoX and BadgerDAO suffer callous security attacks, Borderless Capital opens a $500-million fund to advance Algorand’s ecosystem, and Iota is to launch Assembly in early 2022 — all coming to you in this week’s Finance Redefined
BadgerDAO reportedly suffers security breach and loses $10M
2.12.2021
All smart contracts have been paused but users are urged to revoke permissions to the compromised smart contract to avoid any further losses
Blockchain security firm CertiK approaches unicorn status following $80M raise
1.12.2021
As cryptocurrency markets and DeFi become more lucrative, blockchain companies have recognized a growing need for security
How to enhance DeFi security
23.11.2021
Decentralized finance is exploding. Its security is not. Here’s how to prevent millions more lost in DeFi
Synapse Bridge prevents $8M USD hack
9.11.2021
Network validators were able to identify unusual activity in the platform’s AMM metapools and prevent the fraudulent transaction
“PlugWalkJoe” indicted for $784k cryptocurrency theft scheme
4.11.2021
Joseph O’Connor indicted on a raft of wire fraud, computer hacking, money laundering and identify theft counts
Cointelegraph Consulting: Recounting 2021’s biggest DeFi hacking incidents
3.11.2021
There are a total of 169 blockchain hacking incidents that have taken place in 2021, with nearly $7 billion in funds lost
Stablecoins report: SEC won’t lead regulation, Congress urged to act
3.11.2021
The SEC was denied a monopoly over the stablecoin sector, yet the risk of being designated “systemically important” persists