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CoinStats hack caused by ‘socially engineered’ employee, CEO suspects
27.6.2024
CoinStats reveals employee-targeted social engineering attack behind the hack affecting 1.3% of wallets
ETHDublin: Engineering Irish Tech Culture Through Web3 Innovation
21.6.2024
Dublin recently found itself in the eye of a tech storm as ETHDublin, Ireland’s Web3 hackathon and conference, drew a motley crew of innovators from around the globe. Organised with panache by the ETH Ireland team and hosted at the trendy Dogpatch Labs, the event tackles industry challenges...
‘Hacker’ identified in celebrity memecoin scams, says crypto sleuth Roxo
27.5.2024
A person associated with Caitlyn Jenner’s JENNER coin launch rugged five other prominent figures, but not her, according to Roxo
Former FTX Executives and Promoters To Pay $1.35 Million in Lawsuit Settlement Deal
29.3.2024
Former executives and promoters of crypto exchange FTX have agreed to settle a class action following founder Sam Bankman-Fried's sentencing Thursday, court documents filed yesterday show. Former head of engineering for FTX, Nishad Singh, Alameda Research CEO, Caroline Ellison, chief technological...
Toyota Is Making A Real, Rideable Pokémon, And It Looks Incredible
7.3.2024
Every Pokémon fan has dreamt of riding one of the series’ monsters instead of using more mundane methods of transportation. Cars, trains, boats, and planes are just not as cool as riding a Pokémon friend to get where you need to go. Well, Toyota has made at least one rideable Pokémon a reality,...
Hydro Crypto Token Price Manipulation Convict Gets Jail Term
8.2.2024
A Florida federal jury convicted Hydrogen Technology Corp’s former head of financial engineering over crypto price manipulation conspiracy. The convict, Shane Hampton, allegedly orchestrated a months-long scheme to manipulate the price of Hydrogen Tech’s native crypto token – Hydro. The beleaguered...
Abracadabra Money in Crisis as $6.5 Million Crypto Theft Sends Shockwaves Across DeFi Community
30.1.2024
Source: iStock / Xijian Popular Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Abracadabra Money fell victim to a platform attack on January 30. Announcing the incident on its official X (formerly Twitter) handle, the DeFi protocol stated that it is aware of an exploit on its platform...
Concentric Confirms $1.6M Private Key Breach on Arbitrum Protocol
22.1.2024
The liquidity manager app Concentric has fallen victim to private key exploitation on the Arbitrum network. According to the post on their official X account, the protocol confirmed the incident, revealing that the security breach resulted from a targeted social engineering attack on one of...
AI Art Generator Allegedly Scraped Magic: The Gathering Cards For Material
5.1.2024
AI-generated art is just pulling from existing work people have created and throwing elements together to create what the algorithm thinks you want. But it’s not often you hear specifics of where an AI program is scraping from. Well, the CEO behind AI art-generating program Midjourney allegedly...
Coinbase Eyes Tech Talent in India as it Looks to Expand Workforce
27.11.2023
Source: Pexels US-based crypto exchange giant Coinbase is looking to expand its workforce in India despite facing regulatory setbacks for its products. The company is actively recruiting for product and technology positions, both in remote capacities and at its Bengaluru and Hyderabad locations....
Today in Crypto: 11 Former Revolut, Spotify, and Coinbase Leaders Unveil Zeal Wallet, Ondo Finance Launches Tokenized US Treasury Product on Injective
21.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / trekandphoto Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. __________ Wallet news The team consisting of 11 former Product and Engineering leaders from Revolut, Spotify, and Coinbase...
Kotaku Asks: How Soon Is Too Soon For A Video Game Remaster Or Remake?
20.11.2023
How much time has to pass before it becomes acceptable to remaster or even remake a game? 10 years? 15 years? What about three-ish years? Is that enough time between the original and the remaster? Well, that’s what’s happening early next year as Naughty Dog is remastering 2020’s The Last of Us Part...
College Prof Uses Tears Of The Kingdom To Teach An Engineering Class
20.11.2023
Link’s new abilities in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom let you construct all kinds of contraptions, from functional computers to uh, flamethrowing dicks. Thanks to these building powers, a college professor is using TotK’s mechanics and physics engine to teach students a bit about...
Aave Rebrands to Avara, Announces Latest Acquisition in Web3
17.11.2023
Source: Avara Aave has announced its rebranding to Avara and the acquisition of Los Feliz Engineering, a Los Angeles-based web3 startup. Avara is the home to some of the most innovative web3 brands: @aave, @lensprotocol, @ghoaave, @sonar, and now @family all building towards a people powered...
Fate of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Co-Defendants Uncertain: Prison Sentences Loom?
4.11.2023
With Sam Bankman-Fried, the convicted founder of FTX, facing the prospect of spending decades in a federal prison, some are wondering what lies ahead for his former colleagues and co-defendants. Nishad Singh, FTX’s director of engineering, Gary Wang, the exchange’s chief technical...
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...
Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang, and Nishad Singh Might Not be Jailed, Bankman-Fried Faces Decades in Prison: Bloomberg
3.11.2023
Three former close friends and colleagues of FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried have testified against him, potentially leading to minimal jail time for themselves. Caroline Ellison, CEO of Alameda Research, Gary Wang, co-founder of FTX, and Nishad Singh, FTX engineering chief, were key witnesses...
Prosecution Rests Case, SBF to Testify this Afternoon
26.10.2023
  Bankman-Fried’s decision to testify comes after a number of his former close associates took the stand against him. Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison, FTX co-founder, Gary Wang, and head of engineering for FTX Nishad Singh, largely deflected responsibility back...
Ex-FTX Chief’s Defense Team Challenges FBI Interviews, Raises Questions About Witness Credibility
26.10.2023
On Wednesday, the defense team for the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried issued a letter to the judge seeking to question two FBI agents who interviewed Gary Wang, former chief technology officer of FTX, and Nishad Singh, former director of engineering at FTX. Lawyers allege the witnesses provided...
This Cybersecurity Pro Gets Paid to Hack Ethereum – for the Good of the Network
25.10.2023
One technique that these Ethereum Foundation security researchers use to protect the blockchain is “fuzzing,” a term borrowed from the software-development industry that’s become a common way of checking to make sure a system is secure and resilient