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Harmony’s $100M Hack Was Due to a Compromised Multi-Sig Scheme, Says Analyst
26.6.2022
On June 23, 2022, the Harmony development team announced that $100 million was siphoned from the Horizon bridge, and the organization explained it was working with national authorities and forensic specialists. According to an account published Polygon’s chief information security officer...
Devs Share The Wild, Secret Hacks Your Favorite Games Rely On
23.6.2022
Did you know all the horses in Assassin’s Creed 1 are built using really fucked up human skeletons? Or that Titan Quest used invisible squirrels as in-game timers? All of this is true and is more proof that games are mostly wild collections of code and hope that have more in common with miracles...
NFT, DeFi and crypto hacks abound — Here’s how to double up on wallet security
22.6.2022
Falling prey to a fraudulent link can be devastating to one’s personal investment portfolio. Here are three ways a hard wallet can protect you
Illicit crypto usage as a percent of total usage has fallen: Report
14.6.2022
A rapidly growing crypto market means that hacks and scams are accounting for less overall activity, and their percentage of total usage continues to decline
Anonymous hacker served with restraining order via NFT
9.6.2022
International law firm Holland & Knight served a defendant in a hacking case with an NFT that was created and airdropped by its asset recovery team
Crypto privacy is in greater jeopardy than ever before — here's why
9.6.2022
Many cryptocurrency hacks are targeted and deliberate, making them extremely dangerous if not addressed
Yuga Labs’ BAYC, OtherSide Discord groups breached, over 145 ETH stolen
5.6.2022
According to OKHotshot’s investigations, the attack was conducted by hacking into the Discord account of Boris Vagner, community and social manager for Yuga Labs
Anonymous Hacks Major Belarusian Government Websites
2.6.2022
The websites of several ministries of Belarus have allegedly been taken down in a new attack, part of the cyberwar Anonymous is waging to help Ukraine. The hacking group declared it’s targeting the Belarusian government for its complicity in the Russian invasion of the neighboring country....
Is there a secure future for cross-chain bridges?
29.5.2022
For all the flak they have been getting recently, cross-chain bridges bring too much value to the blockchain space to ditch them
Crypto Firms Launch Community-Powered Scam Reporting Platform ‘Chainabuse’
24.5.2022
Several crypto firms, including Binance and Circle, have launched a new crypto scam reporting platform. The tool “empowers anyone in the crypto economy to warn others about scams, hacks or other fraudulent activity as they encounter it.” New Crypto Scam Reporting Platform Launched...
Needed: A massive education project to fight hacks and scams
21.5.2022
Scams are shattering mainstream confidence in crypto, perhaps irreparably. A large-scale, coordinated education initiative can help ensure that they don’t
Anonymous Allegedly Hacks Sberbank, Russia’s Largest Bank
20.5.2022
Hacktivist collective Anonymous has allegedly breached the systems of one of the largest financial institutions in Russia, Sberbank. The attackers announced on social media they have published thousands of emails, phone numbers, and addresses. Anonymous Hackers Reportedly Gain Access to Sberbank...
DeFi-ing exploits: New Chainalysis tool tracks stolen crypto across multiple chains
19.5.2022
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis introduced a new tool to help monitor transactions and tokens across DeFi protocols and multiple blockchains
Crypto giants co-launch Chainabuse platform to water down rising scams
18.5.2022
Chainabuse allows crypto users, victims of financial crimes, and crypto businesses to report, discuss and issue warnings actively and ultimately reduce the effectiveness of the scam
Axie Infinity's Discord bot compromised, hackers issue fake minting message
18.5.2022
The developers have managed to delete the fake message and remove the MEE6 bot from the main server
DeFi attacks are on the rise — Will the industry be able to stem the tide?
14.5.2022
Dozens of DeFi systems have been hacked over the past year, and the trend doesn’t seem to be abating
Etherscan, CoinGecko warn against ongoing MetaMask phishing attacks
14.5.2022
While investigations are underway, the ongoing attack on various crypto platforms may be connected to the compromise of Coinzilla, an advertising and marketing agency
Finance Redefined: DeFi protocols lost $1.6B, EU to rethink DeFi approach and more
6.5.2022
The week in DeFi saw European lawmakers write a new chapter on DeFi, Virginia county plans to put its pension fun in a DeFi yield, DeFi protocols lost $1.6 billion to exploits and more
Polkadot launches cross-chain messaging system to solve blockchain’s bridge problem
4.5.2022
Bridges have become one of the largest points of failure in the crypto industry. Polkadot wants to do away with them
Anonymous Hackers Claim to Have Breached Russian Payment Service Provider Qiwi
4.5.2022
A hacking group linked to the Anonymous collective has allegedly hit the popular Russian payment processor Qiwi. Network Battalion 65 announced on social media it had managed to gain access to the platform’s databases — a claim the company has denied. Anonymous Affiliate Hacks Russian...