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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
Bitmart Loses $200 Million in Hack Performed by Unknown Attackers
6.12.2021
Bitmart, a cryptocurrency exchange, suffered an attack yesterday that exploited some security vulnerabilities in order to gain access to the funds of the exchange. The attack targeted the hot wallets of the platform, specifically the Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain-based wallets. The hackers...
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
Exploit Allows Hackers to Siphon $120 Million From Defi Protocol Badgerdao
2.12.2021
The decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) called Badgerdao has disclosed that it has “received reports of unauthorized withdrawals of user funds.” The analytics team Peckshield estimates that over $120 million was siphoned in the Badgerdao breach. Badgerdao Suffers $120 Million...
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
Hackers can use compromised Google Cloud accounts to install mining software in under 30 seconds: report
26.11.2021
The report said the actors usually gained access to Cloud accounts because of “poor customer security practices” or “vulnerable third-party software.”
Hackers Appear One Step Closer To Jailbreaking The PS5
8.11.2021
The PlayStation 5 only launched a year ago this week, but already hackers appear to have made massive breakthroughs in potentially jailbreaking the latest Sony console. Both theFlow0 and Fail0verflow posted screenshots on Twitter over the weekend indicating they managed to unlock the PS5’s debug...
“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
Report: Hackers Laundered $10 Million On Twitch
4.11.2021
After an investigation into last month’s leaked data, it has been alleged that a group of hackers laundered almost $10 million in illegally-obtained funds by making a ton of tiny donations to Twitch streamers.Read more
THORChain concludes 2 security audits following summer exploits
28.10.2021
DeFi has become a popular attack vector for cybercriminals. After a highly ambitious launch, THORChain suffered two major exploits in July
BREAKING: Cream Finance appears to have suffered major loss in flash loan hack
27.10.2021
Malicious actors continue to target decentralized finance projects for their exploits. On Wednesday, a major DeFi lending platform suffered a flash loan attack
Ukraine Security Service Busts Criminal Group Selling Bitcoin-Stealing Malware
27.10.2021
Law enforcement authorities in Ukraine have exposed a crime ring specializing in cryptocurrency theft and laundering of illicit funds for hackers. The gang, which provided services to clients on the darknet, has been dismantled as a result of a joint operation carried out with the United States....
YouTube channels hacked and rebranded for live-streaming crypto scams
24.10.2021
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) attributes the attacks to a group of hackers recruited in a Russian-speaking forum, who sell the hacked YouTube channels to the highest bidder
CoinMarketCap hack reportedly leaks 3.1 million user email addresses
23.10.2021
3.1 million email addresses linked to CoinMarketCap accounts were reportedly being traded on hacking forums, according to Have I Been Pwned
Polygon pays $2M bounty on bug which could have compromised $850M in user funds
22.10.2021
The white hat hacker speculated that the bug might have been created from "using someone else’s code and not having a 100% understanding of what it does."
Console Hackers Commandeer Switch Game’s Very Fast Sega Saturn Emulator
12.10.2021
Last week, publisher City Connection released new versions of the arcade / Sega Saturn shmups Cotton 2, Cotton Boomerang, and Guardian Force for both PS4 and Switch. It wasn’t long before Switch tinkerers over on GBAtemp realized they could inject other Saturn games into City Connection’s emulator...
North Korea Is Targeting Crypto Users with Spear-Phishing Attacks, Says UN
6.10.2021
nce that Pyongyang-linked hackers and state-sponsored crypto thieves are “primarily using social media platforms to identify targets and attempt initial contact” with crypto holders.Rather than spamming a broad range of targets with generic emails that invariably end up in junk folders, the U
Coinbase Reveals Massive Hack of User Accounts: Over 6,000 Customers Lost Funds
2.10.2021
The Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has disclosed that at least 6,000 users were victims of a hacking campaign to gain unauthorized access to the accounts of Coinbase customers. The hackers also took advantage of a flaw in Coinbase’s SMS Account Recovery process to gain access...
Hackers exploit MFA flaw to steal from 6,000 Coinbase customers — report
1.10.2021
Malicious actors reportedly took advantage of Coinbase’s SMS account recovery process to gain access to user funds