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Hacker Steals USD 15M from Crypto.com, Say Analysts; Platform Claims User Funds Weren't Lost
18.1.2022
Major crypto platform Crypto.com has lost millions of dollars in crypto in yesterday’s attack, claim analysts, while the platform's CEO is assuring the public that customer funds have not been lost.
Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek tweeted “some thoughts” on Tuesday regarding the event of...
North Korean Hackers Stole $400 Million in Cryptocurrency Last Year — Ether Accounts for 58% of Stolen Funds
15.1.2022
North Korean hackers stole cryptocurrency worth about $400 million last year in at least seven major attacks on crypto platforms. “Only 20% of the stolen funds were bitcoin … And for the first time ever, ether accounted for a majority of the funds stolen at 58%,” said...
Animoca Brands-Owned Lympo Hacked, LMT Token Goes on Wild Ride
10.1.2022
Lympo, a developer of a sports non-fungible tokens (NFTs) ecosystem, confirmed that hackers stole LMT 165.2m (worth around USD 1.3m before the hack) from its operational hot wallet today. The token crashed around 78% in a few minutes before recovering part of its losses.
At 17:34 UTC, LMT (Lympo...
LCX Loses USD 8M in a Hot Wallet Hack
10.1.2022
Crypto exchange LCX fell victim to a hack over the weekend that drained it of nearly USD 8m worth of digital assets.
The hacker managed to compromise one of the exchange's hot wallets over the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, stealing high amounts of ETH, USD coin (USDC), EURe, and SAND...
Tip: Javascriptový hack schránky. Aneb když na webu zkopírujete něco úplně jiného
6.1.2022
Každé malé dítě ví, že když na webu něco zkopíruje do systémové schránky, tak to tam prostě je a může to kdykoliv a kamkoliv zase vložit. Skutečnost je ale mnohem složitější, protože tu máme Javascript a potenciální záškodníky, kteří mohou obsah schránky pozměnit.
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$2.2M Worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs Stolen — Victim Says Incident Was ‘Arguably the Worst Night’ of His Life
31.12.2021
According to reports, roughly $2.2 million worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were stolen from a collector. The owner of the NFTs Todd Kramer said the incident was “arguably the worst night” of his life. Furthermore...
Crypto News Rewind 2021: Q3 - Bitcoin Becomes Legal Tender & Gets Taproot, Improved Ethereum, NFTzation
30.12.2021
Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the third quarter of this year:
Total crypto market capitalization in Q3
And with this ended the third quarter of 2021.
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Polygon Justifies Its Quiet Hard-Fork Citing 'Critical Vulnerability'
29.12.2021
Earlier this month, the popular Ethereum (ETH) layer-2 solution Polygon (MATIC) carried out a hard-fork, though in silence and with no official explanation. Now, exactly 24 days later, it justified its actions in a postmortem, citing a critical vulnerability that could have drained the network...
North Korea Views its USD 1.7B Crypto Hack Hauls as a ‘Long-term Investment’
27.12.2021
North Korea “has hacked USD 1.7 billion worth of crypto from exchanges,” reports have claimed -and experts say that Pyongyang is going long on its haul of tokens, rather than immediately swapping them for cash....
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Elcheron Malware Targets Crypto Users on Telegram: Here’s How to Stay Safe
27.12.2021
There is a new Telegram malware dubbed Elcheron, which joins crypto-focused groups in a bid to steal crypto wallets and account credentials, said SafeGuard Cyber.
According to the report, the malware is distributed among Telegram groups by a user with the "Smokes Night" handle, who spreads...
Investors in Collapsed South African Crypto Platform Reimbursed a Portion of Invested Funds
26.12.2021
Investors in Africrypt, the now-defunct South African crypto platform, were recently reimbursed a portion of their invested funds. The payments were made by Pennython Project Management LLC as part of a settlement offer that potentially ends claims against Africrypt’s runaway directors....
Solana-Based Hacked Monkey Kingdom Has a Phishing Lesson for NFT Buyers
23.12.2021
Solana (SOL)-based non-fungible token (NFT) project Monkey Kingdom had its official Discord server hacked on Tuesday during a presale, allowing a cyber thief to run away with nearly USD 1.3m worth of digital assets. The incident is another stark reminder to be extra careful and not to fall into...
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
Santa Hackathon? Visor Finance Marks 7th Hack in December
22.12.2021
Liquidity management decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Visor Finance is the latest victim of a DeFi hack, with the protocol estimated to have lost USD 8.2m worth of digital assets - and becoming the 7th crypto establishment to get exploited in the last month of the year....
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6th Hack This Month Confirmed: Bent Finance Asks Investors to Withdraw all Funds
21.12.2021
High yield staking platform Bent Finance has confirmed that it has been attacked, advising investors to withdraw funds - becoming the sixth hacked decentralized finance (DeFi) platform we reported on this month alone.
So far, reported-on December hacks include Badger DAO, Bitmart, AscendEX...
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
Hacked Grim Finance's Auditors Blame New Analyst For Missing the Issue
20.12.2021
Auditors of the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Grim Finance, which was exploited for USD 30m worth of digital assets on Sunday, claim that a new analyst had conducted the protocol's audit while their Chief Technology Officer (CTO) was on vacation....
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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...
What Did We Learn from the MonoX Hack?
17.12.2021
Gleb Zykov is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of HashEx, a blockchain advisory and security audits company._____...
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Shanghai Man: AscendEX reopened after $80m hack, Huobi suffers key personnel departures, and government officials punished for mining activities
17.12.2021