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North Korean Lazarus hacker group using LinkedIn to target and steal assets: Report
24.4.2024
Lazarus group first surfaced in 2009, and since then, it has primarily targeted crypto firms, stealing billions of dollars worth of assets
Mango Markets Hacker Found Guilty, Faces 20 Years in Prison: Reuters
19.4.2024
Avraham Eisenberg, the notorious Mango Markets hacker, has been found guilty of commodities fraud, manipulation, and wire fraud in a Manhattan federal court. Eisenberg orchestrated a complex scheme to exploit the Solana-based DeFi platform, resulting in the theft of approximately $110 million.
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White Hat Hacker Team SEAL Launches Threat-Sharing Platform for Crypto
17.4.2024
The Security Alliance (SEAL), a white-hat hacker collective, introduces SEAL ISAC – a platform designed to bolster crypto security through collaborative threat intelligence sharing. SEAL ISAC offers resources, facilitates expert connections, and empowers the crypto community to combat cyberattacks....
Pokémon Hacker Arrested For Selling Modified Violet Monsters
12.4.2024
A Japanese man in his mid-30s has been arrested for allegedly tampering with Pokémon Violet save data to sell rare monsters online to interested buyers.Read more
Hacker Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Stealing Over $12M From Crypto Exchanges
12.4.2024
Shakeeb Ahmed, a security engineer who stole over $12 million from two different decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges built on Solana, was sentenced to three years in prison and three years of supervised release by a federal judge on Friday
Suicide Squad Hackers Break Game To Play As Unreleased Characters
5.4.2024
It appears the live-service shooter Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League is, once again, suffering from a hacker problem. Instead of doing absolutely absurd amounts of damage, this time hackers have figured out how to gain access to unreleased characters and skins. And publisher WB Games...
Hacker Behind $320 Million Wormhole Bridge Exploit Initially Eligible for $50,000 Airdrop
4.4.2024
The hacker responsible for the notorious $320 million Wormhole bridge exploit in 2022 was initially eligible for the recent W airdrop.
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Call of Duty Cheaters Allegedly Lose Their Bitcoin as Hackers Target Gamers With Malware
29.3.2024
The malware has already impacted hundreds of thousands of players and the numbers are still growing, as per malware market informer @vxunderground
Heco Bridge Hacker Moves $137 Million in Stolen ETH to Tornado Cash
24.3.2024
In a recent development observed by onchain alerts, the entity responsible for exploiting the Heco bridge and siphoning off millions in ethereum late in November 2023 from the conduit bridge connecting Ethereum and the Heco blockchain, transferred 40,391.8 ether to the mixing platform Tornado Cash....
Apex Legends Tournament Hacker Speaks, Swears It Was ‘A Joke’
20.3.2024
An individual responsible for hacking an Apex Legends global tournament over the weekend has revealed their motivations: they did it “just for fun.” Read more
‘Criminal Geniuses’ Admit Fortnite Hack Was A Total Hoax
5.3.2024
Last week, reports broke that Fortnite maker Epic Games had allegedly been the victim of a hack, with a supposed ransomware group claiming it had snagged 200 gigabytes of internal data. Almost immediately, however, Epic announced that it had no evidence any such hack had taken place. Now, it turns...
Seneca Hacker Returns $5.3M Amid Legal Threats, Keeps $1M Bounty
29.2.2024
After exploiting the Seneca blockchain protocol, the hacker returned $5.3 million of the stolen funds to the project's Ethereum wallet, keeping a $1 million bounty for identifying a critical vulnerability.
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U.S. Government Crypto Wallets Transfer Nearly $1B of Bitcoin Seized From Bitfinex Hacker
28.2.2024
Wallets containing bitcoin seized by the U.S. government in the notorious Bitfinex hack – later leading to guilty pleas for Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather "Razzlekhan" Morgan – have suddenly become active
Hacker Behind 2023 KyberSwap Attack Moves $2.5 Million From Arbitrum to Ethereum
26.2.2024
In an X post published on February 26, blockchain analytics firm PeckShield noted that the hacker moved 798.8 Ether (worth ~$2.49 million) from Arbitrum to the Ethereum blockchain.
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YoMix Replaces Sanctioned Sinbad Mixer for Lazarus Hacker Group: Chainalysis
16.2.2024
After sanctions were imposed on Tornado Cash and Sinbad was shut down following similar actions against the platform, Chainalysis revealed that YoMix, a Bitcoin mixer, has stepped in as an alternative for the North Korean Lazarus Group Recent discoveries by the blockchain analysis firm show that...
Apple Vision Pros Are Practically Dress Code at This Crypto Hacker House
15.2.2024
Airdrop riches and FOMO are fueling a run on Apple's pricey VR headset at mtnDAO, the Solana blockchain's largest community-run coworking meetup, in Salt Lake City
Hacker za pár sekund překonal šifrování BitLocker. Stačila mu upravená destička Raspberry Pi Pico
13.2.2024
Technologie BitLocker se už roky stará o šifrování disků na počítačích s Windows, ani ta však neodolá hackerům. Bezpečnostní expert Stacksmashing se na YouTube pochlubil, že mu k prolomení stačilo jen pár desítek sekund a prototypovací destička Raspberry Pi Pico za stovku.
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PlayDapp Suffers Security Breach with $32 Million PLA Token Exploited
12.2.2024
The web3 gaming platform PlayDapp has suffered a major security breach, resulting in the unauthorized issue of 200 million PLA tokens. The blockchain security and analytics firm PeckShield Inc. spotted the breach on Feb. 10 and alerted PlayDapp about the exploit in a social media post. Security...
Playdapp Breach: Hacker Mints Tokens Worth $31 Million, Gaming Platform Offers Reward for Silence
12.2.2024
Playdapp, a Web3 gaming platform, recently confirmed that it was a victim of a hacking incident which saw criminals mint tokens worth approximately $31 million. Playdapp said it has offered to reward the hackers if they agree to return the stolen assets and contracts. Crypto Exchanges Urged...
Solana's Most-Notorious Hacker House Is Bigger Than Ever
5.2.2024
This year's mtnDAO is flush with cash and short on monitors