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Cosmos co-founder says a major security vulnerability has been uncovered on IBC
13.10.2022
A public patch fixing the exploit is scheduled to be released tomorrow
White hat finds huge vulnerability in ETH to Arbitrum bridge: Wen max bounty?
21.9.2022
The ethical exploiter thanked Arbitrium for the 400 ETH payday, but said such a find should be eligible for the max bounty of nearly 1,500 ETH, or $2 million
Well-known vulnerability in private keys likely exploited in $160M Wintermute hack
20.9.2022
The vulnerability in private keys generated by the popular Profanity vanity key generator was noted in January and has already been implicated in at least one major hack
ETHW confirms contract vulnerability exploit, dismisses replay attack claims
19.9.2022
The proof-of-work fork of the Ethereum blockchain was targeted by a cross-chain contract exploit
Profanity tool vulnerability drains $3.3M despite 1Inch warning
18.9.2022
1Inch's investigations pointed out the ambiguity in the creation of vanity addresses, suggesting that Profanity wallets were secretly hacked
1inch Finds Vulnerability in Address Generating Tool Profanity
16.9.2022
Several 1inch contributors recently discovered a vulnerability in Profanity. The Ethereum-based vanity address generating tool is one of the most popular names on the network. Usually, Ethereum users create wallets by calculating a hash of a public key extracted from a random private key. While...
Solana’s Investigation Indicates Wallet Exploit Tied to Slope Mobile App
4.8.2022
Following the Solana wallet attack, the Solana Status team updated the public and detailed that the wallet addresses affected by the breach were tied to Slope mobile wallet applications. The team further stressed that “there is no evidence the Solana protocol or its cryptography...
Nomad reportedly ignored security vulnerability that led to $190M exploit
3.8.2022
The altcoins that were stolen in the Nomad bridge hack suffered as much as 94% decline in price after the exploit
Cross-Chain Bridge Nomad Loses $190 Million Making It 2022’s Third-Largest Crypto Heist
2.8.2022
On Monday, the cross-chain token bridge Nomad was attacked and hackers managed to siphon $190 million from the protocol, draining a great majority of the funds. The Nomad cross-chain bridge attack was the third-biggest crypto heist of 2022, and the ninth largest of all time. Nomad Cross-Chain...
Aave devs propose freezing Fantom integration, citing lack of traction and potential vulnerability
2.8.2022
The Fantom market on Aave v3 adds just $30 each day to the DeFi protocol's treasury; developers are also concerned that the integration creates security risks
Chia Network Reissues Its Asset Token to Address Security Vulnerability
25.7.2022
The smart transaction platform will upgrade its Chia Asset Token (CAT) to a new token (CAT2) to address a potential security weaknesses
Exploit Forces Crema Finance to Temporarily Suspend Services, $8.7 Million Stolen
3.7.2022
According to the decentralized finance (defi) protocol Crema Finance, the application was hacked on July 2, 2022. A Twitter account called “Solanafm” says the defi protocol lost around $8.7 million from the attack. Crema Finance Vulnerability Causes Defi App to Lose Millions —...
MetaMask, Phantom, Brave, and XDefi Wallets Patch 'Demonic Critical Vulnerability' Before an Attack
16.6.2022
A number of prominent browser extension wallets, including Ethereum (ETH) wallet MetaMask, Solana (SOL)'s Phantom, Brave, and cross-chain wallet extension XDefi, have patched a "critical vulnerability" that could have exposed sensitive login credentials if specific conditions were met.
The...
MetaMask warns of security vulnerability from older versions of popular crypto wallet
15.6.2022
"Ultimately, we've learned that our password encryption feature's security was partially undermined by browser behavior," said the team at MetaMask
MetaMask, Phantom and Other Browser Wallets Patch Security Vulnerability
15.6.2022
There is no evidence that the vulnerability was ever exploited by attackers, meaning no user funds are believed to have been impacted
Attackers Steal $80 Million From Rari Capital’s Fuse Platform, Fei Protocol Suffers From Exploit
30.4.2022
According to a report from the blockchain company Blocsec, Rari Capital’s Fuse platform has lost roughly $80 million from a “reentrancy vulnerability.” On Saturday, Fei Protocol’s official Twitter account confirmed it lost funds from the Rari Fuse platform exploit....
Axie Infinity Loses $620 Million After Hacker Compromised Ronin Validators
29.3.2022
According to Sky Mavis, the creators of the blockchain NFT game Axie Infinity, the Ronin network has been attacked, and a hacker has managed to siphon 173,600 in ethereum and 25.5 million usd coin (USDC). The attacker has obtained roughly $620 million worth of crypto assets, and the Ronin bridge...
Attacker Hacks Arbitrum’s Treasure DAO for Over 100 NFTs by Leveraging Marketplace Exploit
4.3.2022
A non-fungible token market platform built on top of Arbitrum called Treasure DAO was hacked on March 3 at 7:33 a.m. (EST), according to a post mortem analysis authored by the security-focused firm Certik. The company’s report notes that “over 100 NFTs were stolen in...
Cydia Dev Discloses Ethereum L2 Bug — Optimism Attacker Could Have ‘Printed an Arbitrary Quantity of Tokens’
13.2.2022
On February 10, the well-known developer of Cydia and iOS Jailbreak, Jay Freeman, otherwise known as Saurik, published a Twitter thread about a bug he found in the Layer-2 (L2) scaling protocol known as Optimism. According to Freeman, the vulnerability, which has been patched, could have allowed...
Multichain Losses Reportedly Exceed USD 3M As Critical Vulnerability Remains Unsolved
20.1.2022
Losses of the cross-chain router protocol (CRP) Multichain have reportedly exceeded USD 3m as the protocol is still prone to additional hacks and exploitation.
Tal Be’ery, co-founder of the crypto wallet app ZenGo, claimed that the "hack is far from being over." He added that hackers have...