2023-5-24 13:25 |
In a recent tweet, Pavel Luptak, a hacker and member of the Institute for Cryptoanarchy, expressed skepticism about the widespread adoption of decentralized cryptocurrencies in the current world order. origin »
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Thanks to FTX, top-tier Ethereum whale is hacker
2022-11-20 14:33 | |
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One of the largest decentralized exchanges in the cryptocurrency world, Transit Swap, had formally been breached, and those responsible for the breach have paid about $21 million. A swap contract in the multi-chain DEX had an internal weakness that the…
2022-10-3 13:59 | |
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As the DeFi sector continues to attract money and users, bad actors from around the world continue to view it as an attractive target that is ripe for the picking and poorly protected. The post Op-Ed: The latest trends in hacker attacks and how to deal with them appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-6-21 21:30 | |
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Участники NFT-сообщества Solana создали для хакера ловушку и успешно вернули 25 украденных коллекционных токенов. 1/We're very excited to share a crazy World of Solana community story:We have successfully scammed the hacker of @UnchainedNFT_ !Shoutout to our community, @CyberFrogsNFT and a sniper! ❤️💯#Solana #SolanaNFTs #NFTCommunityFull Story 🧵👇 pic.
2022-5-28 16:53 | |
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The World of Solana (WoS) Twitter account reported details of a community sting operation resulting in a hacker getting scammed. The post World of Solana hacker gets scammed in community sting appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-5-27 09:20 | |
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As reported by CryptoSlate last week, a hacker ran off with about $615 million in ether () and stablecoins after exploiting a multisig contract regulating funds in the Ronin-to-Ethereum bridge – Ronin being the blockchain behind Axie Infinity, the most popular play-to-earn game in the world.
2022-4-4 16:30 | |
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The attacker of cross-chain Poly Network has already started to return the $611 million worth of crypto assets just a day after stealing them. “Its already a legend to win so much fortune. It will be an eternal legend to save the world.
2021-8-12 18:00 | |
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One of the biggest mysteries of the internet world is back after quite a long time, and they are back with another shocking video threatening Elon Musk for his unthoughtful comments on Twitter. Up until last year, Elon Musk had huge respect and people used to admire him for making space exploration and electric cars […] The post The Hacker Group Anonymous allegedly threatens Elon Musk for his take on Bitcoin Mining and misleading thousands of investors to shitcoins like Dogecoin appeared first on ItsBlockchain.
2021-6-7 21:31 | |
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In the world of Bitcoin and other crypto assets, theft and hacks are rather common. Michael Terpin fell victim to such theft a few years ago, yet it now seems that the investigation is reaching a new milestone.
2020-5-12 05:00 | |
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Security researchers from Kaspersky Labs recently revealed that the North Korean hacking group, Lazarus, might be stealing cryptocurrencies via Telegram. North Korea’s interest in crypto on the rise North Korea is known for being one of the few most unpredictable and most concerning countries around the world.
2020-1-9 15:10 | |
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One of the most notorious hackers in the world, Phineas Fisher, has offered a bounty of $100,000 USD to any hacker who is able to break into banks or oil firms to leak information that can be considered beneficial to the public's interest.
2019-11-19 01:10 | |
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North Korea’s notorious state-sponsored hacker team Lazarus Group - the one responsible for stealing more than $500 million from Bitcoin exchanges around the world - has finally been sanctioned by the Trump administration.
2019-9-14 19:57 | |
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A hacker from Kent, England that carried out cyber-attacks on more than 100 companies worldwide has handed over more than a million USD worth of Bitcoin, following a lengthy police investigation. Grant West, 27 of Ashcroft Caravan Park, made most of his money through phishing scams targeting individuals and companies all over the world since […]
2019-8-26 18:55 | |
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Realities of today’s highly digitalized world entail intensified concerns over the safety of navigating through it. Even the most sophisticated hackers and foul players will have little chance of putting the KaratGold cyber-security system to the test.
2019-6-14 11:13 | |
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At current hash rates, it will take a hacker more than a year to completely reverse Bitcoin (BTC) transactions even if they had 100% control. The post It Will Take 400 Days To Completely Rewrite Bitcoin (BTC) Transactions appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2019-6-8 18:07 | |
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Hackers Are Making A Big Profit Off The Crypto Industry, Fixing Bugs In Popular Platforms Hackers have been paid over $32,000 for their exposure of vulnerabilities in crypto platforms since March 28th.
2019-5-21 22:15 | |
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Recently, a poster on Hacker News seemingly took the position that blockchain: “is the world’s worst database, created entirely to maintain the reputation of venture capital firms.” A recent article on CoinDesk countered, arguing that: “blockchains are useful for storing shared state, particularly when that shared state represent valuable data that users want to export/import […]
2019-5-19 01:55 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Vincent He. Since May 1, 2019, bitcoin’s price has been rising, reaching a top of over $6,000. As the whole cryptocurrency industry was enjoying the rise, an unexpected hack put a stop to the rise of bitcoin.
2019-5-10 18:48 | |
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The crypto world has an unflattering history with security breaches and today, hacker groups are unabating in targeting investors and exchanges. So far this year, tens of millions of dollars… The post Crypto Hacker Groups Get More Sophisticated, Exchanges and Authorities Fight Back appeared first on CoinCentral.
2019-4-30 23:59 | |
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In the cryptocurrency world, there has never been a lack of nefarious projects, theft, and hacking attempts. In Israel, it would appear as if a recent indictment is making a fair bit of attention.
2019-4-21 15:21 | |
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The recently started maintenance at the high-ranking CoinBene exchange has brought up rumours about a possible hacker attack. CoinBene reps are rejecting this, insisting that the maintenance is a regular one.
2019-3-27 18:56 | |
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Another day, another hack. Localbitcoins, one of the most popular websites for p2p OTC crypto trading, reported that it detected a security flaw, which was exploited by an anonymous hacker. According to a Reddit Post, the security team at Localbitcoins found about the hack at around 10:00:000 UTC yesterday.
2019-1-29 21:16 | |
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Attacker Bags Eight Bitcoin (BTC) In LocalBitcoins Breach The crypto market may have slowed, with Bitcoin (BTC) falling by upwards of 70% during yesteryear, but ambitious attackers have continued their attempts to breach industry upstarts.
2019-1-27 22:09 | |
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Vecap is an ambitious and very simple project that ensures the security of a smart home network thanks to innovative blockchain technologies and smart contracts. Every action carried out on the Vecap platform will be recorded in an immutable and virtually invulnerable database – in order to crack it, the hacker would need to get administrator access to 51% of individual devices, which becomes absolutely impossible as the project spreads around the world.
2019-1-18 23:33 | |
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The hacker or organization responsible for the 51% attack against the Ethereum Classic blockchain returned 100k USD worth in tokens. According to an article published in the official blog of the cryptocurrency Exchange Gate.
2019-1-13 09:16 | |
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The hacker group called The Dark Overlord is threatening to release secret files related to 9/11 attacks. A few days ago, The Dark Overlord wrote on Twitter that they were able to have access to hundreds of classified documents related to the World Trade Center attack back in 2001. For future reference and pending any […]
2019-1-3 22:36 | |
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Nearly $1M In Bitcoin (BTC) Stolen An anonymous hacker (or consortium of hackers) have purportedly stolen nearly $1 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC), reports technology media outlet ZDNet. Per the report, the Electrum Wallet, a popular open-source project founded in mid-June 2011, was breached in a “clever attack.
2018-12-28 23:09 | |
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Delaware Online reports that in-state federal authorities have aided the British police in taking down a notorious crypto cybercriminal. The hacker is a British citizen named Grant West, who is said to have illicitly acquired millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin stored in accounts across the world.
2018-10-29 17:03 | |
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Is Your Computer Mining Crypto Without Your Knowledge? Here’s What You Can Do It is not uncommon to hear of stories where a hacker makes his way with someone's hard earned crypto holdings using nefarious means.
2018-10-27 22:30 | |
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North Korean Lazarus Hacking Group Thrashes Crypto Exchanges You may not have heard of them, but reports claim that the North Korea-based Lazarus hacker consortium is responsible for some of the crypto industry’s most-damaging hacks in the past 12 months.
2018-10-19 22:26 | |
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North Korean hacking outfit “Lazarus” is the most profitable cryptocurrency-hacker syndicate in the world. Since 2017, internet baddies have in total stolen $882 million worth of cryptocurrency from online exchanges, but none have done it quite as well as the infamous North Koreans.
2018-10-19 13:53 | |
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Listen Here – https://soundcloud. com/cryptodaily/how-monero-are-improving-human-rights-with-xmr Monero is considered to be the privacy coin, the currency of choice for absolute privacy. Now, privacy doesn’t necessarily mean security and we should remember that 2018 has seen a tonne of ‘Monero mining’ hacks, calling into question some of the projects integrity.
2018-10-12 17:00 | |
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Several Chinese researchers from Fudan University, Tsinghua University and the University of California Riverside have produced the first systematic study of the malicious mining of cryptocurrencies, known as cryptojacking, unveiling increasing complexity over time.
2018-9-25 23:59 | |
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In this overview, we explore Kraken and its journey from a Mt. Gox alternative to soften the blow of bitcoin’s dependence on just one exchange to becoming one of the most respected cryptocurrency exchanges in the world.
2018-9-27 21:21 | |
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SatoshiLabs Announces it Withdraws Support for Hacker’s Congress Paralelni Polis In a blog post uploaded by SatoshiLabs on September 18, the company explains that they will be withdrawing from the Hacker’s Congress Paralelni Polis (HCPP18) due to different private conflicts.
2018-9-20 13:17 | |
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One of the largest data leaks in China’s history has potentially just occurred, with a hacker or group of hackers recently revealing that he/she/they had garnered sensitive data from over 130 million individuals.
2018-8-29 22:44 | |
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John McAfee’s ‘unhackable’ cryptocurrency wallet – the one with a $250,000 bug bounty on it – has been cracked to run the iconic game DOOM, courtesy of a teenage security researcher. Video of the old-school first-person shooter has surfaced on Twitter.
2018-8-9 11:45 | |
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Last week, John McAfee offered up $100,000 to anyone who could break into the Bitfi wallet – a device advertised as the world’s first completely “unhackable” cryptocurrency wallet. Bitfi even asked that all attempts be made public.
2018-7-31 15:59 | |
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Child-actor, serial-entrepreneur, pre-YouTube content creator, MMORPG milker, early bitcoin adopter, and co-creator of two of the top ten cryptocurrencies — number-9 on Forbes’ Richest People in Crypto is donating his entire $1 billion fortune to rebuild Puerto Rico into Cryptopia.
2018-7-28 20:00 | |
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Right okay, this isn’t a get rich scheme, unless you’re an ethical hacker. Also, it also relies on John McAfee being wrong about the security parameters of his own wallet. So actually, you might not be able to make $100,000.
2018-7-26 06:00 | |
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The advent of smart contracts has long drawn interest for its potential to revolutionize business agreements. There’s just one problem, and it’s one that has affected many spheres of the cryptocurrency space: a knowledge gap.
2018-7-13 19:12 | |
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Decentralized exchange DEx. top recently announced it joined forces with the world’s largest ethical hacker community, HackerOne, to launch the HackerOne Challenge bug bounty program. The program leverages on HackerOne’s network of security experts to search and provide.
2018-7-8 21:05 | |
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Award-winning comedian, actor, writer and director Jason Attar is once again heading for the big screen with his new project KevCoin: The Movie. A follow-up to his previous film One Night in Powder, Attar will don the guise of his infamous character Kevin Powder — a rock star “fixer” who’s constantly trying to reinvent himself through wild schemes — and take on the world of digital finance as he seeks out fame and riches.
2018-6-11 22:31 | |
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Trust — white hat hacker and head of smart contract auditing firm Trust Security — shed some light on a peculiar feature of the smart contract powering PayPal’s new stablecoin PYUSD. In a recent tweet, Trust pointed out that they…
White hackers unravel an exploitable cryptocurrency coding error in the link between Arbitrum Nitro and Ethereum. The team of white hackers, Oxriptide, explained on a medium post how vulnerable Arbitrum was to hackers and how the bug in their coding…
One of the wallets involved in the Nomad bridge exploit has moved a significant amount of assets today and not to the official Nomad recovery wallet. The post Wallet Involved in Nomad Exploit Moves $7.