Hackers fix 20 security flaws in cryptocurrency-related platforms in 2 weeks

Hackers fix 20 security flaws in cryptocurrency-related platforms in 2 weeks

2019-3-28 20:27

White-hat hackers continue to rid blockchain projects of their bugs, having earned a minimum of $7,400 for fixing security flaws in popular cryptocurrency platforms like Monero and Stellar. Seven cryptocurrency-related projects dished out rewards to blockchain hackers for finding and patching 20 software bugs in the past two weeks (between March 14 and 28), according to HackerOne data reviewed by Hard Fork.

Platforms Augur, Monero, ICON, and Stellar distributed bounties to security researchers – even services Crypto. com, Robinhood, and Omise recently paid hackers to fix up their code. Which blockchain-related startup featured the most bugs this time? Omise, the firm behind the OmiseGO cryptocurrency, topped…

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Whitehat Hackers Cash In On Security Bounties on Crypto Platforms Stellar, Monero and Augur

Cryptocurrency platforms have taken to offering bounties to hackers recently, as they challenge white-hat hackers to test out their security, investigating for bugs and vulnerabilities in their system.

2019-3-29 00:09	News
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Security researchers found over 40 bugs in blockchain platforms in 30 days

White hat hackers have found more than 40 bugs in blockchain and cryptocurrency platforms in the past 30 days, according to an investigation by Hard Fork. There is a silver lining though: none of the vulnerabilities appear to be particularly serious at first glance.

2019-3-14 19:17	security
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2019-1-11 20:04	Nasdaq
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Here’s How Hackers Made Nearly $1 Million from not Stealing

HackerOne, a bug bounty platform that allows companies to test their security with ethical hackers, has announced that nearly $1,000,000 has been collected from blockchain companies as of December 30, 2018.

2018-12-31 20:00	#hackers
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Bounties and Responsible Disclosure Bolstered Crypto Infrastructure This Year

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2018-12-31 02:00
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Crypto Startups Forked Out $878,000 To White Hats In 2018

Bitcoin may have been dubbed the “world’s most secure transaction settlement layer” by Anthony Pompliano, but the industry surrounding the protocol may not be all too secure. Case in point, crypto startups have forked out over $878,000 in bounty to white hat hackers in 2018, specifically for solving bugs that slipped under the radar.

2018-12-31 01:00	Crypto
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Bitcoin Flaw Discovered: Inflation Attack Creates Bogus BTCs

The disclosure brings to question whether state-sponsored or organized hackers would have succeeded in exploiting the Bitcoin software bugs had they known about them to threaten what was thought to be an impregnable blockchain network.

2018-9-24 14:00
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John McAfee Keeps Denying That His Wallet Is Hackable, Despite It Being Hacked Again

It’s happened again, McAfee’s not-so-fortress of a wallet, BitFi has been hacked by another team of hackers who should now qualify for McAfee’s lesser not-bug-bounty of $10,000. 00. We say not bug bounty, as McAfee claims that the reward he is offering to potential hackers is not a bug bounty, because the wallet is so secure and it has no bugs to exploit.

2018-8-15 23:00	Wallets
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Audits and Quality Assurance: Patching the Holes in Smart Contract Security

On July 10, 2018, news broke that cryptocurrency wallet and decentralized exchange Bancor was hit with a hack. A wallet the Bancor team used to update the protocol’s smart contracts was infiltrated, and the $23.

2018-8-3 19:24	Privacy & security
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Bugs Still Plague EOS, When Will It End?

With the EOS bug-bounty still on going, ethical hackers and hard-working developers have located an awful lot of bugs within the new EOSIO network. This is possibly both a good thing and a bad thing for EOS and Block.

2018-6-14 18:30	EOS
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Japanese Syndicate Wallet Hacked, $10 Million Reported Missing

Shopin — a universal shopper profile that delivers personal shopping experiences through retailers’ apps, websites and stores — says one of its token distributors has been hacked and roughly $10 million in a variety of cryptocurrencies has been stolen.

2018-6-11 01:22	Bitcoin

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