2023-2-5 20:20 |
In 2022, DeFi protocols lost over $6b to hackers. The most devastating loss was the Ronin hack. origin »
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The FBI also confirmed earlier reports this month by figures such as ZachXBT that the hackers had started moving a large chunk of the funds around via privacy protocols.
2023-1-24 04:27 | |
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A white hat Nomad exploiter says stronger incentives are needed to reward the good Samaritans who help protocols identify and patch vulnerabilities.
2022-11-7 16:00 | |
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2022 is a rough year for the DeFi ecosystem as hackers continue exploiting the community. From the beginning of the year till now, news of DeFi protocol exploits keeps flooding the crypto industry. So the question is: why do hackers keep targeting decentralized finance protocols? Today’s report reveals that three DeFi protocols have suffered hack […]
2022-10-13 05:02 | |
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Digital exploits have become a common theme in the crypto industry. At the same time, it has become increasingly rare for protocols to deceive hackers. In a matter of months, Aurora Labs has been ableThe post Here's how Near Protocol avoided two hacks in a matter of months appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-8-25 07:30 | |
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Regarding cryptocurrency cybercrimes and attacks, North Korea is a notable region with increased activities. Many groups are posing high threats through their attack on some crypto protocols. Also, a report in June disclosed that North Korea has 7 million active hackers.
2022-7-13 23:00 | |
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Cross-chain DeFi platform Multichain has been the latest in what is now a long line of DeFi protocols being exploited. This time around, the attackers were able to steal user funds from the platform by gaining access to accounts that haven’t revoked access to the platform.
2022-1-21 23:30 | |
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Security has always been a recurring challenge faced by DeFi protocols. Over tens of exploits, leading to the loss of several millions of dollars, have occurred since the start of 2021 as black hat hackers keep taking advantage of vulnerabilities on these protocols.
2021-8-31 23:50 | |
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Lately, DeFi protocols have been the target of hackers. Most recently, PolyNetwork became the victim of the largest DeFi hack in crypto history. Another protocol fell prey to a hack today. AccordinThe post Another hack - DAO Maker is the latest target; how much did the hackers steal appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-8-12 18:13 | |
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Binance Smart Chain has become a hotspot of sorts for attackers over the past month. In fact, many hackers have been exploiting DeFi protocols on BSC, with PancakeHunny being the latest to find itselfThe post Binance Smart Chain's PancakeHunny latest to suffer smart contract exploit appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-6-3 20:30 | |
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In what is said to be a targeted attack at cryptocurrency users, hackers have exploited the Signaling System 7 (SS7) which is a set of protocols used to perform telephone calls and text messages, to oThe post Hackers target few crypto users by exploiting SS7 protocols appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-10-20 00:30 | |
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Recommended pre-reading: https://ethresear. ch/t/minimal-anti-collusion-infrastructure/5413 Alice slowly walks down the old, dusty stairs of the building into the basement. She thinks wistfully of the old days, when quadratic-voting in the World Collective Market was a much simpler process of linking her public key to a twitter account and opening up metamask to start firing off votes.
2019-10-2 04:03 | |
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Hackers stole $40 million in Bitcoin from cryptocurrency exchange Binance specifically because they trusted it most. ‘Bitcoin Ledger is the Most Immutable’ That was the conclusion circulating among the cryptocurrency community May 8 in the days after one of the world’s biggest trading platforms accepted it was unlikely to recover the funds and would need to repay users out of its own pocket.
2019-5-9 18:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency transfers work because of the software developed by programmers like Satoshi Nakamoto and many other innovators along the way. As with all software, however, blockchain protocols are not perfect, and over the last decade black and white hat hackers have revealed many bugs.
2018-12-31 02:00 | |
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Leading cryptocurrency investor law firm Silver Miller Law has filed suit against cell phone giants AT&T and T-Mobile on behalf of several digital asset investors who were victims of the identity-theft tactic known as “SIM swapping.
2018-11-10 01:35 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released a report detailing actions taken against fraudulent ICOs and financial ventures, and, indeed, the year has been wrought with cases.
2018-11-3 00:33 | |
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Merely days after claiming to be the safest gambling app on the market, EOS-based gambling dApp EOSBet has been hacked for 40,000 EOS tokens ($200,000). According to the Next Web, the hackers were able to exploit vulnerabilities in EOS’ smart contract protocols.
2018-9-15 22:08 | |
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With the recent incidents of hackers successfully breaching cryptocurrency exchanges and getting away with multi-million loots, investors are starting to wonder if the run-of-the-mill security protocols currently in place are still enough to safeguard their digital assets.
2018-7-3 22:34 | |
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Norwegian authorities have successfully frozen and returned $5.7 million in stolen crypto from the Ronin bridge attack. Norway has successfully frozen and returned nearly $6 million in stolen crypto from the $620 million hack of the online game Axie Infinity…
The US Federal Bureau of Investigations and Blockchain analytics company Chainalysis have recouped $30 million embezzled in a crypto heist from the Ronin Bridge hack. The post $30M Recovered From Axie Infinity (AXS) Ronin Bridge Hack appeared first on BeInCrypto.
Chainalysis revealed that it helped the US government seize over $30 million from North Korea-linked hackers of the Axie Infinity’s (AXS) Ronin Bridge. The post Chainalysis helps US government seize $30M linked to Axie Infinity hack appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Bridge Security: The interoperability trilemma of bridges needs a rethink. This is what is in the pipeline to prevent bridge hacks. The post Bridge Security: New Tech Means Bridge Hacks Should be Just a Memory appeared first on BeInCrypto.