2023-5-1 15:22 |
April was a rough month for the crypto world, as CertiK's report on crypto exploits, scams, and hacks revealed losses of over $103 million from various investors and projects. origin »
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From Lazarus-led exchange breaches to math-based DeFi exploits, the year marked a shift toward high-value, industrial-scale crypto crime.
2026-1-2 19:36 | |
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April's crypto exploits and scams saw a 141% decrease with only $25.7M lost, marking a record low since 2021. The post Crypto losses caused by exploits fall 141% in April: CertiK appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2024-5-2 20:11 | |
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'Hacktober' is continuing to solidify itself as one of the worst months on record for crypto and DeFi exploits as Moola Market joins the list of victims. The post Benevolent Moola Market DeFi Hacker Returns Almost $9M in Exploited Funds appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-10-19 08:16 | |
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In the recent news, Mango Markets, a decentralized crypto platform based on Solana, experienced an exploit. According to a source, the attack led to a loss of $114 million worth of crypto tokens. Exploits in the crypto industry are increasingly becoming more rampant on different platforms.
2022-10-18 15:56 | |
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Following one of the largest decentralized finance exploits of the year, the Mango Markets community has voted in favor of one of the largest crypto ‘bounties’ ever. The post Mango Markets Community Conflicted Over Record $47M ‘Bounty’ appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-10-16 16:08 | |
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Decentralized Finance protocols are harder to run than they look. There are multiple points of failure for platforms including smart contract exploits, flash loan attacks, and rug pulls by anonymous employees.
2022-10-14 11:00 | |
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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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Mango Markets was victim to the latest exploit this week, as crypto cannot seem to escape an absolutely abhorrent Tuesday. Two exploits less than one day apart – and less than a week after the BNB Chain exploit that utilized a bridge to create millions of new BNB.
2022-10-12 04:42 | |
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Hacks and exploits are sad but a regular occurrence in the crypto industry. The attackers usually exploit bugs and vulnerabilities in innovative code, draining funds and then vanishing into nirvana.
2022-10-11 22:00 | |
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The investment discovery platform includes a risk assessment feature to help combat a growing wave of DeFi exploits
2022-10-4 17:13 | |
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Hacks and exploits are increasingly taking more root in the crypto space. With the acceptance of digital assets globally, crimes also grow. The criminals use more technological approaches to aid their exploitation and hacks on protocols and platforms.
2022-9-29 17:13 | |
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Can Ethereum ward off hacks and exploits without compromising on its commitment to decentralization?
2022-9-28 14:30 | |
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In the crypto industry, issues of hacks and exploits have become one of the dreaded nightmares. The increasing expansion of the crypto space brews more exploitations as well. Despite the security measures most crypto protocols build around them, the bad actors never cease to scan for available vulnerabilities.
2022-9-28 22:56 | |
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Barely one week after the Wintermute hack, $950,000 in Ether (ETH) has been stolen from a crypto wallet through a “vanity address” exploit, according to reports on September 26, 2022. Profanity-Generated Vanity Addresses Under Attack On September 26, Peckshield, a…
2022-9-27 01:01 | |
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Since the crypto industry expanded its growth, it has become the favorite place for hackers to commit exploits. The Ethereum vanity addresses generated via the Profanity tool have now become the latest loophole to dupe millions of crypto users.
2022-9-21 02:23 | |
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A crypto trader on GMX exchange leveraged the zero slippage feature to extract over $565,000 in profit by manipulating the price of the AVAX token. The post Crypto trader exploits GMX, manipulates AVAX price to remove $565K appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-9-20 21:45 | |
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Cream Finance has become subject of mockery after suffering frequent exploits
2022-9-12 11:03 | |
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2022-9-4 23:30 | |
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Aave [AAVE] is starting to attract attention in the crypto community after its recent exploits. Dubbed as the “Ghost Protocol,” Aave has been actively addressing community proposals recently in thThe post Can AAVE's new proposals ditch 'Ghost Protocol' tag for the better appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-9-1 05:30 | |
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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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The analytics firm says the offering can be a game changer in the fight against exploits on cross-chain bridges, which are used to funnel crypto between different blockchains.
2022-8-10 16:00 | |
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Bridge exploits continue to prove to be a top concern across DeFi and crypto at large, as bridges time and time again have proven to be a major point of vulnerability. Enter once again another prime example with the latest 9-figure exploit, this time on the multi-chain Nomad Bridge.
2022-8-2 05:58 | |
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The crypto industry is fraught with different malicious actors preying on unsuspecting users, especially the cryptojacking attackers. Many hacks and exploits occur in the industry, targeting crypto firms and individual investors.
2022-7-31 19:30 | |
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ImmuneFi has published a new report stating that DeFi protocols collectively lost more than $670 million in 50 exploits over the last quarter. While the frequency of attacks increased versus...
2022-7-7 16:21 | |
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Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has launched a “rapid response service” to help organizations deal with crypto-related attacks and exploits. Chainalysis Launches Crypto Crime Service Crypto organizations may have found a...
2022-6-22 17:34 | |
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Decentralized crypto exchange ApolloX was reportedly exploited on June 8, as the platform stated that the hacker found a flaw in the platform's Trading Rewards Contract. The post Hacker Exploits ApolloX Exchange; Here’s What Led to the Loss of 53 million APX Tokens appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-6-10 04:40 | |
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Crypto fraud and exploits have grown even more rampant in recent times. Consequently, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Rostin Behnam has said the commission would expand its resources to tackle these issues.
2022-5-30 21:07 | |
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Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis introduced a new tool to help monitor transactions and tokens across DeFi protocols and multiple blockchains.
2022-5-19 12:32 | |
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Per a report from blockchain security firm Peck Shield, the DeFi sector has been under attack with a profitable season for bad actors. The total amount extracted from different crypto projects has already surpassed the total recorded last year.
2022-5-3 21:27 | |
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It appears record-level DeFi exploits have not hurt crypto enthusiasts' confidence in DApps.
2022-4-7 17:00 | |
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DeFi is one of crypto's biggest growth stories, but it's also riddled with the most controversy. The sector lost $1.3 billion due to exploits in 2021.
2022-1-12 21:50 | |
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The research reveals that crypto losses in the nature of exploits and rug-pulls saw a 137% rise in comparison to figure calculated in 2020.
2022-1-7 20:30 | |
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Recently, the DeFi sector across the crypto industry has seen a major number of exploits which usually result in millions of dollars in crypto being stolen. This has put the entire DeFi sector on edge, and so when a white-hat hacker reported a $1 billion bug in the software of the decentralized exchange SushiSwap (SUSHI/USD), […] The post SushiSwap (SUSHI) claims that the reports of a $1b bug are false appeared first on Invezz.
2021-9-24 14:40 | |
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Rug pulls. Defi exploits. Pumps & Dumps. You might have heard all such scams that repeatedly happen in the crypto space, leaving millions of users with worthless tokens. But have you ever heard of an attack that can steal your crypto funds using a SIM card? That’s right.
2021-7-4 17:14 | |
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Ciphertrace, a blockchain analytics company, has announced that crypto-related crimes have moved to the realm of decentralized finance (defi) apps and protocols. Now, the impact these hacks and exploits represent is way bigger than the one classic hacks to centralized exchanges and other scams do, according to their latest “Cryptocurrency Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Report.” […]
2021-5-15 03:30 | |
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In a report released by crypto data research firm Messari, DeFi platforms have so far lost more than $284. 9 million to unscrupulous exploiters and hackers. The firm analyzed DeFi data from 2019.
2021-4-30 20:48 | |
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Experimental and new tech is always subject to intrusions and exploits, with crypto not far behind in that regard. The post Did an “art heist” just happen on an Ethereum CryptoPunks NFT? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2021-2-26 08:00 | |
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Wallet security exploits have resulted in losses amounting to millions of dollars, which many believe hinders mainstream adoption of Bitcoin and other crypto-assets. Recently, data compiled by NThe post Crypto users’ assets like Bitcoin, Ether ‘less secure than they think’ appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-1-14 00:30 | |
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2020 has been the year of DeFi, but not all has gone smoothly with the fledgling financial ecosystem.
2020-12-27 17:07 | |
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Sophos revealed recent botnet attacks breach Microsoft SQL server databases to install a well-known Monero mining app.
2020-6-11 21:11 | |
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Government-run Scamwatch takes to Twitter to warn its followers about a crypto scam with ?Thor? star Chris Hemsworth
2020-4-23 10:53 | |
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The crypto industry has been wrapped up in the first two major exploits of decentralized finance this week. The decriers are having a field day but the outcome may actually be bullish for Ethereum.
2020-2-19 13:00 | |
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A trader took full advantage of bZx’s use of a price oracle by crashing the price of wBTC after opening a 5,000 ETH wBTC short on the platform. Breaking Down...The post Trader Exploits bZx Oracle for $330,000 Profit appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2020-2-18 20:13 | |
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A new report suggests that cloud containers are the next target for mining malware.
2019-7-25 18:30 | |
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White hat hackers reportedly earned over $32,000 in bounties for finding security gaps in blockchain- and crypto-related projects in the last two months
2019-5-21 22:46 | |
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Sudden and significant changes in the cryptocurrency markets are a common occurrence. Under such choppy conditions, you might want to try an automated trading solution such as Haasbot to help minimize the risks and maximize your profit.
2019-5-17 16:10 | |
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Cybercriminals are getting bolder and smarter all the time and it is hard to keep up with them, as they keep finding new exploits in several pieces of software. Now, it was recently discovered by the security intelligence company Trend Micro that the Confluence software, created by Atlassian, was used to spread crypto mining malware. […]
2019-5-8 02:30 | |
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In what the Manhattan District Attorney calls the first crypto money laundering conviction in New York, two defendants have pleaded guilty to running a drug trafficking business that laundered millions of dollars in Western Union and crypto payments.
2019-4-25 20:37 | |
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The crypto community has been discussing a new tasking platform fueled by bitcoin cash (BCH) called Lazyfox. io. The platform, developed by Tobias B, a programmer headquartered in Berlin, gives users incentives to answer questions, participate in surveys, and obtain BCH by completing bounties.
2019-3-17 01:28 | |
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According to a user on the Bitcoin subreddit, there is an exploit on a common version of WinRAR that enables the potential theft of coins. The bug, which allowed executable code to be inserted on a system after opening a RAR file, has apparently existed for 14 years but is only recently coming to light.
2019-3-10 22:30 | |
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Blockaid detected an ongoing exploit on DeFi vault platform Summer.fi, with about $6 million drained, underscoring security challenges in.
Taiko says its June 21 attack path is closed and plans a four-step restart after a bridge exploit raised safety concerns for users.
President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders designed to accelerate U. S. quantum computing development and prepare federal agencies for the potential security risks posed by future quantum machines.
Taiko urged users to withdraw bridge funds after a verification mechanism compromise, while Blockaid reported more than $1m in vault losses.
JaredFromSubway MEV bot lost $7.5M after being tricked into granting token approvals. Blockaid says the exploit used logical trickery, not a smart contract bug.
Axelar has disabled its Secret Network bridge connections after a security incident resulted in the loss of roughly $4.7 million worth of bridged assets. According to Axelar, the exploit affected assets transferred from the Axelar chain to Secret Network through…
Ethereum researcher Nico says post-quantum account protection can begin today for $0.07 per account, without waiting for a hard fork update.