2024-5-12 22:55 |
A blockchain forensics company managed to recover $68 million of stolen crypto from a so-called "dust attack.” Here's how the investigators resolved the issue.
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A recent poll conducted by Christine Kim, a researcher at Galaxy Digital, has revealed significant misconceptions within the Ethereum community regarding the blockchain’s economic security. The poll, which asked the crypto community to assess the security threshold of ETH staked in securing the blockchain, indicated a lack of awareness about the actual risks of an […]
2024-4-12 12:30 | |
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A community-governed layer one blockchain AirDAO has reportedly suffered a hacker attack, resulting in a loss of 126.5 ETH and 41.61 million AMB tokens. The AirDAO team disclosed in an X post on Mar. 21 that the project had fallen…
2024-3-21 13:08 | |
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin unveils a quantum defense strategy using quantum-resistant cryptography and a hard fork EIP to safeguard the blockchain. The post How Vitalik Buterin Plans to Make Ethereum Safe From Quantum Attack appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2024-3-11 09:59 | |
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Automatic decentralized crypto exchange FixedFloat seemingly suffered a multi-million hacker attack, resulting in a loss of Bitcoin and Ethereum. In an X post on Feb. 18, the FixedFloat team addressed the issue after it was first reported by blockchain researcher…
2024-2-19 10:08 | |
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According to the blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain, a crypto trader suffered a phishing attack that swooped over 180 million BEAM tokens on Wednesday and affected the token’s price. Related Reading: Coinbase Suspends PlayDapp Trading After Hack, PLA Price Reacts 180 Million BEAM Tokens Stolen In an X (former Twitter) post, Lookonchain exposed a new crypto scam that had occurred on February 15.
2024-2-17 04:00 | |
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Blockchain analysts alarm about a novel attack vector, where bad actors are poisoning addresses with real crypto. Cyvers’ analysts have issued a warning about a newly identified phishing scam targeting crypto users, particularly those dealing with Ethereum (ETH). According to…
2024-2-17 11:15 | |
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December 2023 has experienced significant losses in cryptocurrency thefts, with the latest attack on Orbit Chain’s cross-chain bridge pushing the month’s total losses close to $100 million, according to blockchain security firms.
2024-1-2 11:16 | |
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The Bitcoin Lightning Network is a layer-2 scaling solution for Bitcoin, aimed at addressing the scalability challenges of the Bitcoin blockchain. It enables instant and low-cost Bitcoin transactions,The post Replacement cycle attack in the Lightning Network appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2023-12-27 16:45 | |
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Here’s how much a “51% attack” would cost for Bitcoin based on the total hashrate connected to the blockchain right now. Cost Of A 51% Attack On The Bitcoin Network Today In a new post on X, analyst James V.
2023-11-3 19:00 | |
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Two Fantom Foundation wallets on Ethereum and the Fantom Network have fallen victim to a phishing attack, losing over $650,000, according to reports from CertiK, a blockchain security firm. Another report by “Spreakaway” on X alleges that one of Fantom’s team members also lost $3.
2023-10-18 03:00 | |
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In terms of scale, the $200 million Mixin Network cloud service provider database hack stood out. Security vulnerabilities and phishing incidents were the most utilized attack vectors. WhileThe post Another week, another sorry tale of blockchain hacks appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2023-10-2 16:30 | |
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Around $240,000 worth of digital assets have been stolen through a frontend compromise of DeFi protocol Balancer, according to blockchain security firm Peckshield. Earlier today, Balancer confirmed that its front end was under attack and urged users to avoid interacting with the interface until further notice.
2023-9-20 12:38 | |
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The team behind the protocol has confirmed the attack and urged users to avoid interaction with the project’s interface. Balancer (BAL), an automated market maker on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, has become the latest decentralized finance protocol to suffer from…
2023-9-20 11:57 | |
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CoinEx was hacked for over $54 million, with blockchain security firms tying the attack to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. The hackers are reportedly the same one behind recent attacks on Optimism and Polygon.
2023-9-14 16:34 | |
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Shibarium transactions up 100% in three days despite attacks on Shiba Inu blockchain
2023-9-10 14:18 | |
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Shibarium admin unmasks scam attack on Shiba Inu (SHIB) network
2023-9-10 14:02 | |
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Connext Network, a protocol that interacts with native blockchain bridges to optimize security, is the subject of intense scrutiny after one wallet appears to have exploited its NEXT token airdrop.
2023-9-6 18:02 | |
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The new service, called Economic Exploit Analysis, uses University of Toronto research and will work on any EVM-compatible blockchain.
2023-8-23 16:00 | |
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Bart Stephens, the co-founder of Blockchain Capital, a prominent venture fund specializing in cryptocurrency investments, has reportedly fallen victim to an alleged SIM swap hack that cost him a staggering loss of $6.
2023-8-22 17:00 | |
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Layer 1 blockchain Terra was targeted by a phishing attack over the weekend with the official website being compromised by hackers.
2023-8-22 16:47 | |
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Blockchain security company PeckShield detected an attack on the decentralized finance (DeFi) project Zunami Protocol on August 13. The hackers stole over $2. 1 million from Zunami’s Curve Pools through price manipulation.
2023-8-15 11:56 | |
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Zunami Protocol has suffered an attack on its zStables pools, leading to a $2.1 million loss. The company assures that the collateral is secure. The blockchain security firm, PeckShield, detected the attack on August 13. It stated that the company…
2023-8-14 11:26 | |
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Blockchain security firm PeckShield estimates the protocol suffered more than $2.1 million from the price manipulation attack.
2023-8-14 03:35 | |
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The BNB Smart Chain (BSC) was hit by copycat attacks caused by a vulnerability in the Vyper programming language. It mirrors the Curve Finance defi protocol exploit. Blockchain security firm BlockSec revealed that as of July 30, approximately $73,000 worth…
2023-7-31 13:19 | |
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EraLend, the largest lending protocol on Ethereum scaling blockchain zkSync, has been hit by a $3.4 million reentrancy attack, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.
2023-7-25 16:34 | |
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Neo’s blockchain was not compromised in the Poly network attack, and all Neo assets remain secure. Litecoin’s community is preparing for the upcoming “halving” event scheduled for August 5th, and Tradecurve is experiencing an impressive presale, already up by 80%.
2023-7-10 19:40 | |
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Sui awarded $500,000 to blockchain security firm CertiK for discovering a critical ‘HamsterWheel’ vulnerability on its network, according to a June 19 blog post. In the blog post, CertiK’s Skyfall team detailed the technical aspects of the HamsterWheel attack, explaining how it would have negatively impacted Sui and how it was fixed.
2023-6-20 20:35 | |
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According to Elliptic, a blockchain analysis company, an estimated 5,500 crypto wallets have been affected by the attack.
2023-6-14 00:41 | |
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DeFi lending protocol, Sturdy Finance has lost nearly $800,000 in ETH to an attack. The protocol confirmed the incident in a June 12 tweet after receiving an alert from blockchain security firm, PeckShield.
2023-6-12 20:00 | |
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The Jimbos Protocol team acknowledged the hack and said it had contacted law enforcement. Blockchain security platform PeckShield noted the attack followed a compromise on Jimbos liquidity conversion mechanism.
2023-5-29 18:22 | |
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More than $536,000 was transferred through Synapse Bridge as part of the attack on April 4, according to Ethereum blockchain data.
2023-4-5 21:51 | |
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The DeFi application Platypus Finance has suffered a $9 million attack, according to a series of tweets from the blockchain security firm CertiK on February 16. The post Platypus Finance hacked for $9M on Avalanche appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2023-2-17 12:00 | |
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The flash loan attack caused Platypus Finance’s native stablecoin to fall to 48 cents from $1. The potential loss is $8.5 million, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.
2023-2-17 00:34 | |
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AllianceBlock has lost millions of dollars to hackers in a fresh attack that saw 110 million ALBT tokens stolen from Bonq, a Polygon-powered decentralized borrowing project. Bonq exploited AllianceBlock, a blockchain project that claims to be focused on bridging the…
2023-2-2 15:12 | |
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Some are calling the new protocol, which stores NFTs on Bitcoin, as an attack on the blockchain's original mission to conduct financial transactions, while others say the new use case should be embraced alongside other demands for block space.
2023-1-31 05:55 | |
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Blockchain security watch firm Certik Alert has revealed a cynical attack on Midas Capital.
2023-1-16 18:43 | |
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A parent company of bitcoin mining pool and blockchain browser BTC.com admits being hacked in December, losing millions to the attack. BTC.com suffers crypto heist Crypto mining firm BIT Mining has revealed that its subsidiary, BTC.com, fell victim to a…
2022-12-27 21:23 | |
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Blockchain security watch firm PeckShield confirmed a flash loan attack in Defrost Finance has led to users losing more than $12 million. Defrost V1 and V2 under investigation After a few users complained about significant losses in their accounts, Defrost…
2022-12-25 19:51 | |
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The largest decentalized exchange on the Cardano blockchain claims that it has already fixed the issue
2022-12-9 22:48 | |
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CELO is up by more than 2% today despite the network suffering a phishing attack over the weekend. CELO, the native coin of the Celo blockchain, is one of the best performers amongst the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap.
2022-11-7 12:18 | |
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Last weeks BNB Chain attack led Cosmos developers to inspect their IBC code. They found a critical security vulnerability that endangered every IBC-enabled blockchain. Cosmos Compromised It appears the entire...
2022-10-14 00:42 | |
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Concerns about a potential spam attack have arisen as a result of the unexpected growth in the size of the Zcash (ZEC) blockchain caused by increasing transaction volumes. Jameson Lopp, co-founderThe post Why are Zcash holders worried, given the growth in size of blockchain appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-10-8 10:30 | |
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The Electronic Coin Company, the organization behind Zcash, claims that concerns of a spam attack are mostly just FUD.
2022-10-7 06:38 | |
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The Electronic Coin Company, the organization behind Zcash, claims that concerns of a spam attack are mostly just FUD.
2022-10-8 06:38 | |
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The proof-of-work fork of the Ethereum blockchain was targeted by a cross-chain contract exploit.
2022-9-20 12:11 | |
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Expert of Braiins Pool (formerly Slush Pool), oldest Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool, shared details of hypothetical scenario of 51% attack on largest blockchain
2022-9-17 16:17 | |
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Recently published CryptoLeaks blog post alleged that Ava Labs, the creator of the Avalanche blockchain, was involved in paying lawyers to “attack and harm crypto organizations and projects that migThe post Can Avalanche [AVAX] be a profitable bet for traders going long appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-8-31 01:30 | |
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The blockchain startup, which is backed by some industry heavy hitters, has suffered a governance attack
2022-7-24 11:45 | |
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Key members of the Solana ecosystem are the target of a class-action lawsuit filed last week before a court in California. They are accused of illegally benefitting from SOL, the blockchain's native tThe post Solana under attack - SOL investor files class action claiming 'securities violations' appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-7-8 22:30 | |
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A hacker who exploited a bug in SafeMoon’s smart contract and drained $8.9 million from its liquidity pool has agreed to return 80% of the stolen funds.
The longest-running marketplace for stolen credit cards on the darknet has announced the shutting down of its services. The administrator of Joker’s Stash, founded in 2014, stated that the site would be taken down in February.
A Slovenian cryptocurrency mining pool and trading platform announced that they’ve managed to fully compensate their users affected by a hacking attack that took place in December 2017, which took over 4,600 bitcoins.
Nicehash, the cloud mining service that got hacked in December, has returned 60 percent of the stolen bitcoins, according to local media. After the cyberattack last year, the Slovenian company promised to fully reimburse its customers and has been doing it on a monthly basis.