More than 10,000 BTC stolen from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 has been moved to a new address.According to blockchain analysis service Whale Alert, 10,057 bitcoin (worth some $623 million at the time of this writing) that were stolen from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 was transferred in a series of transactions yesterday.Whale Alert shared...
ForceDAO, a shiny new decentralized finance (DeFi) project, got attacked by five hackers this morning, reviving concerns around the highly experimental sector and the seemingly unending amounts of money flowing into hours-old projects....
Researchers at major video game publisher Activision have discovered a new malware program that installs hidden cryptocurrency miners on users’ PCs by masquerading as a “trainer” for Call of Duty: Warzone, the company revealed yesterday. NEWS: Hackers hid malware inside Call of...
Cream Finance takes some of the more popular ideas from DeFi's lending and borrowing space one step further. The project lists nearly 70 different assets, LP tokens, and various derivative tokens from many popular DeFi projects. What's more, users can lend and borrow against each token to create unique opportunities. ...
The decentralized exchange DODO lost $2 million after hackers exploited its crowdpools on Mar. 8. DODO Exchange Falls in DeFi Hack DODO announced on Twitter that the recent exploit only targeted the following V2 Crowdpools: WSZO,...
DeFi exploits and attacks have become increasingly commonplace as the space evolves and attracts both money and participants. The latest of these attacks took place earlier today and saw over $14 million worth of stolen crypto. Furucombo attacked Furucombo, an...
The developers of Primitive, Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) permissionless options protocol, “whitehacked” their own platform after a severe exploit was discovered today. “EMERGENCY ALERT @PrimitiveFi has whitehacked our contracts to safeguard user funds after a critical vulnerability was discovered. Further user action is required to safeguard funds,” Primitive tweeted today....
U.N. experts estimate that over $316 million in crypto was stolen by North Korea-linked hackers last year.
Stephen Defiore was allegedly paid to transfer cellphone accounts to ones owned by a co-conspirator.
Yearn Finance stated that its yDAI vault was exploited for the loss of $11 million. They added that the vault is no longer vulnerable. DeFi Hacker Makes Off With $2.7 Million Though the attacker robbed Yearn of $11 million, exorbitant fees cost them millions to execute the hack. They...
Cybersecurity firm SophosLabs has traced MrbMiner, a new cryptojacking virus that primarily targets powerful database servers, back to a small software company in Iran, according to a report published yesterday. “MrbMiner is a recently discovered cryptominer that targets internet-facing database servers (SQL servers) and downloads and installs a...
A ransomware has affected users of over three apps in the past year and drained their wallets of hundreds of Bitcoin. The rat wants Bitcoin A new bug identified by researchers that mimics a crypto trading program is said to have affected thousands of users in the past year, a report on security publication...
If you were around in 2017, you likely remember the Parity wallet hack. Here's some context if you don't. Parity is an Ethereum infrastructure provider that was in 2017 known for its multi-signature wallet. Multisig is a technology that requires multiple key holders to sign off on transactions to verify them, preventing the stealing of one key to lead to the loss of...
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