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Losses from Crypto Hacks Increase 112% to $572 Million in Q2/2024

The crypto sector suffered $572 million in losses in the second quarter due to hacks and fraud, with 70% of the total amount coming from two CeFi exchanges, DMM Bitcoin and BtcTurk. According to the...

Vy Tran | Jun 28, 2024 16:19

Rari Capital Dedicated to $26M from Developer Fund For Hack Victims Compensation Plan

After undergoing a $10 million hack over the weekend, decentralized finance protocol Rari Capital is coming up with a compensation plan to financially support its customers. Specifically, as...

| May 11, 2021 12:16

New Lazarus Group-Originated MacOS Malware Surfaced On Crypto Trading Page

A security expert have reportedly come across a new kind of malware, operating on the MacOS environment, which is likely another malicious project from the North Korea-based hacker group – the...

| Dec 05, 2019 10:30

Malware-infected WAW Utilized by Hackers for Illegal Crypto Mining

Threat experts have come across malicious code, based on WAV audio files, which is utilized by hackers to operate illegal crypto mining. Specifically, on October 16, the research team at BlackBerry...

| Oct 19, 2019 14:33

Hacker Sent Ether Domain Names Stolen from Auction Session Back

The hacker behind the 17 Ether domain names during the Ethereum Name Service’s (ENS) auction theft has reportedly made a decision to send the assets back. On October 4, OpenSea – A P2P...

| Oct 06, 2019 18:11

A Teenage Hacker Stole Data for BTC, Received 20-Month Sentenced

Elliot Gunton, a 19-year-old hacker was recently arrested by the Norfolk police by stealing online personal data and sell for Bitcoin (BTC) According to a press release of the Norfolk police, Gunton...

| Aug 19, 2019 16:25

Hackers Exploited Firefox Zero-day Security Glitch to Target Coinbase Clients

Hackers have reportedly exploited a zero-day glitch in Firefox system to attack high-profile crypto exchange Coinbase. Reported by Philip Martin – Coinbase security research – via Twitter...

| Jun 23, 2019 04:55

Riviera Beach Authority Willing to Pay Hacker $600,000 in BTC Ransom for Data Access

Riviera Beach, Florida city council is willing to satisfy a ransom demand worth of $600,000 in Bitcoin (BTC), in order to re-acquire the encrypted data currently in the hackers’ custody. Reported by...

| Jun 23, 2019 04:52

Fake Trezor Crypto Wallet App Caught on Google Play Store

ESET antivirus researchers have detected two malicious apps impersonated Trezor, a hardware crypto wallet, on Google Play Store. The investigation found that the first fake app named “Trezor Mobile...

| May 26, 2019 04:52

‘Blockchain Bandit’ Guesses Good on Weak Private Keys to Steal 45,000 ETH

An unknown hacker has stolen 45,000 Ether (ETH) by exploiting weaknesses in private keys, according to a report by Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) on April 23. ISE senior analyst Adrian...

| Apr 30, 2019 04:40