Category: Security

1 week ago Security

Term Finance vaults drained in apparent $8.5 million governance exploit

An attacker drained an estimated $8.5 million from Term Finance vaults by exploiting the protocol's governance mechanism, bypassing a seven-day...
2 weeks ago Security

Coldcard Ships New Firmware After $114M Bitcoin Theft, Says AI Helped Find More Bugs

Coinkite shipped new Coldcard firmware after a three-week security review prompted by a $114 million bitcoin theft, but warns affected...
2 weeks ago Security

Iranian Hacking Crew Charged Over $6M Bitcoin Extortion Campaign

Federal prosecutors charged 17 alleged members of an Iran-based hacking group with a years-long campaign that stole 31 terabytes of...
2 weeks ago Security

Maya Protocol Halts After $1.7 Million Exploit Drains Bitcoin and Assets

Maya Protocol halted after an attacker chained six bugs to drain $1.7 million in bitcoin and other assets, crashing CACAO...
2 weeks ago Security

macOS Screen Sharing bug, rated 9.8, mined Monero on internet-facing Macs, Dutch agency says

Russia's Energy Ministry has banned Bitcoin mining in Moscow and surrounding regions through 2032 to protect grid capacity, the latest...
3 weeks ago Security

Trezor Says Shipping Provider Breach Exposed Data of Nearly 14,000 Customers

Hardware wallet maker Trezor says a breach at shipping provider ShipMonk exposed names, phone numbers and home addresses for about...
3 weeks ago Security

Harmony confirms exploit after attacker mints billions of unauthorized ONE tokens

Harmony confirmed an attacker minted roughly 4 billion unauthorized ONE tokens, about a quarter of supply, as the price slid...
3 weeks ago Security

Ravencoin slides to record low as consensus bug forces mining pools to rebuild the chain

Six suspects were arrested after a French magistrate and her mother escaped a 30-hour kidnapping ordeal intended to extort a...
3 weeks ago Security

BTCPay Server Offers $190K Bounty After Lightning Wallet Exploit Drains Merchant Funds

BTCPay posted a 3 BTC recovery bounty after attackers drained merchant Lightning wallets by stealing LND credentials from self-hosted payment...
7 months ago Cryptocurrency, Security

French Police Arrest 6 in Kidnapping of Magistrate Linked to Crypto Exec

Six suspects were arrested after a French magistrate and her mother escaped a 30-hour kidnapping ordeal intended to extort a...