Category: Security

2 months ago Cryptocurrency, Security

Bitfinex Hacker Ilya Lichtenstein Released After 14 Months; Credits Trump’s First Step Act

Convicted Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein is out after serving 14 months of a 5-year sentence, citing the 2018 First Step...
2 months ago Cryptocurrency, Security

Crypto Phishing Losses Plunge 83% in 2025; New EIP-7702 Exploits Emerge

Losses fell to $83.85 million in 2025 from nearly $500 million the prior year, though the Pectra upgrade opened new...
2 months ago Cryptocurrency, Security

Trump Confirms Maduro Capture by Delta Force; Bitcoin Slides Below $90K

Bitcoin loses $90k support as Trump confirms US Delta Force operators captured Venezuelan President Maduro in a predawn raid.
2 months ago Cryptocurrency, Security

Bitcoin Surrenders $90K as Trump Confirms US Strikes in Venezuela

Bitcoin plunged below $90,000 in minutes after President Trump confirmed US military strikes in Venezuela and the capture of Nicolas...

Binance Delists FLOW/BTC Pair Days After Protocol Claims ‘KYC Failure’ at Unnamed Exchange

Binance removes FLOW/BTC and flags the token for high risk, days after Flow blamed an 'unnamed exchange' for facilitating a...
2 months ago Cryptocurrency, Security

Bitfinex Hacker Ilya Lichtenstein Released Early; Credits Trump’s First Step Act

The Bitfinex hacker served less than 14 months of his five-year sentence, citing the 2018 First Step Act for his...
2 months ago Cryptocurrency, Security

Silent Alarm: ZachXBT Flags ‘Mystery’ Drainer Siphoning EVM Wallets

Hundreds of EVM wallets are being drained in a 'low and slow' attack with no confirmed root cause, alerting security...
2 months ago Cryptocurrency, Security

Iran State Arms Exporter ‘Mindex’ Formalizes Crypto Payments for Ballistic Missiles

Iran's Mindex agency now openly accepts crypto for missile and drone exports, explicitly citing "sanctions circumvention" in its official FAQs.
2 months ago Cryptocurrency, Security

Iran’s Mindex Lists Ballistic Missiles for Crypto in Sanctions Defiance

Iran’s defense export agency Mindex is now accepting cryptocurrency for ballistic missiles and drones, marking a formal state-level bypass of...
2 months ago Cryptocurrency, Security

Trader ‘Vida’ Nets $1.5M Exploiting $26M Binance Order Book Glitch

A structural failure in Binance's order book allowed one trader to turn a $26 million 'charity bid' into a seven-figure...