Category: Security

2 months 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 months 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 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
8 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...
8 months ago Cryptocurrency, DeFi, Security

Address Poisoning Exploits Surge: $62M Lost as ‘Fusaka’ Upgrade Inadvertently Lowers Attack Costs

Address poisoning scams claim another $12M victim as lower network fees post-Fusaka upgrade fuel a surge in dust attacks and...
8 months ago Cryptocurrency, Security

Ethereum Foundation Backs SEAL as Address Poisoning Costs User $12M

A single user lost $12.2M to address poisoning in January, prompting the Ethereum Foundation to fund a dedicated security engineer...