One specific method of hacking decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols is on the rise, according to blockchain data platform Chainalysis. In a new blog post, the market intelligence firm estimates that...
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Russia Raises Stakes With Wave Of Hypersonic Missile Attacks On Ukraine
Russia launched a wave of missiles and drones at Ukraine last night in the biggest strike for weeks, again targeting the electricity infrastructure, causing blackouts and civilians deaths at several l...
Shellboxes, an Industry-Leading Cyber Security Firm, Declares Continuous Commitment to Protect Blockchain Projects From the Growing Threat of Cyber Attacks – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. Shellboxes, a leading Web 3 company with top-level blockchain security and consulting services, has announced its commitment to help project owners stay protected amid ris...
Crypto FUD Surges as Mainstream Media Continues its Attacks
As the U.S. war on crypto ramps up, mainstream media is joining the fray as salacious headlines attacking crypto companies become the norm. Blockchain analytics firm Santiment has measured one of its ...
Darknet markets blackmailed by hacker with DDoS attacks
Deep web news source Darknetlive reported that the person or organization routinely performing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against darknet black markets reached out to their administr...
Trump Attacks Rupert Murdoch And Fox News—Again—Claiming ‘Destruction Of America’ Amid Defamation Lawsuit
Topline Former President Donald Trump blasted Fox News’ billionaire chairman Rupert Murdoch in one of his most scathing criticisms of the right-wing network Wednesday morning, accusing Murdoch of “aid...
SEC attacks crypto again especially Robinhood
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has subpoenaed trading and brokerage app Robinhood for its crypto services. The company revealed this in an annual financial filing released Monday. The...
FATF Unveils New AML Plans as Ransomware Attacks Decline
Global anti-money laundering watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force, has called for greater adoption of Virtual Asset Service Provider Travel Rule to curb the flow of illicit funds using cryptocurr...
Bitcoin attacks huge resistance
Bitcoin is facing fortress resistance made up of the 200 weekly MA and the last high reached in August 2022. Will this week be the showdown, as bitcoin attempts to break through its most important res...
Here’s how insiders dump blockchain game tokens using Sybil attacks
The blockchain gaming industry had an impressive 2021. Play-to-earn, move-to-earn, NFT games, and prices for all sorts of blockchain entertainment were surging. Newspapers ran glowing stories about bl...
CoinMetrics co-founder’s fears of coordinated attacks on crypto come true
The recent actions of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against the cryptocurrency market seem to be in line with the expectations of the venture capitalist and CoinMetrics co...
Hackers Made $70m From Top 10 Ransomware Attacks
A new report by Immunefi has analyzed the top payments in response to ransomware attacks. The largest ransomware payment — where an organization pays to have their software freed from a malware attack...
Top crypto ransomware attacks extorted $69 million in bitcoin: Immunefi
Crypto ransomware payments have generated more than $69.3 million from the top 10 attacks since 2020. The $40 million paid in bitcoin by the Chicago-based insurance company CNA Financial represents 57...
Crypto: Foiled 18,000 attacks on Phantom
The crypto world attracts many criminals because of the easy access to money. An interesting story in this regard is that of Phantom Wallet. In a long post published last week on the official blog, P...
Phantom Wallet Claims It Thwarted Over 18K Attacks
After the latest high-profile NFT hack, this time taking down tech entrepreneur Kevin Rose, the security advantages of self-custody wallets were making the rounds on Crypto Twitter again. On Wednesday...
More than 18,000 Attacks Reportedly Stopped by Phantom Wallet
Proof and the Moonbirds NFT project founder fell victim to a $500,000 phishing attack. Phantom wallet claims to have prevented 18.000 similar phishing attacks. Users pointed out that the malicious web...
Biden Attacks GOP Fiscal Policies As ‘Chaos And Catastrophe’ In First Economic Speech Of 2023
Topline President Joe Biden accused “extreme MAGA Republicans” of backing policies that threaten to drive up inflation and taxes for the middle class—and highlighted his own economic record—in a speec...
North Korean crypto hacking group adapts its attacks
North Korean hacking group TA444 is primarily targeting crypto, but security researchers say that it is launching phishing attacks aimed at other targets. According to analysis by CoinGecko, crypto ha...
FBI Offers $25,000 Rewards For Info About Attacks On Reproductive Care Clinics
Topline The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday began offering rewards of up to $25,000 for information about a series of attacks on at least 10 reproductive health care facilities across the ...
The SEC attacks the crypto lender Genesis
Crypto lender Genesis is in serious trouble with the SEC, the government agency could drive the long-troubled company into bankruptcy. After its various liquidity problems with creditors, Genesis is f...
Over $3.7B Lost in 303 Blockchain Security Attacks in 2022: SlowMist
2022 was indeed a challenging year for the crypto industry, marked by significant declines in the value of major assets, liquidity issues for many firms, and an unfortunate number of bankruptcy filing...
Germany’s Financial Watchdog Warns of ‘Godfather’ Malware Attacks on Crypto Apps – Security Bitcoin News
The agency overseeing the financial sector in Germany has issued a warning about the ‘Godfather’ malware attacking banking and crypto applications. Hundreds of these platforms have been targeted, the ...
Don’t Expect A Lot Of Aerial Dogfights If And When China Attacks Taiwan
A U.S. Air Force airman marshals an F-22 assigned to the 3rd Wing into position at Kadena Air Force Base in Japan on November 4. U.S. Air Force photo A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would be the “ultra-m...
DeFi-type projects received the highest number of attacks in 2022: Report
It’s no secret that in 2022 the world of Web3 and decentralized finance (DeFi) experienced a slew of major exploits and attacks. From the Ronin bridge attack to the Nomad hack, the top 10 exploits alo...
Web3 Builders Lose Dozens of High-Value NFTs in Back-to-Back Attacks
It appears that two wallets drained Gopalani’s collection, making off with 19 CloneX NFTs, 18 RTKFT Space Pods, 17 Loot Pods, 11 CryptoKicks and 19 RTFKT Animus Eggs. Not all of the NFTs have been sol...
‘Big Short’ Investor Burry Attacks Software Giant Salesforce
The software giant Salesforce’s recent revamp confirms the struggles in Silicon Valley and tech more broadly are widespread. In a bid to cut costs, the specialist in customer-relationship-manage...
2022 Crypto Attacks Were Least in December, With $62M Lost in Heists, Certik Says
The year, overall, saw over $3.7 billion lost to various attacks, hacks and scams – making 2022 the worst year in the market’s history so far. Attackers gained over $3.2 billion in 2021. But 2022 was ...
UniSwap Universal Router was vulnerable to re-entrancy attacks
Dedaub’s team recently disclosed a vulnerability on UniSwap contracts that could’ve endangered some users. The UniSwap vulnerability In a recent tweet, Dedaub disclosed that they discovered a bug on U...
Russian Attacks On Ukraine Power Grid May Be Global
Sabotage of U.S. electrical substations make it harder for Ukraine to recover from Russian attacks Getty Images Russia is repeatedly attacking Ukraine’s power grid, subjecting electrical substations t...