Dogechain Launches Doge Name Service (DNS)

– Advertisement – Recently-launched blockchain platform Dogechain has launched its unique naming system based on its network. Dogecoin has seen massive growth in adoption over the years. T...

David Holtzman, Architect of the DNS System, Joins Naoris Protocol

Writer, technologist, and early Internet adopter David H. Holtzman has joined Naoris Protocol as an adviser. Naoris Protocol, which aims to transform the way cyber security is mitigated by using a sys...

Celer Network Paused The Bridge Over Possible DNS Hijacking

Celer Network suggested users withdraw token approvals for smart contracts.   The project’s initial analysis reported a suspicious DNS activity around 7:00 pm UTC on Wednesday.  C...

Celer Network shuts down bridge over potential DNS hijacking

Interoperability protocol Celer Network has asked its users to revoke the approval for several contracts after shutting down its cBridge over a suspected Domain Name System (DNS) hijacking.  According...

Celer Network cBridge resumes operation after suffering DNS exploit

Celer Network has confirmed the cBridge frontend is up and running after halting its activities following a DNS poisoning attack on August 17 that stole $240,000 of users’ funds. Celer earlier notifie...

Celer Network suffered potential DNS new hijacking of cBridge frontend

Interoperability protocol Celer Network (CELR) has asked its users to reject the approval for a number of contracts after shutting down its cBridge due to a suspected DNS hijacking. The project’...

An Essential Web3 Building Block

August 12, 2022, 2:13PM EDT • 13 min read Quick Take Ethereum Name Service (ENS) boosts Ethereum’s user-friendliness by mapping machine-readable identifiers onto human-readable names Governance is enf...

Binance Recovers 83% of Stolen Funds in Curve Finance DNS Attack

Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has helped recover crypto assets worth about $450,000 stolen from Curve Finance users. The funds represent about 83% of the total amount stolen from users.  Bin...

Binance recovers $450K stolen from Curve DNS Hack

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao tweeted on August 12 that the exchange has identified and frozen 83% of the funds stolen from Curve Finance after the hacker attempted to launder it through Binance. Binance...

Curve Finance DNS exploit resolved

Over $530k was stolen from Curve Finance Tuesday after a hacker was able to take control of the nameserver to reroute the DNS to a malicious server. The front end of the Curve website was cloned to tr...

Curve Finance DNS Hijacked, Attackers Stole $570K from User Wallets

In another major security incident in the crypto space, decentralized crypto exchange Curve Finance found its DNS being hijacked. The hackers managed to deploy a malicious contract on the home page, w...

Curve Finance front end UI compromised in DNS hack – users advised not to interact

Update: Curve has announced the issue has been fixed and says it is safe to use again. The issue has been found and reverted. If you have approved any contracts on Curve in the past few hours, please ...

DNS Hijack Compromised Ankr’s Services for Polygon and Fantom

Web3 infrastructure firm Ankr is known for offering node endpoints, staking services, and other products to proof-of-stake blockchains. On Friday, a hacker forfeited a scam-like pop-up on Polygon and ...

Defi Dapps DNS Attacked – Trustnodes

A number of defi dapps, most prominently Convex Finance, had their domain name hijacked. ConvexFinance, Ribbon Finance, DeFiSaver and Allbridge were all affected with users approving malicious contrac...

DNS and institutional NFT marketplace on Elrond

The Romanian National Institute for IT Research and Development, ICI Bucharest, is using Elrond Network technology to create the first institutional NFT marketplace for an EU country, and a decentrali...

EU seeks to develop a government DNS resolver, block “illegal content”

In a document made public earlier this month the European Commission published a call-for-proposal for a European government controlled DNS resolver service. The reasoning behind the proposal is to pr...