Ethereum Wallet MetaMask, Solana's Phantom Patch 'Demonic' Security Bug
The vulnerability meant that secret recovery phrases were sometimes stored on a user’s hard drive.
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Opensea Marketplace Announces New Security Features to Protect Users From NFT Scams
OpenSea has announced a new feature that will automatically hide any suspicious NFT transfers from view on the marketplace to prev...
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Crypto Security Firm Forta Launches FORT Tokens
The token will reward cybersecurity researchers for contributing to its real-time blockchain network monitoring services.
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Optimism Attacker Returns 17 Million Stolen OP Tokens
Optimism token was attacked earlier this week after the team announced that 20 million OP tokens were stolen. On Friday, the attac...
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OpenSea announces new security features to protect users from NFT scams
The new feature will automatically hide suspicious NFT transfers from view on their marketplace.
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Ethereum Optimism Thief Returns $16M in Stolen Tokens
The attacker also sent 1 million OP to Vitalik Buterin and retained 2 million tokens as a bounty reward. Optimism Attacker Gives B...
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Seth Green Pays $300K to Recover His Stolen Bored Ape Ethereum NFT
Family Guy star Seth Green has reportedly paid a massive sum to regain ownership of his stolen Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT.
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Brazilian Judge Dismisses Bitcoin Scam Mastermind’s Attempt to Block His Extradition to South Africa
A Brazilian judge has ruled that the CEO of Mirror Trading International should remain in precautionary detention as authorities i...
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Attackers loot $5M from Osmosis in LP exploit, $2M returned soon after
Attackers have exploited a bug in the Osmosis exchange to the tune of $5M as FireStake validators admit to their role in racking u...
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Osmosis Chain Halted After $5M Exchange Exploit
The Cosmos-connected Osmosis blockchain has been halted following the discovery of a critical bug in the like-named decentralized...
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Cosmos-based DeFi Exchange Osmosis Hit by $5M Exploit
Osmosis, a decentralized exchange built on Cosmos, was hacked for roughly $5 million, forcing developers to halt the network.
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Japanese Government Reportedly Set To Freez Stolen Crypto – Assets By Passing New Law
The decentralized nature of crypto assets ensures that transactions and activities involving the assets have no third parties inte...
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SEC Probes Binance — BNB Could Be Unregistered Security: Report
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly investigating Binance’s BNB token, which could be an unregistered...
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Chainalysis exec touts blockchain analysis to Senate homeland security committee
Three experts from the private sector appeared before the Senate committee Tuesday to talk about ransomware attacks and how to com...
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Bitcoin price recovers $31.5K, but traders say ‘scam’ price action will bring more downside
BTC price rallied back to a strong resistance level at $31,500, but traders caution that another whipsaw is the most likely outcom...
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Aurora pays $6M bug bounty to ethical security hacker through Immunefi
Over $200 million worth of users' funds could have been at risk if the whitehat had chosen to exploit the vulnerability for person...
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Report: Bored Ape Yacht Club Discord Attacker May Have Been Involved in Previous NFT Phishing Scams
On June 4, 2022, the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) Discord server was compromised and a phishing scam targeted non-fungible token (N...
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New Japanese law may allow seizure of stolen crypto
Under the current variation of the law, there is no explicit procedure outlined for law enforcement officers to seize illegally ob...
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