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Key Takeaways: BitoPro’s breach reveals outdated wallet practices during upgrades. Cross-chain bridges are high-risk targets. Bito...
Key Takeaways: Russia is exploring crypto payments for grain exports to bypass sanctions and SWIFT restrictions. The initiative al...
Taiwan-based exchange BitoPro confirmed an $11.5 million crypto exploit weeks after the breach, saying user funds and withdrawals...
BitMEX says it foiled a Lazarus phishing attempt posing as an NFT collab, citing sloppy tradecraft and reused tactics.
Key Takeaways: BitMEX uncovered major security flaws in North Korea’s Lazarus Group. A rare IP leak exposed a hacker’s location in...
According to PeckShield, 20 major crypto hacks were reported in May, resulting in total losses of $244.1 million.
The analysis by the BitMEX security researchers revealed amateur-level operational security lapses in the Lazarus Group’s hacker n...
The analysis by the BitMEX security researchers revealed amateur-level operational security lapses in the Lazarus Group's hacker n...
Key Takeaways: Cetus Protocol, a major trading platform on the Sui blockchain, is recovering after a big hack on May 22, 2025, whe...
Binance Japan has secured ISO/IEC 27001 and 27701 certifications from the British Standards Institution, signaling a milestone in...
A sweeping U.S. crackdown has exposed a massive crypto scam network based in the Philippines and linked to China, with Funnull fue...
Sui validators voted to return $162 million in frozen assets from the Cetus exploit, enabling a full recovery and restart plan for...
Justin Drake, an Ethereum Foundation researcher, claims that the security model of the Bitcoin network is broken, as transaction f...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has clarified that staking on certain proof-of-stake blockchains does not constitute a s...
The US has imposed sanctions on a Philippines-based digital infrastructure provider accused of facilitating a large-scale crypto s...
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has backed the guidance, saying it gives clarity to stakers, while her peer Caroline Crenshaw claim...
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on Funnull Technology and its administrator for enabl...
OFAC claims Funnull Technology purchased a code repository used by web developers and altered it to redirect legitimate websites t...