Tag: Bug
Mixin Network offers $20M bug bounty to hackers in $200M hack
Mixin Network, a decentralized cross-chain protocol, in a message to the hacker behind the $200 million exploit on Sept. 23 has offered a $20 million [...]
Immunefi launches on-chain bug bounties through ‘Vaults’ system
Blockchain security platform Immunefi has launched an on-chain system for bug bounties, according to a Sept. 26 announcement. The new system, called “ [...]
Banana Gun’s failed contract passed 2 audits, but ChatGPT found the bug in seconds
The eagerly-awaited launch of the telegram bot Banana Gun’s native token BANANA couldn’t have gone any worse, with the price of the newly launched BAN [...]
WinRAR patches zero-day bug that targeted stock and crypto traders
The developers behind file compression software WinRAR have patched a zero-day vulnerability that allowed hackers to install malware onto unsuspecting [...]
Curve, Metronome and Alchemix offering 10% bug bounty on Vyper hack
Decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms Curve, Metronome and Alchemix have jointly announced an initiative to recover stolen funds from the recent expl [...]
Bug bounties can help secure blockchain networks, but have mixed results
Bug bounties are programs organizations offer to incentivize security researchers or ethical or white hat hackers to find and report vulnerabilities i [...]
What Mastodon’s Critical Bug Fixes Say About Crypto’s Security Vulnerabilities
Mastodon gGmbH, the organization that maintains Mastodon’s open source software, rated one other bug as critical and the three others as high and medi [...]
Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Found an Infinite Loop Bug in Sui Network
“Differing from traditional attacks that shut down chains by crashing nodes, the HamsterWheel attack traps all nodes in a state of ceaseless operation [...]
Arbitrum Temporarily Stopped Processing Due to Software Bug
The software bug “created network stress caused by the large backlog of transactions which hadn’t been posted on-chain,” wrote Arbitrum Foundation’s c [...]
Aave V2 Users Temporarily Unable to Access $120M on Polygon After Governance Bug
“The new interest rate strategies applied to those assets respect the interface of Aave v2 Ethereum, but not v2 Polygon, so when the LendingPool queri [...]
Bug in Aave V2 Polygon causes some assets to become stuck in contracts
A bug in an older version of crypto lending protocol Aave is blocking users from interacting with Wrapped Ether (WETH), Tether (USDT), Wrapped Bitcoin [...]
LayerZero partners with Immunefi to launch $15M bug bounty
Cross-chain messaging protocol LayerZero and security platform Immunefi have teamed up to launch a $15 million bug bounty program. The program offers [...]
Libra-related Sui blockchain fixes critical bug that put ‘billions’ at risk
The Sui blockchain network quietly fixed a bug that could have put “billions of dollars” at risk, according to a May 16 announcement from Zellic, the [...]
Netflix blames technical bug for live ‘Love Is Blind’ snafu
A participant stands behind a door, hiding her identity, on Netflix's "Love is Blind" reality dating show.Source: NetflixNetflix Co-Chief Executive Of [...]
OpenAI launches bug bounty program to combat system vulnerabilities
Amid privacy and cybersecurity issues, and recent bans in different countries, artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI has released a program to c [...]