Tag: hacks
Crypto hacks falling in Q1 is but a ‘temporary reprieve’ — Blockchain firm
The crypto community is being urged not to let their guard down despite a significant decline in crypto hacks during the first quarter of 2023 — with [...]
April’s crypto scams, exploits and hacks lead to $103M lost — CertiK
Crypto exploits, exit scams, and flash loan attacks saw little signs of letting up in April, with more than $103 million of funds stolen from crypto p [...]
Here’s how much is lost to crypto hacks and exploits in Q1 2023
Hackers were able to gain access to more than $320 million just in the first quarter of 2023, according to on-chain data consolidated by the quarterly [...]
Gnosis launches Hashi bridge aggregator to help prevent hacks
Gnosis, the team behind Gnosis Safe multi-sig and Gnosis Chain, has launched a hash oracle aggregator for blockchain bridges, according to an announce [...]
Web3 Security Company Ironblocks Takes Aim at Spate of DeFi Hacks
The funding frenzy and competitive landscape speaks to the growth of the on-chain security landscape. While once only inhabited by tracing companies t [...]
7 DeFi protocol hacks in Feb sees $21 million in funds pilfered: DefiLlama
Reentrancy, price oracle attacks and exploits across seven protocols caused decentralized finance (DeFi) space to bleed at least $21 million in crypto [...]
Security team creates dashboard to detect potential NFT hacks in OpenSea
A wallet security team released a real-time dashboard that lets community members detect, track and monitor potential nonfungible token (NFT) hacks us [...]
DeFi exploits and access control hacks cost crypto investors billions in 2022: Report
Cyber criminals used a variety of novel ways to carry out hacks and exploits in 2022, with over $2.8 billion of cryptocurrency stolen last year.Accord [...]
Why DeFi should expect more hacks this year: Blockchain security execs
Decentralized finance (DeFi) investors should buckle themselves up for another big year of exploits and attacks as new projects enter the market and h [...]
The 10 largest crypto hacks and exploits in 2022 saw $2.1B stolen
It's been a turbulent year for the cryptocurrency industry — market prices have taken a huge dip, crypto giants have collapsed and billions have been [...]
This Was the Worst Year for Crypto Hacks. Here’s How 2023 Can Be Better
OpenZeppelin’s Stephen Lloyd Webber writes about the plague of exploits that drained billions from crypto protocols – and how Web3 can better secure i [...]
Dr. Adam Back shares his life of hacks
It’s been a life of hacks for Dr. Adam Back, the CEO and co-founder of Blockstream. One of the few people quoted on the Bitcoin Whitepaper, hacking hi [...]
Recent FTX hacks prove it was right to ‘secure’ its assets: Bahamian regulator
The Securities Commission of The Bahamas says the continued “hacking attempts” on FTX’s digital assets prove they made the right call to take control [...]
Developers could have prevented crypto’s 2022 hacks if they took basic security measures
Users losing funds due to malicious activity is hardly unknown on Ethereum. In fact, it is the very reason researchers recently developed a proposal t [...]
With Hacks at a Record High, Crypto Needs to Find Better Ways to Keep Users Safe
Experts have criticized that data, which analyzed 27,000 tokens, saying that not every low-effort phishing or pyramid scheme has takers. Some, like M [...]