Tag: hacks
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 [...]
Half of all DeFi exploits are cross-bridge hacks
According to a new report by crypto data aggregator Token Terminal, approximately 50% of exploits in decentralized finance, or DeFi, occur on cross-ch [...]
Crypto hacks are set to hit all-time highs in 2022, analyst explains
Reducing the amount of hacking by improving cybersecurity should be considered a top priority for the crypto industry, said Kim Grauer, director of re [...]
North Korea’s Lazarus behind years of crypto hacks in Japan: Police
Japan’s national police have pinned North Korean hacking group, Lazarus, as the organization behind several years of crypto-related cyber attacks. In [...]
Barely halfway and October already the biggest month in crypto hacks: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant deve [...]
October Becomes Worst Month for Crypto Hacks With Two Weeks to Go
Attack vectors in the crypto sector range from exploiting bridges, a blockchain-based tool that allows users to transact between different networks, t [...]
Barely halfway and October’s the ‘biggest month’ in crypto hacks: Chainalysis
While 2021 was the biggest year on record for crypto hacks, 2022 could “likely” beat the record “at this rat [...]
Crypto Hacks Fuel Memes of North Korea: Blockchain’s Biggest Baddie
Ascribing such high-falutin' themes to, well, s**tposting, isn’t accepted by all. One of the most prolific of these posters, the Twitter account for i [...]
Polygon CSO blames Web2 security gaps for recent spate of hacks
Polygon Chief Security Officer Mudit Gupta has urged Web3 companies to hire traditional security experts to put an end to easily preventable hacks, ar [...]
Hacks call for better defense mechanisms
2022 has been a lucrative year for hackers preying on the nascent Web3 and decentralized finance (DeFi) spaces, with more than $2 billion worth of cry [...]
Chainalysis Estimates $2B Stolen From Cross-Chain Bridge Hacks This Year
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Major hacks in play-to-earn crypto games a ‘matter of time’ — Report
“Unsatisfactory” cybersecurity measures among play-to-earn (P2E) crypto games pose a great risk to GameFi projects and their gamers alike, warns block [...]