Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
In April, the crypto community witnessed a historic downturn in financial losses due to fewer hacks and scams. According to blockchain security firm CertiK, the total damages of these types of crypto attacks dipped to a record low in April.
Breakdown...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Over the years, crypto hacks have become more elaborate and common. In 2024, the community has seen hundreds of millions swept away from exploits and scams, leaving investors empty-handed.
Sometimes, the exploiters return the funds and point out a pr...
More / Etherum Reddit - 1 year ago
Been tracking crypto projects/DEX/CEX hacks, including the technical reason and what I could have done to limit my risk when those hacks happened. Here is it (It's free) Hope it helps someone down the road in keeping their crypto secure su...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
The crypto industry is perpetually vulnerable to malicious activities, with hackers seemingly relentless in their pursuits. It’s been only two months into 2024 and crypto scams are already making their appearance. According to blockchain audito...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
The crypto community has seen a growing number of hacks in the first two months of 2024. Widely reported by Bitcoinist, hackers and scammers have targeted high-profile figures and projects within the industry.
According to PeckShield, a crypto invest...
by COINS NEWS - 1 year ago
How does one go about to prevent a sim swap hack? Seeing stories online how easy it can be. All it takes is a call to customer service and find the right person who are normally underpaid and overseas and will do it for customer service. How can I l...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
2023 marked a record high in the number of crypto platform hacks linked to North Korea, but the total value of looted funds decreased significantly. According to Chainalysis, a firm specializing in blockchain analysis, there has been a notable increa...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
In 2023, financial losses on the BNB Smart Chain due to exploits or breaches fell by 85% to $161.1 million, according to the findings of a new Avenger DAO study report. The study data also shows that Q2 of 2023 was the costliest quarter, with approxi...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
In December 2023, a significant increase in crypto thefts was triggered by an $81.5 million attack on Orbit Bridge, marking one of the largest attacks on cross-chain bridges in recent years. (Read More)
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Several reports that have recently surfaced have revealed the extent of losses that crypto platforms and users faced during 2023 as a product of exploits and hacks. TRM Labs’ latest report states that the number ascended to $1.7 billion, while...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
In a recent report released by security app De.Fi,
researchers revealed that cryptocurrency users lost nearly $2 billion to scams,
rug pulls, and hacks in 2023. Although this represented a significant reduction
from the previous year, it underscores...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 1 year ago
Recent DEX exploits ignite demand for secure investment platforms.
Pullix revolutionizes online trading, integrates crypto, anonymity, and security.
Beyond a digital currency, Pullix’s PLX token ensures rewards and economic stability.
The dec...
by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago
What does decoupled mean? Normally through arbitrage bots prices tend to be harmonized between exchanges. If a decoupling event takes place it means arbitrage bots for whatever reason can not do their work and the price decouples. If the problem is n...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 2 years ago
The DeFi platforms Velodrome and Aerodrome took to social media to warn users that the front-ends for both platforms were under attack from malicious actors. The decen...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
In the aftermath of September’s HTX breach, along with the subsequent attacks on Poloniex and Heco Bridge in November, HTX faced yet another security breach on November 23, resulting in a loss of $30 million. HTX announced its commitment to ...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
A recurring problem in crypto has been wallet hacks, with some incidents connected to large platforms, and some enormous sums of money being stolen in the form of crypto assets. Despite high profile cases, it remains to be seen how this problem will...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
In the month of September, digital assets worth approximately $332 million were siphoned from trading platforms via methods that include flash loan attacks, exit scams, and exploits. The value of digital assets stolen through exploits rose from $13.5...
by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago
Discord is a popular tool to use for projects to post updates and communicate with their community. It's extremely common for new projects to make giveaways on Discord to promote their project and their product. The "early birds" normal...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Key takeaways
The number of crypto hacks and scams surged by 153% in the third quarter of the year.
Nearly $700 million was lost to hacks and scams in the last quarter.
Crypto investors lost nearly $700 million to hacks and scams
Blockchain sec...