Security tracks the threats that affect crypto users, protocols and companies. This section covers hacks, bridge exploits, wallet vulnerabilities, phishing campaigns, exchange incidents, smart contract failures, scams and the security practices emerging across the industry.
Secret Network’s Axelar–related bridge flow was hit by an “infinite mint” exploit that reportedly allowed an attacker to create unbacked wrapped assets and drain about $4.67 million, according…
An exploit affecting the ATM token on BNB Chain led to an estimated loss of about $243,000, according to a post from CertiK Alert…
GravityBridge said it paused operations after security researchers flagged about $5.4 million in unauthorized outflows from the cross-chain protocol, with early assessments pointing to…
TesseraDAO, a decentralized project on the BNB Chain, has suffered an exploit resulting in the theft of approximately $2.5 million. The incident involved an…
Finnish computer scientist Martti Malmi, one of the earliest collaborators of Satoshi Nakamoto, launched an updated version of Nostr VPN on May 19, 2026,…
Physical attacks aimed at extorting cryptocurrency holders, known as wrench attacks, generated global losses of $101 million during the first four months of 2026.…
Law enforcement agencies and digital asset exchange platforms frozen more than $41 million connected to BG Wealth Sharing, a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that allegedly…
The liquid staking protocol Volo Protocol suffered a security breach this Wednesday resulting in the theft of 3.5 million dollars in digital assets from…
Data platform DefiLlama revealed this Tuesday that crypto hacks have siphoned 17 billion dollars through 518 recorded incidents during the last ten years. The…
North Korea’s Lazarus Group stole approximately 292 million dollars from the KelpDAO bridge last Saturday, April 18. According to a preliminary analysis published by…
According to data published by Dark Web Informer, the actor Jinkusu is marketing an AI cybercrime tool capable of compromising security in 200,000 fraud…
