Senator Lummis Demands New and Stricter Safeguards for Bitcoin ATMs
United States Senator Cynthia Lummis has made an urgent call to implement stricter regulations on Bitcoin ATMs (BTMs). This initiative arises as a direct response to the alarming…
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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.
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Crypto, Fraud and Social Engineering: Financial Crime Ring Dismantled
TL;DR The Guardia Civil dismantled a network that defrauded over 5,000 people through fake crypto investments and laundered more than €460 million. The group…
Trezor Detects New Phishing Attempt Through Its Support Contact Form
TL;DR Trezor detected phishing attempts through its support form, where attackers used leaked emails to trigger automatic replies. The company confirmed there was no…
Hypersphere Partner Loses Crypto Savings in Zoom Scam
TL;DR Earlier this week, Mehdi Farooq, a partner at crypto venture firm Hypersphere and former Animoca Brands executive, shared a personal account of a…
Meta Pool Under Siege: $27 Million Tokens Minted, Yet Only $132K Stolen
TL;DR Exploited Vulnerability: A sophisticated hacker exploited a flaw in Meta Pool’s fast unstake functionality and ERC4626 mint function to mint approximately 9,705 mpETH…
North Korean Crypto Laundering Reaches New Heights
TL;DR The Lazarus Group, widely considered a state-sponsored cybercrime outfit operating under North Korea’s intelligence apparatus, has intensified its use of lesser-known methods to…
Suspected Israeli Hackers Launch Coordinated Cyber Assault on Iran’s Financial Institutions
TL;DR Bank Data Breach: A suspected Israeli hacking group breached Bank Sepah, destroying key data and undermining Iran’s traditional banking infrastructure. Crypto Exchange Attack:…
Bitrue Hacker Launders Millions via Tornado Cash Mixer
TL;DR Renewed Hacker Activity: The anonymous exploiter behind Bitrue’s $22 million theft has ramped up operations by moving approximately $30 million in stolen crypto…
Hackers Expose 60,000 LockBit Bitcoin Addresses
TL;DR Hackers exposed nearly 60,000 Bitcoin addresses linked to LockBit’s ransomware infrastructure. The attack leaked a MySQL database dump with valuable information for tracking…
FBI Disrupts Lazarus Group’s Fake Crypto Firms and Malware Distribution
TL;DR FBI Seizes Critical Domain: The FBI has taken control of a pivotal domain linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, disrupting its complex crypto…
XRP Ledger Blocks Attempted Attack on Its Infrastructure
TL;DR A hacker attempted to attack the XRP Ledger infrastructure by compromising an NPM token and distributing malicious versions of xrpl.js. Aikido Security detected…