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In the wake of a multimillion-dollar hack targeting SwissBorg, blockchain infrastructure provider Kiln has moved to shut down its Ethereum validators as a precautionary measure. On Monday, blockchain investigator ZachXBT reported that SwissBorg had lost around 192,600 SOL—valued at approximately $41.3 million—in a security breach. The
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A major security scare in the open-source software world appears to have been contained. Ledger’s chief technology officer, Charles Guillemet, confirmed Tuesday that a high-profile supply chain attack on the Node Package Manager (NPM) ecosystem caused “almost no victims,” thanks to early detection and technical failures on the attackers’
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Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new tactic where hackers are using Ethereum smart contracts to conceal and distribute malware, allowing them to bypass traditional security scans. Ethereum smart contracts used to push malicious code on npm | ReversingLabsRL discovered how the contracts were abused — and how this incident is part of
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Decentralized exchange Bunni has fallen victim to a security exploit that drained an estimated $2.3 million from its Ethereum-based smart contracts, according to on-chain analysis from blockchain security firm Blocksec. The breach, reported on Tuesday, targeted vulnerabilities within Bunni’s protocol. While the exact method used by attackers has
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Eliza Labs, the AI software firm behind the elizaOS protocol, has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s social media platform X Corp, accusing it of anticompetitive behavior and unfairly suspending its accounts. In a complaint submitted Wednesday to a federal court in San Francisco, Eliza Labs and its founder,
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Circle and Paxos, two of the largest regulated stablecoin issuers, have rolled out a pilot verification system designed to stop counterfeit tokens and strengthen trust in digital dollar assets. The initiative, first reported on August 27, comes as U.S. regulators push for stricter oversight of the fast-growing stablecoin market.
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The controversy around celebrity-backed meme coins deepened this week after LIBRA promoter Hayden Davis was accused of personally profiting from a $12 million “snipe” of Kanye West’s YZY token. The revelation came just days after a federal judge unfroze Davis’ assets in a separate LIBRA-related case. How the YZY
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A Major Blow Against Digital Fraud in Africa Interpol has revealed details of a sweeping crackdown on crypto-related crime in Africa, uncovering a $300 million fraud operation in Zambia and dismantling illegal mining hubs in Angola. The coordinated effort, dubbed Operation Serengeti 2.0, highlights the growing sophistication of digital
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Financial advisory firm Kroll is facing a class-action lawsuit in the United States after a data breach allegedly exposed the personal information of FTX, BlockFi, and Genesis creditors, leaving them vulnerable to persistent phishing attacks. Repko v. Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC - FTXCLAIMS.COMClass Action Complaint filed in U.S.
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The once-hyped market for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) is facing a new kind of stress test: hackers. A fresh report from blockchain security firm CertiK shows cybercriminals are shifting their focus to this fast-growing corner of crypto, exposing vulnerabilities at the core of RWA technology. $14.6M Lost to RWA
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Crypto scammers are taking their tactics to a new level in the UK—by impersonating some of the country’s most trusted media outlets and even government institutions. Fraudsters have been pushing fake BBC bulletins and counterfeit WalesOnline articles to trick people into investing in bogus projects or clicking on
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Some of the world’s largest crypto firms—including Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, Ripple, and PayPal—have joined forces with law enforcement agencies to launch the Beacon Network, a new crime-fighting initiative led by blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs. The program, announced Wednesday, aims to create an industry-wide early warning system