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North Korean state-sponsored hackers have significantly expanded their cryptocurrency theft operations, with decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols becoming increasingly frequent targets. According to recent cybersecurity analysis, the regime's hacking groups have refined their techniques to exploit vulnerabilities in DeFi smart contracts and cross-chain bridges, marking a notable evolution from
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Many crypto and Web3 projects deploy frontends on Vercel, raising the risk that secrets stored as non-sensitive environment variables may now be exposed.
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Decentralized finance protocol Aave experienced a massive $6 billion drop in total value locked (TVL) following a security breach at liquid staking platform Kelp. The incident exposed underlying structural vulnerabilities within the leading DeFi lending protocol, triggering widespread user withdrawals and highlighting interconnected risks across the DeFi ecosystem. The Kelp
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Kelp's emergency pauser multisig froze the protocol's core contracts roughly 46 minutes after the successful drain, blocking two follow-up attempts.
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A new analysis reveals that sufficiently powerful quantum computers could potentially compromise Bitcoin's security infrastructure in as little as nine minutes, according to a technical report examining the cryptocurrency's vulnerability to quantum attacks. The research demonstrates how quantum computing's advanced computational capabilities could theoretically
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Using what the team described as a "deliberately constructed swap route," the attacker opened a large number of margin trading positions.
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Just days after the decentralized finance (DeFi) space breathed a collective sigh of relief over what appeared to be a “failed” mega-hack, the grim reality has set in. The team behind Hyperbridge, the cross-chain protocol facilitating the Polkadot-Ethereum bridge, has confessed that the financial da
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Circle was accused of aiding and abetting the conversion of the stolen funds and negligence after it did not freeze funds stolen from the Drift Protocol in April.
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The Ethereum Foundation reported that a six-month program helped expose around 100 DPRK IT workers across 53 crypto projects.
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Liquidity and users of the sanctioned Garantex exchange have flowed into Grinex over the past year, Elliptic claims.
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The Drift Protocol will use the $150 million to relaunch and restore user funds following a $280 million exploit earlier in April.
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Jean-Didier Berger said at Paris Blockchain Week that France is preparing new steps to protect crypto holders as wrench attacks and kidnappings keep mounting.