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05.05 / 21:19

Blockchain NFT defi Hackers hacks Liquid staking solutions now have more TVL than DEXs: Finance Redefined

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week.

02.05 / 06:45

Blockchain Hackers hacks crimes Cybercrime Low Darknet hackers are selling crypto accounts for as low as $30 a pop

Cybercriminals from the darkest parts of the internet are reportedly selling hacked, verified crypto accounts on the darknet for as low as just $30 apiece.

02.05 / 00:53

Blockchain defi Hackers hacks DEX Decentralized Exchange Derivatives Exploit Level Finance confirms $1M exploit due to buggy smart contract

Decentralized exchange Level Finance has experienced a security breach allowing an attacker to steal more than $1 million of the exchange’s native Level Finance (LVL) token.

01.05 / 05:05

defi hacks Cybersecurity Scams Crypto scams Lost April’s crypto scams, exploits and hacks lead to $103M lost — CertiK

Crypto exploits, exit scams, and flash loan attacks saw little signs of letting up in April, with more than $103 million of funds stolen from crypto projects and investors in the month.

30.04 / 09:29

business Hackers hacks Social Media Altcoin Google YouTube Crypto scams YouTube helps recover hacked channel that attempted XRP crypto scams

Prominent YouTuber DidYouKnowGaming was able to regain access to his YouTube channel, which an anonymous bad actor hacked to promote XRP (XRP) cryptocurrency scams.

26.04 / 20:45

business Blockchain Hackers hacks Decentralized Exchange compensation Exploit CertiK to launch compensation plan for $2M Merlin DEX exploit

Blockchain security firm CertiK is launching a compensation plan to cover the $2 million lost during a public sale of decentralized exchange Merlin’s MAGE token.

24.04 / 18:35

hacks regulation FBI OFAC lazarus OFAC sanctions OTC traders who converted crypto for North Korea’s Lazarus group

The United States Treasury Department has identified over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency traders who assisted North Korea’s Lazarus Group in converting stolen crypto into fiat currency. Crypto traders in China and Hong Kong have been sanctioned by the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). In addition, a China-based banker was sanctioned for coordinating some of the illicit cashflow.

24.04 / 12:31

business Twitter hacks Social Media exchanges KuCoin to reimburse victims of the short-lived Twitter account hack

The official Twitter account of the crypto exchange KuCoin has recently been compromised, leading to users losing their funds to a fake giveaway event. The crypto platform promised to reimburse the funds lost from the incident.

24.04 / 09:27

defi Hackers hacks Cybersecurity security negotiations Hack negotiations: Why do platforms with ineffective bounty programs pay a higher price

In April alone, at least three incidents of hackers returning exploited funds were witnessed in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. On April 4, the Euler Finance team was able to recover $176.4 million after offering the hacker 10% of the stolen funds.

22.04 / 20:01

business Hackers hacks wallet Cybersecurity Trust Wallet Trust Wallet to reimburse users after $170,000 security incident

Crypto wallet Trust Wallet disclosed a security vulnerability that resulted in nearly 170,000 losses for some users. The vulnerability has been patched, according to the company.

22.04 / 08:47

Ethereum defi Hackers hacks regulation Ethereum 2.0 SafeMoon hacker agrees to return 80% of stolen funds: Finance Redefined

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week.

19.04 / 07:37

Ethereum Twitter Hackers hacks Cybersecurity security MetaMask Exploit MetaMask denies claims of wallet exploit in 'massive' $10M hack

Cryptocurrency wallet provider MetaMask has denied claims that an exploit of its wallet is the cause of a “massive wallet draining operation" that has claimed over 5,000 Ether (ETH).

18.04 / 20:27

Blockchain defi Hackers hacks Cybersecurity security SafeMoon hacker agrees to return 80% of stolen funds, says development team

The attacker who drained $8.9 million of Binance Coin (BNB) from SafeMoon has agreed to return 80% of the funds, according to an April 18 blockchain message from the SafeMoon team.

18.04 / 13:15

Blockchain Hackers hacks Cybercrime Exploit Exploit targets crypto veterans, drains over $10M across 11 blockchains

An unidentified exploit has taken more than $10.5 million in nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and coins from experienced community members who were “reasonably secure” in a wallet-draining operation since December 2022.

17.04 / 17:53

Blockchain Ethereum defi Hackers hacks Cybersecurity security KyberSwap vulnerability KyberSwap announces potential vulnerability, tells LPs to withdraw ASAP

Kyber Network, developer of the Kyberswap Elastic decentralized crypto exchange, has announced on Apr. 17 that there is a potential vulnerability in the exchange's contracts. It has advised all liquidity providers to remove their funds as soon as possible.

17.04 / 09:23

business Blockchain Binance Hackers hacks DApp Dapps BNB Chain issues list of 191 high-risk, untrustworthy DApps and fake tokens

BNB Chain, the blockchain developed by crypto exchange Binance, updated its Red Alarm list to include 191 high-risk projects and decentralized applications (dApps) currently hosted on the blockchain.

14.04 / 11:19

business hacks hot wallet Bitcoin Crypto exchange Bitrue suffers $23M hack due to hot wallet eploit

Bitrue cryptocurrency exchange has suffered a hot wallet exploit that allowed the attackers to withdraw various crypto assets worth nearly $23 million.

13.04 / 11:11

defi Hackers hacks Aave yearn.finance Hacker mints 1 quadrillion yUSDT after exploiting old Yearn Finance contract

Blockchain security firm PeckShield recently detected a hack that allowed the exploiter to mint over 1 quadrillion Yearn Tether (yUSDT) from $10,000 in the latest decentralized finance (DeFi) hack.

12.04 / 12:51

Adoption NFT hacks Web3 security NFT warranties can help mass adoption of the technology, says Web3 exec

The Web3 space has seen its fair share of exploits in the recent past with more than $320 million exploited by hackers in the first quarter of 2023 alone. For many users, particularly prospective users, having security for digital assets is a top priority.

10.04 / 16:49

Blockchain Ethereum hacks phishing Poisoning Etherscan Etherscan hides zero-value token transfers to deter address poisoning attacks

According to an Apr. 10 post from Etherscan, the blockchain explorer has disabled the display of zero-value token transfers on its website by default. From now on, users must manually switch on the display from the website's setting page. Etherscan says it made the update to deter "address poisoning" attacks that have phished and spammed unsuspecting users.

10.04 / 13:43

defi Hackers hacks Altcoin LUNC Terra Terra DeFi project Terraport suffers $2M hack days after launch

The algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) collapsed almost one year ago, but some Terra-related projects are still live and trying to overcome some issues.

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