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In July 2024, the cryptocurrency sector suffered a series of devastating attacks, culminating in losses amounting to approximately $266 million. Blockchain research firm PeckShield revealed in an X post on Aug. 1 that attacks against decentralized protocols in July surged…

Infamous blockchain protocol Terra has recently been allegedly exploited due to a vulnerability that was revealed months ago. According to a Cyvers Alerts post on X today, July 31, hackers have stolen 60 million ASTRO, 3.5 million USDC, 500,000 USDT…

On-chain sleuth ZachXBT has identified connections between the hack of two Hollywood celebrities’ X accounts — which were used to create meme coin scams — and the convicted UK hacker Gurvinder Bhangu, aka Gurv. In an X thread today, July…

Heather Morgan, convicted for her role in the Bitfinex hack involving 120,000 BTC, was reportedly seen at the recent Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville. The Bitcoin 2024 conference held in Nashville, Tennessee, featured not only high-profile political figures and entrepreneurs…

Blockchain platform Casper Network announced to the community that a “significant security breach” that occurred yesterday has been contained. Casper Network suspends operations In an X post today, July 28, the team behind the Casper Network (CSPR) announced that it…

Indian crypto exchange WazirX has unveiled a plan to mitigate the effects of a recent hack that resulted in the loss of approximately $235 million. The breach, which affected 45% of user funds, has led the exchange to introduce what…

MonoSwap, a yield farming protocol, has suffered a significant hack after a fake venture capitalist installed malware on a developer's tech. 

DeFi exchange dydX announced that its website had been compromised after it was revealed the company is selling a portion of its trading software.

Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX has ceased deposits and withdrawals as scammers appear to be targeting the platform’s users. Cryptocurrency exchange WazirX, which recently suffered a $235 million hacker attack, has stopped processing deposits and withdrawals after the platform noticed “impersonators…

WazirX co-founder Nischal Shetty has announced a bounty program to help the exchange recover or freeze funds stolen in the exchange’s recent hack.

Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT says the attacker who took funds from Scroll-supported lending protocol Rho Markets is willing to return all funds. Specifically, the attacker has written an on-chain message committing to returning all funds, claiming theirs wasn’t an exploit or…

Mumbai-based WazirX crypto exchange released its post-mortem report on a “force majeure” incident that allowed a multi-sig wallet hack.

Blockchain security firm Resonance Security is rolling out a new tool to help web3 protocols defend against DNS and CDN manipulations. Resonance Security has developed a new tool designed to capture continuous snapshots of the web state, including DNS records…

Malware software-as-a-service Angel Drainer, linked to over $25 million in thefts, has reportedly shut down after its developers were potentially identified. Angel Drainer, a drainer-as-a-service program, has allegedly suspended its operations just two hours after cybersecurity researchers at Match Systems…

Decentralized protocol for bridging assets across different networks, LI.FI, appears to have fallen victim to a hacker attack. Multichain liquidity provider LI.FI, which facilitates cross-chain swaps for the Jumper crypto exchange, has reportedly suffered a hacker attack, resulting in losses…

A victim of a $24 million phishing attack has received a portion of his stolen funds back after the attacker willingly sent it back to him. According to web3 anti-scam solution Scam Sniffer, the attacker sent back $9.3 million to…