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In Q3, threat actors stole over $750 million worth of cryptocurrency across 150+ security incidents, marking a 9.5% increase in value lost despite 27 fewer incidents compared to Q2. Phishing attacks and private key compromises were significant contributors to over…
Vow, a decentralized discount voucher issuer, recently suffered an exploit that put its native token on the cusp of a collapse. According to a CertiK report shared with crypto.news, Vow was exploited to $1.2 million immediately after the platform tested…
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Ethereum
Kraken argues that CertiK was excessive — but the cybersecurity firm insists large-scale withdrawals were necessary to ascertain the scale of the problem. Last week, Kraken announced that a critical bug had enabled security researchers to artificially inflate their balance…
Kraken chief security officer Nick Percoco has confirmed that the crypto exchange has recovered the funds recently stolen from its account after a bug vulnerability. On June 20, Percoco posted on X that the exchange had managed to recover these…
Blockchain security firm CertiK confirmed it was behind a bug exploit that resulted in an unauthorized withdrawal of $3 million worth of tokens from Kraken. New York-headquartered blockchain security firm CertiK has admitted to being behind a bug exploit that…
In April 2024, damage from cybersecurity incidents such as exploits and scams amounted to $25.7 million.
Blockchain security startup CertiK said Telegram’s desktop application poses risks to use due to a media auto-download feature, but the social network challenged such claims.
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Toncoin
CertiK’s account with over 340k followers has apparently posted a malicious link, urging followers to use it to safeguard from a cyber incident. A crypto auditor CertiK has become the latest victim of a hacker attack, posting on its X…
Blockchain security company CertiK has issued an urgent update to OKX wallet users on iPhone following the discovery of a major security vulnerability in the iOS application. In a post dated Dec. 19 on X, CertiK urgently advised OKX wallet…
As per multiple reports on X, CertiK’s official website temporarily featured a Discord link, which redirected users to a fake server with malicious malware. In a recent security incident, a Discord link has been featured on the website of a…
November sees a dramatic spike in cryptocurrency losses, totaling $173 million, with major hacks at Poloniex and a phishing incident leading the surge.
Blockchain project Solana refutes CertiK’s report that its Saga phone has a vulnerability potentially leading to crypto loss. In a comment on Blockworks, Steven Laver, lead mobile software engineer at Solana (SOL) Labs, said the CertiK video does not disclose…
Security platform CertiK has released a video demonstrating a critical vulnerability exploit on Solana’s flagship Saga phone.Â
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Solana
Previous rug pull survivor and anonymous blockchain sleuth ZachXBT shared an alert on Nov. 14 of a possible exit scam for Lendora Protocol, a decentralized lending platform on Scroll.
A new rug pull scam sees users lose $743k to a fake Linea token project.Â
In an Oct. 8 post on X, Certik, a security-focused ranking platform, reported an exit scam on zkFlex Finance after charts show a 100% in the project’s value.