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A wallet tied to at least $24 million in stolen cryptocurrencies deposited 600 Ether (ETH) worth an estimated $936,000 into Tornado Cash, an Ethereum-based privacy tool sanctioned by the US Treasury Department.

CertiK found a security flaw in WorldCoin's code that could allow unauthorized access to become an Orb operator

CertiK, a leading blockchain security firm, has issued an urgent Skynet Alert after receiving multiple reports of the defi platform Era Lend falling victim to an exploitation on zkSync.  Losses are currently estimated to be around $3.4 million. Another hacking…

CertiK’s Q2 2023 Web3 Security report highlights a decline in volume lost to malicious actors in the blockchain ecosystem, significant off-chain events, and vulnerabilities in major protocols and applications. Bad actors still targeting web3 projects The recently released Q2 2023…

Crypto security firm CertiK has warned that a known wallet drainer has moved funds into sanctioned crypto tumbler Tornado Cash. In a May 27 alert, CertiK stated that two externally owned addresses (EOAs), 0x546 and 0x108, deposited 20 ether (ETH)…

Blockchain security firm CertiK announced on May 4 that it has successfully blocked $160,000 in stolen funds from Merlin, a decentralized exchange based on zkSync that was recently hit by a rogue insider "rugpull." The fraudulent activity resulted in losses of $1.8 million for users last week.

CertiK has revealed plans to launch the aid fund for the victims of the roughly $2 million MerlinDEX rug pull. The blockchain security firm has also proposed a 20% white hat bounty for the rogue hackers to return the stolen…

CertiK has attributed the over $1.82 million loss suffered by zkSync-based decentralized exchange, MerlinDEX, to a private key management issue rather than an exploit by bad actors. CertiK conducted an audit on MerlinDEX’s smart contracts before the incident. MerlinDEX, a…

CertiK, a popular blockchain security network, tweeted that there were about 27 security incidents in the crypto space in the past seven days. 

Kokomo Finance, as of recent reports, has been accused of a $4m exit scam that occurred on the platform. The firm's social networks seem to have been taken down upon searching.

CertiK Alert has warned users of Euler Finance to be wary of phishing sites exploiting the latest security incident that cost the lender $197 million. CertiK Skynet, a major web3 security role player and real-time analyst of crypto hacks, scams,…

CertiK analysis reveal that cryptocurrency hackers used the black-market IDs to evade detection. The analysis also reveals lack of proper staff training and equipment leads to these hacks as well as hackers being part of projects which they later hack.

Certik–a software audit firm that helps in the security of smart contracts, has announced the release of its new interoperable and open-source blockchain, the Certik Chain, to accelerate blockchain adoption, innovation, and development, through an on-chain security scoring system as…