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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.

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…

At least two defi protocols reported compromised domains in an apparent hacking campaign targeting crypto websites.

OPSEC, the native cryptocurrency of OpSec, an AI-powered decentralized cloud security platform, has plummeted over 88% following alarming reports of a security breach on its official X account. The latest incident has resulted in significant financial losses for users and…

The team behind Inferno Drainer, a notorious crypto scam service, failed to launder a substantial amount of ETH after privacy protocol Railgun managed to block the transaction. According to security firm MistTrack, on July 9, the team behind the subscription-based…

Cybercrime in the crypto sector has soared in the first half of 2024, with hackers stealing nearly $1.38 billion, nearly doubling last year’s figures. Cybercriminals have pilfered a staggering $1.38 billion from crypto investors in the first half of 2024,…

Hackers are actively exploiting critical vulnerabilities in older versions of Rejetto’s HTTP File Server to install Monero mining malware and other malicious software. Hackers have found a way to exploit older versions of the HTTP File Server (HFS), a software…

Blockchain startup Bittensor has temporarily halted its network due to a private key leak, causing the network’s token to drop by 16%. Bittensor, a decentralized machine learning protocol, has apparently fallen victim to a hacker attack, targeting multiple wallets in…

In the second quarter of 2024, a total of $572.7 million in crypto was lost across 72 incidents due to hacks and scams. Centralized finance platforms were the primary targets of these breaches.  These losses marks a 70.3% increase from…

The developer of Bitcoin-focused defi platform ALEX Lab says North Korean hackers are likely behind the latest $4 million attack. North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group is very likely responsible for the attack that left Bitcoin-focused defi platform ALEX Lab…

In a now-deleted X post, blockchain game Farcana said that one of its crypto wallets “has been compromised,” triggering a 60% plunge for FAR. Farcana, a blockchain-based shooter game with tournaments, seems to have suffered a significant security breach, resulting…

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…

Kraken’s chief security officer disclosed that a bug in the exchange’s funding system led to a $3 million loss after being exploited by rogue security researchers. American crypto exchange Kraken lost around $3 million worth of crypto in early June…

Decentralized lending protocol UwU Lend has unveiled a $5 million bounty to “identify and locate” the exploiter. Developers of UwU Lend are promising to pay up to $5 million “to the first person to identify and locate” a hacker, who…

Decentralized finance protocol UwU Lend has suffered another exploit from the same attacker, costing it $3.7 million worth of stolen funds. UwU Lend, an Ethereum-based lending and liquidity protocol, has apparently suffered another hack from the same attacker, who exploited…