Polygon Discord Breach Exposes Critical Social Engineering Vulnerabilities in Crypto Communities
The cryptocurrency community experienced yet another stark reminder of the fragility of digital security on August 24, 2024, when Polygon, […]
US Treasury Sanctions Russian Drone Finance Network: What the KB Vostok Designation Means for Crypto Compliance
The United States Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned KB Vostok OOO on August 23, 2024, targeting a
McDonald’s Instagram Hijacked in $700K Grimace Token Heist: How Brand Trust Became a Weapon
The August 22, 2024 compromise of McDonald’s official Instagram account — a platform with roughly 5 million followers — demonstrates
Critical CVE-2024-5932 Flaw in GiveWP Plugin Exposes Over 100,000 WordPress Sites to Remote Code Execution
WordPress website administrators are scrambling to patch a critical vulnerability in the GiveWP donation plugin that could allow attackers to
How a Single Phishing Transaction Drained $55 Million in DAI From a MakerDAO User
A sophisticated phishing attack on August 20, 2024, resulted in one of the largest individual losses in DeFi history when
Anatomy of a $243 Million Crypto Heist: How Social Engineering Drained a Genesis Creditor Bitcoin Fortune
On August 19, 2024, blockchain investigator ZachXBT flagged one of the most sophisticated social engineering attacks in cryptocurrency history. A
$230 Million Vanished: Inside the Malone Lam Bitcoin Social Engineering Heist That Shocked Washington D.C.
On August 18, 2024, the cryptocurrency world witnessed one of the most brazen attacks in its history. A Washington, D.C.
Optimism Fraud Proof System Disabled After Critical Vulnerabilities Found in MIPS Contracts
The Optimism Foundation has taken the extraordinary step of disabling its permissionless fraud proof system and reverting the network to
Massive Cloud Extortion Campaign Exposes 90,000 Environment Variable Files in Unprecedented Internet Scan
Cryptocurrency platforms and cloud-dependent blockchain services face renewed scrutiny after security researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 division disclosed
Chainalysis Mid-Year Report Reveals Crypto Hacks Are Surging Despite 20% Drop in Overall Illicit Activity
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis released its 2024 Mid-Year Crypto Crime Update on August 15, delivering a mixed picture of the