DeFi lender Tender.fi suffers exploit, white hat hacker suspected
An alleged ethical hacker has drained $1.59 million from the decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform Tender.fi, leading the service to halt borrowing while it attempts to recoup its assets.Web3-focused...
7 DeFi protocol hacks in Feb see $21 million in funds stolen: DefiLlama
Reentrancy, price oracle attacks and exploits across seven protocols caused the decentralized finance (DeFi) space to bleed at least $21 million in crypto in February. According to DeFi data analytics platform...
DeFi to be examined at inaugural CFTC tech advisory meeting: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant developments over the last week.DeFi will be in...
Chinese Hackers Targeting European Entities with New MQsTTang Backdoor
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Mar 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Cyber Attack
The China-aligned Mustang Panda actor has been observed using a hitherto unseen custom backdoor called MQsTTang as part of an ongoing...
Notorious Monkey Drainer crypto scammer says they’re ‘shutting down’
The cryptocurrency phishing scammer behind some of the most high-profile and high-value Web3 thefts claims to have packed up shop, saying it was “time to move on to something...
Cybercriminals Targeting Law Firms with GootLoader and FakeUpdates Malware
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Mar 01, 2023Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Malware
Six different law firms were targeted in January and February 2023 as part of two disparate threat campaigns distributing GootLoader and FakeUpdates...
Platypus Finance creates compensation portal for users following $9.1M exploit
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Platypus Finance has created a portal that enables users to view how much the platform owes them following the recent $9.1 million exploit.On Feb. 16,...
Dutch Police Arrest 3 Hackers Involved in Massive Data Theft and Extortion Scheme
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Feb 27, 2023Ravie Lakshmanan
The Dutch police announced the arrest of three individuals in connection with a "large-scale" criminal operation involving data theft, extortion, and money laundering.
The suspects include...
LastPass Reveals Second Attack Resulting in Breach of Encrypted Password Vaults
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Feb 28, 2023Ravie LakshmananPassword Security / Data Breach
LastPass, which in December 2022 disclosed a severe data breach that allowed threat actors to access encrypted password vaults, said it...
CISA Issues Warning on Active Exploitation of ZK Java Web Framework Vulnerability
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Feb 28, 2023Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Cyber Attack
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a high-severity flaw affecting the ZK Framework to its Known Exploited...
