Sharp Panda Using New Soul Framework Version to Target Southeast Asian Governments
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Mar 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananAdvanced Persistent Threat
High-profile government entities in Southeast Asia are the target of a cyber espionage campaign undertaken by a Chinese threat actor known as Sharp...
DeFi lender Tender.fi suffers exploit, white hat hacker returns funds
This story is updated with new information to reflect the fact that the white hacker has since returned the funds to Tender.fi.An ethical hacker has drained $1.59 million from...
Hacker returns stolen funds to Tender.fi, gets $97K bounty reward
The hacker behind the exploit of the decentralized finance lending platform Tender.fi has returned the stolen funds for a $97,000 bounty reward in Ether (ETH). The exploit was executed at...
LastPass Hack: Engineer’s Failure to Update Plex Software Led to Massive Data Breach
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Mar 07, 2023Ravie LakshmananPassword Security / Software Update
The massive breach at LastPass was the result of one of its engineers failing to update Plex on their home computer,...
Algodex reveals wallet infiltrated by ‘malicious’ actor as MyAlgo renews warning: Withdraw now
Algorand-based wallet provider MyAlgo has again urged users to withdraw their funds after a February security breach which doesn’t appear to have been resolved.Update: Funds are still being actively...
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...
