More than 280 blockchains at risk of ‘zero-day’ exploits, warns security firm
More than 280 blockchain networks are at risk of “zero-day” exploits that could put at least $25 billion worth of crypto at risk, according to cybersecurity firm Halborn. In...
Euler Finance blocks vulnerable module, working on recovering funds
Decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Euler Finance became a victim of a flash loan attack on March 13, resulting in the biggest hack of crypto in 2023 so far. The...
OpenSea patches vulnerability that potentially exposed users’ identities
Nonfungible token marketplace OpenSea has reportedly patched a vulnerability that, if exploited, could have exposed identifying information about its anonymous users. In a March 9 blog post blog, cybersecurity firm Imperva...
Euler Finance hacked for over $195M in a flash loan attack
Ethereum-based noncustodial lending protocol Eurler finance faced a flash loan attack on March 13, with the attacker managing to steal millions in Dai (DAI), USD Coin (USDC), staked Ether...
How the Bitcoin network can solve the pitfalls of DeFi token bridges
Decentralized finance (DeFi) saw a record inflow from centralized exchanges as crypto users flocked to self-custody solutions following the FTX collapse. Over 100,000 Bitcoin (BTC) left crypto exchanges so...
What is ethical hacking, and how does it work?
Ethical hacking, also known as “white hat” hacking, is the process of identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities in a computer system or network in order to assess its security and...
Hedera confirms exploit on mainnet led to theft of service tokens
Hedera, the team behind distributed ledger Hedera Hashgraph, has confirmed a smart contract exploit on the Hedera Mainnet that has led to the theft of several liquidity pool tokens.Hedera...
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...
