Hackers


CoinDesk Indices

Crypto is Bleeding Billions a Year. Traditional Finance Is Watching.

If the DeFi industry doesn’t adopt the security tools we've already built, then we will watch institutional capital deploy elsewhere while hackers fund their operations with our losses, writes Immunefi’s Mitchell Amador.

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Markets

Hackers Impersonate Saudi Crown Prince to Promote Fake ‘Official’ Memecoins

The promotional posts have been deleted and the Saudi Law Conference, whose account was compromised, issued a statement on it.

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Policy

Cambodian Payments Firm Received $150K From North Korean Hackers Lazarus Wallet: Reuters

The crypto was stolen by Lazarus hackers from three crypto companies in June and July last year.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Disappearance of $900K Puts Focus on Vintage Bitcoin Project Libbitcoin

The issue, dubbed “Milk Sad,” was discovered in late July by information security firm Distrust.

Screenshot of code from Milk Sad vulnerability (milksad.info)

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Policy

FBI: North Korean Hackers Behind $100M Horizon Bridge Theft

Lazarus Group and APT38, both associated with North Korea, are responsible for the attack in June, the agency concluded.

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Finance

Hacker ataca fondos de criptomonedas acaudalados usando chats de Telegram

Propietarios de exchanges advirtieron sobre descargas maliciosas, ya que atacantes se centraron en usuarios crédulos y utilizaron una narrativa relevante y muy específica.

(Adam Levine/CoinDesk)

Videos

White-Hat Hacker Argues Stronger Incentives Needed to Patch Vulnerabilities

Hackers drained Nomad, a platform that allows users to transfer tokens between different blockchains, of nearly $200 million. A white-hat exploiter says stronger incentives are needed to reward the good Samaritans who help protocols identify and patch vulnerabilities. "The Hash" panel discusses the role of white-hat hackers in crypto.

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Tech

In Praise of White-Hat Hackers, but Overreliance Is Foolish

A white hat Nomad exploiter says stronger incentives are needed to reward the good Samaritans who help protocols identify and patch vulnerabilities.

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Tech

A dos semanas de terminar, octubre registra la mayor cantidad de hackeos cripto de la historia

Hackers robaron más de US$718 millones desde los protocolos DeFi mediante once hackeos diferentes, según la empresa de investigación Chainalysis.

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Videos

BNB Chain Hack Like ‘Attacking Someone at the Joint of a Bone,’ Says Binance Exec

BNB Smart Chain continued operations following last weekend’s exploit where hackers stole $100 million from the platform. Binance Chief Communications Officer Patrick Hillmann discusses the details of the hack, the vulnerabilities of DeFi and what’s next.

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