Hacks
Web3 Security Firm Blockaid Raises $27M to Help Tackle Industry's 'Never-Ending' Challenges
Blockaid claims to have scanned 450 million transactions, thwarted 1.2 million malicious transactions and safeguarded $500 million in user funds in the last three months .
Friend.Tech Targeted SIM Swaps Worsen as Users Lose More Ether
CoinDesk reported earlier this week that Friend.Tech users were starting to seemingly get targeted in SIM swap exploits.
There's a Lot of Thefts Happening
Regulators don’t need more excuses to look suspiciously at the crypto industry, but a recent wave of hacks and thefts provide one anyway.
DraftKings' Billionaire-Backed Crypto Analytics Firm CoinScan Raises $6.3M
The company is backed by Shalom Meckenzie, the largest individual shareholder in sports betting company DraftKings.
North Korean Attackers Linked to $54M CoinEx Hack, Blockchain Data Suggests
A hot wallet of the crypto exchange used to hold users’ tokens was exploited by attackers on Tuesday.
Blockchain Security Firm Quantstamp Hopes to Battle Flash Loan Attacks With New Service
The service has been released in collaboration with researchers from the University of Toronto.
Lessons of a $37M Attack: How a Ukrainian Payment Processor Was Hacked
CoinsPaid, a crypto payment processing company with Ukrainian roots, fell a victim to a social engineering attack, thought to have emanated from Lazarus, a North Korean hacking group.
DeFi Definitely Isn't Dead
The commentariat said decentralized finance is in danger amid the crypto winter and recent spate of hacks. They're dead wrong.
AI Creates Security Risks and Attack Vectors. Can Blockchain Help?
Decentralized data storage and other blockchain-powered tools can help keep attackers away from AI's information throve, Chao Cheng-Shorland writes.
Crypto Ponzi Schemes Cost Victims $7.8B in 2022: TRM Labs
Bitcoin is no longer the preferred chain for such crimes as criminals have moved onto altcoins, the blockchain analytics company also reported.
