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Real-time reports and analysis of hacks, exploits, and vulnerabilities in the digital asset space.

A hooded user at a laptop facing a fake wallet update screen, highlighting rising EVM wallet-drain attacks and the risks of approving deceptive “update” prompts.

Hundreds of MetaMask wallets drained: What to check before you ‘update’

ZachXBT tracked $107,000 drained from hundreds of wallets through fake MetaMask emails. Here's how to spot phishing, revoke approvals, and segregate holdings before attackers strike.

1 week ago

A hooded figure at a desk surrounded by monitors showing crypto data and Bitcoin icons, highlighting the surge in cyberattacks and scams that defined the crypto landscape in 2025.

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Crypto hacks dropped by half in 2025, but the data reveals a much deadlier financial threat

Sophisticated cyber threats spur regulatory intervention, redefining the crypto security landscape with AML and KYC as essentials in 2025.

2 weeks ago

Exchanges

Coinbase claims arrest in the $355 million insider extortion scheme that targeted nearly 70,000 customers

An arrested support agent and a massive bribery plot have forced the exchange to reimburse millions while facing a federal probe into its outsourced security teams.

2 weeks ago

Wallets

How browser extensions expose crypto to a fatal design flaw the industry ignored, bleeding $713M in 2025

Personal wallet hacks hit $713 million in 2025, noting the problem isn't users, but the browser layer best practices.

2 weeks ago

A Chrome browser window displays a Trust Wallet extension alert as a hidden script is detected harvesting private keys, prompting an urgent warning for users.

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Hidden script caught harvesting private keys as Trust Wallet issues emergency warning for Chrome users

Forensics revealed a suspicious JavaScript file in the extension that transmits wallet secrets to an external host, forcing a frantic mandatory update to version 2.69.

3 weeks ago

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Binance CEO hacked by cell carrier exploit that likely leaves your own crypto exposed

While BNB remained flat, the heist exposes the "soft underbelly" of crypto market infrastructure: executive identities are becoming single points of failure.

1 month ago

A surveillance drone uses a thermal camera to track human heat signatures over farmland as a glowing Bitcoin symbol hovers in the stormy sky, illustrating Malaysia’s aerial hunt for crypto thieves who stole $1.1B using fake bird sounds.

Crypto

Bitcoin thieves stole $1.1B using fake bird noises: Now Malaysia hunts heat signatures from the sky

Authorities have flagged 13,827 illicit sites since 2020. We chart the losses and explain how tighter enforcement could shift hashrate and miner margins.

1 month ago

A hooded North Korean hacker works on a laptop displaying the North Korea flag as a tactical police officer approaches from behind in a dark cybercrime hideout filled with glowing code monitors.

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Secret laptop footage exposes North Korean spies infiltrating US companies

Researchers watched in real-time as the Famous Chollima division used this common remote work setup to bypass firewalls.

1 month ago

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The trick big crypto exchanges are using to mitigate hacks, yet can still lock up your money

Exchanges can reimburse hacked balances, but they can’t stop the instant shock to liquidity and market depth.

1 month ago

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Solana tokens rip on Upbit after $32M hack due to halted arbitrage

Korean traders began bidding up altcoin prices as arbitrage bots, which normally keep Korean and international prices aligned, stopped operating.

2 months ago

A massive sandworm-like creature erupts from the cracked ground, towering behind a glowing Bitcoin coin, with ENS and Zapier buildings in the background under a stormy sky.

Crypto

Malicious worm compromises crypto domains in supply-chain attack

The worm installs the Bun runtime during package setup, then executes malicious code that searches developer environments for exposed secrets using TruffleHog.

2 months ago

Scams

Top-ranked Chrome ‘wallet’ sneakily steals crypto seedphrases

A top-ranked Chrome wallet quietly exfiltrated seed phrases using Sui micro-transactions—and no one noticed until it was too late.

2 months ago

Hacks News

Hundreds of MetaMask wallets drained: What to check before you ‘update’

Crypto hacks dropped by half in 2025, but the data reveals a much deadlier financial threat

Coinbase claims arrest in the $355 million insider extortion scheme that targeted nearly 70,000 customers

How browser extensions expose crypto to a fatal design flaw the industry ignored, bleeding $713M in 2025

Hidden script caught harvesting private keys as Trust Wallet issues emergency warning for Chrome users

Binance CEO hacked by cell carrier exploit that likely leaves your own crypto exposed

Bitcoin thieves stole $1.1B using fake bird noises: Now Malaysia hunts heat signatures from the sky

Secret laptop footage exposes North Korean spies infiltrating US companies

The trick big crypto exchanges are using to mitigate hacks, yet can still lock up your money

Solana tokens rip on Upbit after $32M hack due to halted arbitrage

Malicious worm compromises crypto domains in supply-chain attack

Top-ranked Chrome ‘wallet’ sneakily steals crypto seedphrases

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Hacks News

Hundreds of MetaMask wallets drained: What to check before you ‘update’

Crypto hacks dropped by half in 2025, but the data reveals a much deadlier financial threat

Coinbase claims arrest in the $355 million insider extortion scheme that targeted nearly 70,000 customers

How browser extensions expose crypto to a fatal design flaw the industry ignored, bleeding $713M in 2025

Hidden script caught harvesting private keys as Trust Wallet issues emergency warning for Chrome users

Binance CEO hacked by cell carrier exploit that likely leaves your own crypto exposed

Bitcoin thieves stole $1.1B using fake bird noises: Now Malaysia hunts heat signatures from the sky

Secret laptop footage exposes North Korean spies infiltrating US companies

The trick big crypto exchanges are using to mitigate hacks, yet can still lock up your money

Solana tokens rip on Upbit after $32M hack due to halted arbitrage

Malicious worm compromises crypto domains in supply-chain attack

Top-ranked Chrome ‘wallet’ sneakily steals crypto seedphrases

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