Tag Archives: Hacking

DeFi criminals have been observed to cash in on the ‘spirit of giving.’ Decentralized finance protocol Defrost Finance became the latest victim of a flash loan attack on December 23rd that drained funds in the V2. The attacker used the owner key for the second time to exploit V1. According to the Twitter thread by Defrost Finance, the team is currently willing to negotiate with the individuals behind the attack and discuss sharing 20% of the funds in exchange for the bulk of...

PeckShield, the blockchain analytics and security company, reported earlier today that some BitKeep wallet users had their funds drained from the platform. According to the current estimations, the total amount stolen is roughly $8 million in various digital assets. After Hacktober, which was the worst month in the crypto industry in terms of hacks and exploits, the attackers seem to be back on the offensive as of now. The latest to fall victim is the BitKeep wallet,...

Immunefi, a leading bug bounty platform for the cryptocurrency industry, has paid out a total of $65 million to white hat hackers since its founding in 2020. These ethical hackers search for vulnerabilities in smart contracts and blockchain projects and are rewarded for reporting them to Immunefi. This helps to secure users’ assets and prevent bad actors from stealing funds. Smart Contract Bugs Account for Majority of Paid Reports According to Immunefi, 58.3% of the paid...

Raydium – a Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX) – was hacked for over $2 million on Friday.  According to Raydium, the hacker appears to have taken control of the exchange’s admin address to carry out the attack.  Over $2 Million Lost Raydium acknowledged the hack over Twitter, noting that investigations were still ongoing.  It provided a link to the attacker’s account, which appears to hold $1.45 million worth of Solana-based tokens at writing time. Solscan shows that...

Microsoft revealed that malicious entities are getting more sophisticated by the day. According to a new report, Telegram chat groups are being used to target cryptocurrency investment companies. The tech giant identified a threat actor – DEV-0139 – who infiltrated Telegram groups posing as a representative of a crypto platform. Targetted Attacks Against Crypto Companies The post published by Microsoft’s Security Threat Intelligence team stated the threat actors had...

On-chain sleuth ZackXBT has tracked down some of the mixed Bitcoin funds stolen by the mysterious FTX hacker this month.  The analyst found that $4.1 million worth of Bitcoin (255 BTC) has ended up on OKX, a cryptocurrency exchange.  As explained on Twitter, the hacker initially deposited the stolen funds to CoinMixer – an anonymous Bitcoin mixing service designed to make on-chain Bitcoin transfers harder to track.  The first CoinMixer deposit was made on November 20th after...

The cryptocurrency industry saw the spectacular collapse of one of its giants earlier this month, which ultimately resulted in FTX filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Shortly after, though, there were suspicious movements from one of its accounts, many related it to a hack or even an inside job. However, the Securities Commission of the Bahamas took it to Twitter to shed some more light on the events, informing that it was actually the watchdog that siphoned the funds. The...

Less than a week after exploiting the leading cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Deribit, the attacker started moving the stolen funds. As of November 5, the hacker had moved 1,610 Ether (ETH) worth over $2.5 million to the U.S.-sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash, leaving a balance of about 7,501 ETH in the address. What Happened? On November 2, CryptoPotato reported that Deribit lost $28 million in a hot wallet exploit. The hacker made away with crypto assets such as...

Last month was quite spooky for the crypto industry as it saw the highest number of DeFi hacks this year.  While October was expected to be “Uptober,” it quickly turned to “Hacktober” as cyber criminals ransacked top crypto projects for hundreds of millions of dollars.  Hackers Steal $760M From DeFi Protocols A recent tweet by the blockchain security company PeckShield pointed out that October was the biggest month for hacking activities this year. The DeFi market suffered...

SKYWARD, the native token of NEAR-based platform Skyward Finance, plunged by 95% after the protocol’s treasury lost $3 million in a smart contract exploit. The attack occurred in the late hours of Wednesday and was first reported by Twitter user Sanket Naikwadi before Skyward Finance publicly acknowledged the incident.  How it Happened According to Naikwadi, the exploit was first noticed by NearScout, a member of the NEAR blockchain community. The attackers were able to make...