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- 27d ago
Rogue iPhone app escapes iOS sandbox to hijack $580,000 in USDT
Fomopeek, a malicious iPhone app distributed through Apple’s App Store, has been linked to nearly $580,000 in stolen USDT. Blockchain security firm SlowMist began investigating the app over the weekend after receiving reports of stolen assets linked to exposed private keys. Some victims had previously installed versions 1.1 or 1.2 of the Fomopeek app, which […] The post Rogue iPhone app escapes…
CryptoSlateSecurity
- 27d ago
White Hats Beat Coldcard Attackers, Rescuing Millions of Dollars in Bitcoin
A group of white hats appears to have pulled off something victims of the Coldcard exploit desperately needed, securing 52.37 BTC before malicious attackers could steal it. Galaxy Digital’s Head of Firmwide Research, Alex Thorn, says the bitcoin, representing 2.8% of the exploited funds, has now been consolidated into an address controlled by Crypto Recovery […]
- 27d ago
White-Hat Hackers Route Coldcard Exploit Bitcoin Into 'Recovery Trust'
Galaxy Research says white-hat actors consolidated coins tied to the exploit into a fresh address tagged for a "Crypto Recovery Trust," though the funds represent just 2.8% of the total haul.
- 27d ago
White Hats Move Over $4.5 in Bitcoins From Coldcard to Recovery Trust
Bitcoin Magazine White Hats Move Over $4.5 in Bitcoins From Coldcard to Recovery Trust White hats have moved bitcoin from the hacked Coldcard signing devices to a trust for would-be victims to reclaim, Galaxy Digital’s Alex Thorn has said. Writing on X on Monday, Thorn said that the funds were taken by white hats to protect potential victims. They are now apparently sitting in an address…
- 27d ago
Narrowing price cushions leave Bitcoin loans vulnerable to 4.7% price dips as Aave weighs higher leverage
The plan would lift WBTC and cbBTC borrowing limits while shrinking the simplified maximum-leverage price cushion from 6.4% to 4.7%. The post Narrowing price cushions leave Bitcoin loans vulnerable to 4.7% price dips as Aave weighs higher leverage appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- 27d ago
White hats outrun Coldcard hackers in 52-Bitcoin evacuation
White hats secured about 40% of the Bitcoin moved in the Coldcard exploit’s second wave, transferring it to a Wyoming trust for victims.
- 27d ago
Report: Polymarket Ignored Warnings During $10M Fraud Attack
Bad actors targeted Polymarket’s U.S. platform in a $10 million fraud scheme using stolen debit cards, pushing payment processor Checkout.com to reject over 80% of deposits as fraudulent. High Rejection Rates Trigger Payment Processor Crackdown Prediction-market startup Polymarket faces accusations of prioritizing user expansion and aggressive growth over compliance safeguards when bad actors…
- 27d ago
Whitehats move 52 bitcoin from the Coldcard hack to a recovery trust
According to Galaxy Digital, the good guys have moved 52 BTC to an address carrying an OP_RETURN message reading "claim:cryptorecoverytrust dot com."
- 27d ago
Pragma flags 6 price feeds as critical risk following $3.5M Starknet lending exploit
The September 18 assessment exposes a gap between oracle valuations and the liquidity lenders need to sell collateral. The post Pragma flags 6 price feeds as critical risk following $3.5M Starknet lending exploit appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- 27d ago
BNB Crosses $800 While DOGE and XRP Log Double-Digit Gains
Bitcoin’s price breached $87,000 for the first time since late January, triggering a broader altcoin surge. Ether gained 6% to reach $2,770, renewing optimism around long-term targets despite remaining more than 40% below its all-time high. Bitcoin Rally Triggers Market-Wide Altcoin Gains Several high-cap altcoins surged Monday amid a market-wide cryptocurrency rally that saw bitcoin […]
- 28d ago
Google Admits Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies—It Stayed Silent for 7 Weeks
Google learned in late July that Gemini had breached three real companies during a May security test, but said nothing publicly for seven weeks.
DecryptSecurity
- 28d ago
Slowmist Warns Darksword iOS Exploit Targets Crypto Wallet Keys
23pds, Chief Information Security Officer at Slowmist, reported the evolution of this exploit, which, due to the combination of several techniques, allows threat actors to steal wallet private keys and other data. Users must update their phones to the latest software version to avoid being targeted. iPhone Face One Click Full Wallet Control Hack Exploit […]
Bitcoin.com NewsSecurity
- 28d ago
Why Balancer’s $1.4M hack recovery won’t pay LPs anytime soon
The pending plan uses attack-time losses and pre-exploit pool balances, but no V1 claim window is open. The post Why Balancer’s $1.4M hack recovery won’t pay LPs anytime soon appeared first on CryptoSlate.
CryptoSlateSecurity
- 28d ago
Kasplex KRC-20 Indexer Signature Bypass Drains Two Token Pools
This weekend, an attacker pulled 186.4 million ZEAL and 54.4 billion NACHO from a Kaspa KRC-20 bridge wallet without possessing its private key, then recycled the tokens through layer two (L2) networks and sold them into liquidity pools. The strange part is that Kaspa itself wasn’t hacked. Five valid transactions fooled an off-chain indexer into […]
- 28d ago
Massive French Data Leaks Spark Surge in Fake Crypto Support Calls
Owen Simonin, known as Hasheur, reported a rise in the number of fraudulent call scams in which threat actors impersonate customer service representatives of a crypto platform. Simonin stressed that this rise was caused by the recent data leaks affecting French crypto users. Crypto Call Scams Rise in France, Says Crypto Entrepreneur The recent data […]
Bitcoin.com NewsSecurity
- 29d ago
Why keeping your private keys safe won’t always stop crypto theft
Almost 4,000 Bitcoin left Liquid's reserve on Sept. 6 through a withdrawal the network approved, even though the private keys used to authorize it hadn't been stolen. Software had accepted a withdrawal that should never have qualified. Liquid lets people move a Bitcoin-backed token on a separate blockchain designed for faster, more private transactions. Bitcoin […] The post Why keeping your…
- 29d ago
CLARITY Fails, Kraken Prepares for On-Chain Perps, And More – Weekly Recap
This week’s stories centered on regulation, institutional adoption and market infrastructure. Seven Democratic senators vowed to keep negotiating on the CLARITY Act, while Tom Lee forecast a bullish 12 months for crypto. Revolut attackers demanded 6,000 XMR for stolen customer data, Kalshi captured about 80% of U.S. prediction-market volume, and Kraken parent Payward unveiled plans […]
Bitcoin.com NewsMarketsRegulationSecurity
- 29d ago
One Attacker Hits Two Crypto Projects and Walks With $2 Million
One attacker appears to have cracked two separate crypto projects in the same minute, draining 8.72 million FET from a Fetch.ai converter while minting roughly 408.5 million NTX at Nunet. The combined damage landed around $2.01 million, but the strangest number was buried inside the NTX attack. The newly created coins represented roughly 42% of […]
Bitcoin.com NewsSecurity
- 29d ago
Polymarket faced $10 million fraud attempt as its CEO pushed growth over compliance concerns: WSJ
In a separate attack, hackers compromised nearly 500 users' accounts using stolen personal information, according to the report.
The BlockSecurity
- 29d ago
Scammers Use Fake USDT Tokens to Steal From Venezuelan Merchants
Reports indicate that scammers are taking advantage of the high level of adoption of USDT in Venezuela to send fake USDT tokens as payment. Scammers use fake USDT tokens with zero value to target merchants using self-custody wallets. Fake USDT Tokens Surge for Payments in Venezuela Threat actors are leveraging the high level of adoption […]
Bitcoin.com NewsSecurity
- 29d ago
Fake IT Job Interviews Help North Korea Steal Millions in Crypto
A North Korean state-backed hacker group infected over 30,000 computers across 100 countries with malware that stole millions of dollars in crypto between late 2025 and July 2026. Fake Job Interviews Used as Bait A North Korean cyberattack campaign disguised as legitimate tech recruitment has infected more than 30,000 computers across at least 100 countries, […]
Bitcoin.com NewsSecurity
- 29d ago
Fetch.ai and NuNet Exploited for $2 Million by Same Attacker, NTX Hits All-Time Low
The same exploiter was linked to attacks involving Fetch.ai (FET) and NuNet (NTX), with roughly $2 million in assets involved. Security firms tied both events to the same wallet. NuNet’s token lost more than 70% of its value and touched an all-time low on September 20. How One Attacker Reached Two Protocols Blockaid said on The post Fetch.ai and NuNet Exploited for $2 Million by Same Attacker,…
BeInCryptoSecurity
- 1mo ago
Blink Wallet Hit by Attacker, ‘Few Dozen’ Custodial Accounts Drained
On Saturday, the Lightning Network payments platform Blink Wallet, which provides both custodial and non-custodial services, revealed that an attacker had infiltrated a limited number of custodial accounts and moved the funds. Blink Wallet Says Every Affected Custodial Account Will Be Made Whole Lightning Network applications and platforms cannot get a break these days, and […]
- 1mo ago
AI was supposed to take scammers’ jobs, but it gave them superpowers instead
For anyone worried that AI would eliminate every profession except the one sending messages about your frozen crypto account, there's unwelcome news for that last bastion of human enterprise. Fraud has found an automation budget. Scamming has always required a surprising amount of manual labor. Romance scams need someone to keep a conversation going for […] The post AI was supposed to take…
CryptoSlateSecurity
- 1mo ago
Google Confirms Gemini Hacked 3 Real Companies in May Safety Test
Four frontier AI labs have now confirmed that their models reached the open internet and then accessed the systems of real companies. Google joined that list on Friday, roughly four months after its own incidents happened. Gemini accessed three real companies during a May evaluation. Notably, the model stopped in all three cases. Google’s Gemini The post Google Confirms Gemini Hacked 3 Real…
BeInCryptoSecurity
- 1mo ago
Anthropic’s Claude helped 3 researchers breach OpenAI in under 72 hours
Anthropic’s Claude helped three security researchers breach OpenAI accounts and reach an internal code repository within 72 hours. Researchers at cybersecurity startup Hacktron chained an image-processing vulnerability with a flaw in OpenAI’s identity infrastructure in July to gain access to multiple employees’ ChatGPT and Codex accounts. One compromised Codex account was connected to OpenAI’s…
CryptoSlateSecurity
- 1mo ago
3-year-old bug triggers $1.3 million drain and forces 10-day blockchain halt
The flaw survived a 2024 security review and led validators to halt transaction finalization during the Aug. 31, 2026 incident. The post 3-year-old bug triggers $1.3 million drain and forces 10-day blockchain halt appeared first on CryptoSlate.
CryptoSlateSecurity
- 1mo ago
Researchers Earned $6,500 Breaching OpenAI With Anthropic's Claude
A rival’s own AI model ended up doing the heavy lifting in a breach against OpenAI. Researchers at Hacktron AI used Anthropic’s Claude to write working exploit code. The entire intrusion took under 72 hours. OpenAI ultimately paid a $6,500 bounty once the team proved they had reached its private source code. How an Image The post Researchers Earned $6,500 Breaching OpenAI With Anthropic's Claude…
BeInCryptoSecurity
- 1mo ago
XRPL tries to mathematically prove its new lending market cannot be drained
XRP Ledger (XRPL) developers are using mathematical proofs to test whether the network’s forthcoming lending market can be drained or become insolvent. On Sept. 17, protocol research firm Common Prefix said it is formally verifying XRPL’s Lending Protocol with Lean 4, a theorem-proving language designed to establish whether software satisfies defined mathematical properties across possible…
- 1mo ago
Hackers Infect 30,000 Devices, Drain $11 Million From Crypto Wallets
North Korea-linked hackers infected 30,000 devices and drained $10.7 million from crypto wallets via fake job offers. The post Hackers Infect 30,000 Devices, Drain $11 Million From Crypto Wallets appeared first on BeInCrypto.
BeInCryptoSecurity
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