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- 1mo ago
Blockchain malware activity jumps 440% as AI lowers the barrier for North Korea and Iran-linked hackers
Public chains preserve malware instructions beyond ordinary domain takedowns, shifting defense toward monitoring wallets, contracts and off-chain servers. The post Blockchain malware activity jumps 440% as AI lowers the barrier for North Korea and Iran-linked hackers appeared first on CryptoSlate.
CryptoSlateSecurity
- 1mo ago
White Hats Used Anthropic’s Claude to Break Into OpenAI in 72 Hours
A small team of researchers chained three bugs with Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 and ended up inside OpenAI’s private code repository. The whole job took under 72 hours, and OpenAI paid $6,500 for it. The Chain, Link by Link A vulnerable ‘libheif’ library inside Discourse, the forum software, allowed remote code execution (RCE) on the […]
Bitcoin.com NewsSecurity
- 1mo ago
AI Scams are Surging in Crypto. KuCoin is Betting on a New Security Standard
Crypto scammers can now automate the conversations that persuade victims to send them money. Criminal adoption of AI rose 40% over the past year, TRM Labs reported in August, with scammers making the widest use of the technology. Crypto Exchanges also use AI to detect fraud, monitor markets, and identify suspicious activity. That creates a The post AI Scams are Surging in Crypto. KuCoin is…
- 1mo ago
Why risk a smart contract exploit when safe US Treasuries pay better crypto yields?
The Federal Reserve raised its target range by 25 basis points to 3.75%-4.00% on Sept. 16, pushing the one-year Treasury yield to 4.45% the same day and pressuring crypto lending yields. That move lifts the return available to anyone willing to hold nothing riskier than government debt, setting a fresh benchmark for crypto lending yields […] The post Why risk a smart contract exploit when safe…
CryptoSlateRegulationSecurityDeFi
- 1mo ago
Fake AI crypto software is secretly replacing browser wallet extensions
Needle Stealer used signed Microsoft software to target seven browser wallets without breaching Coinbase or MetaMask. The post Fake AI crypto software is secretly replacing browser wallet extensions appeared first on CryptoSlate.
CryptoSlateSecurity
- 1mo ago
Nostra Joins a September That Has Already Cost Crypto Over $326 Million
Starknet lending protocol Nostra paused its money market on Thursday after a manipulated price oracle let one account borrow roughly $3.5 million against NSTR collateral. Lending, borrowing, withdrawals, and liquidations remain unavailable while the team reconciles each asset. Recovery prospects remain unclear for now. Nostra Halts Money Market in September’s Latest Oracle Exploit Nostra (NSTR)…
- 1mo ago
OpenAI Models Are Writing Their Own Jailbreak Instructions—And Sometimes Obeying Them
OpenAI's new transparency framework reveals AI models that invented fake "breach alerts," coached themselves to hide mistakes, and smuggled a file onto the public internet to talk to each other.
DecryptSecurity
- 1mo ago
Revolut Denies Hacker Contact Over Reported $3M Ransom Claim
Revolut said it has received no direct ransom demands following a recent data breach. Certik analyst Jonathan Riss warned that mandatory know your customer (KYC) rules force platforms to store sensitive identity data, making them high-value targets for hackers. No Direct Demands Received, Revolut Says Revolut said it has not received direct contact from or […]
Bitcoin.com NewsSecurity
- 1mo ago
L-BTC Peg-Out Still Shut Down as Blockstream Refuses Hacker Demand
It’s been 11 days since the so-called white hat hackers siphoned nearly 4,000 BTC from the Liquid Network. Since then, after the return of 3,400 BTC and a whole lot of onchain bickering, L-BTC to BTC peg-outs are still not functional on Liquid, and the hackers still hold 598.50 BTC valued at more than $45 […]
- 1mo ago
Cardano’s Splash fix patches the exploit, but leaves 2.4M ADA missing and holders trapped
The exploit drained 2.42 million ADA net, while OADA lacks protocol redemption and faces a thin-pool overhang. The post Cardano’s Splash fix patches the exploit, but leaves 2.4M ADA missing and holders trapped appeared first on CryptoSlate.
CryptoSlateSecurity
- 1mo ago
Revolut Hackers Demand $3M Monero Ransom, Threaten to Sell Customer Data: Report
The group says it chose whom to target by scanning the blockchain for Revolut accounts holding significant crypto.
DecryptSecurity
- 1mo ago
State hackers drive 420% surge in onchain malware, Chainalysis finds
North Korea-linked hackers used Tron, Aptos and BNB Chain to maintain malware infrastructure, while suspected Iran-linked actors embedded directions in Bitcoin transactions.
- 1mo ago
Hacker turned 55 days of failed transactions into a $3 million master key that drained GalaChain wallets
Ledger timestamps and SDK patches show why signed intent needed automatic checks before funds reached a bridge. The post Hacker turned 55 days of failed transactions into a $3 million master key that drained GalaChain wallets appeared first on CryptoSlate.
CryptoSlateSecurity
- 1mo ago
Zcash Nears $1,400 as Privacy Coins Rally
Zcash surged nearly 15% in 24 hours to hit a high of $1,388, pushing its market capitalization to $23.21 billion and extending its lead over monero by more than $10 billion. Privacy Coin Surge and Market Decoupling Zcash (ZEC) price nearly breached $1,400 Thursday amid a privacy coin rally that saw several coins post double-digit […]
- 1mo ago
Revolut says no direct contact from hackers after $3M public ransom demand
Revolut says it received no direct contact despite separate ransom demands for $3 million in Monero and 10,000 Bitcoin from competing breach claimants.
- 1mo ago
Chainflip to reset TRON USDT provider balances to zero following $736,000 exploit
Providers retain a separate on-chain record of what they are owed, but Chainflip has not disclosed repayment timing. The post Chainflip to reset TRON USDT provider balances to zero following $736,000 exploit appeared first on CryptoSlate.
CryptoSlateSecurity
- 1mo ago
OpenAI discloses 6 new cases of ‘misaligned’ AI behavior
The six cases are separate from July’s incident, when OpenAI models escaped containment and hacked Hugging Face during a security evaluation.
CointelegraphSecurity
- 1mo ago
The Attackers Who Deceived Revolut Now Demand 6,000 XMR
The attackers claiming to be behind the Revolut breach have dropped the earlier bitcoin demand and are now asking for 6,000 XMR, roughly $3 million, to keep 680 customer files off the market. According to the hackers speaking exclusively with the Financial Times (FT), Revolut didn’t lose customer data because hackers cracked its servers. The […]
- 1mo ago
OpenAI's Rogue AI Agents Were Probing Hugging Face Two Months Before Hack
An independent researcher found the agents hijacked Hugging Face accounts and mapped the platform's defenses as early as May 13—activity OpenAI's own incident report never fully described.
DecryptSecurity
- 1mo ago
ERA Launches Software Wallet, Turning Its Hardware Device Into a Full Self-Custody Ecosystem
The companion app connects to the ERA hardware wallet to add portfolio management, swaps, and dApp access across 14 networks — while private keys never leave the device. The release follows a full independent security audit by Cure53, and lands alongside a major update to ERA Lens, ERA’s on-device scam-warning system, plus new hardware-side capabilities The post ERA Launches Software Wallet,…
BeInCryptoSecurity
- 1mo ago
Group behind Revolut data breach demands $3 million in Monero, threaten to sell customer data
The group gave Revolut 24 hours to pay and said it targeted customers with significant crypto holdings. Revolut said it has not not received any direct contact from the individuals.
CoinDeskSecurity
- 1mo ago
Hackers Hijack HBO Max’s Reddit Account to Spread Crypto-Stealing Malware
Attackers ran 108 malicious ads through the streaming service’s verified account, directing users to fake software downloads.
DecryptSecurity
- 1mo ago
A stolen coin can be returned. A leaked identity cannot.
We keep building the honeypots, and we are about to hand the same architecture to billions of AI agents, writes Evin McMullen, CEO and co-founder of Billions.
CoinDeskSecurity
- 1mo ago
Italy investigates government email breach linked to Revolut data leak
Italy is probing the Revolut-linked breach after its cyber agency reported more than 650 cases involving abused or illicit certified email accounts.
CointelegraphSecurity
- 1mo ago
OpenAI's Brockman Says Safety Concerns Have Already Slowed Its Most Advanced AI Work
Greg Brockman says OpenAI delayed launches and reworked its processes after a pre-release model broke out of a sandbox and hacked into Hugging Face.
DecryptSecurity
- 1mo ago
Did crypto’s $20 Billion DeFi surge just get stolen by price inflation?
Stablecoin growth stayed below 6% while ETH and SOL gained more than 32%, leaving the inflow picture unresolved. The post Did crypto’s $20 Billion DeFi surge just get stolen by price inflation? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- 1mo ago
ETH wallet exploit backfires as MEV bot captures $7.7M, Kelp freezes address
An MEV bot known as “Yoink” front-ran an attacker attempting to exploit a custom Safe module, capturing the stolen rsETH before Kelp temporarily froze the receiving address.
- 1mo ago
A hacker turned 25 cents of bitcoin into 46 billion fake BTC tokens on a DeFi bridge
Two software bugs allowed the attacker to create more than 2,000 times Bitcoin’s maximum supply in unbacked syBTC. Symbiosis puts preliminary losses at 9.97 BTC.
- 1mo ago
How a simple coding mistake let a hacker drain $7.8 million from a crypto wallet
Security firms traced the $7.8 million loss to a helper contract the wallet owner had authorized, not to Safe itself.
CoinDeskSecurity
- 1mo ago
Balancer proposes winding down protocol and distributing treasury to BAL holders
The proposal comes six months after corporate entity Balancer Labs shut down operations, citing a 2025 exploit that drained $128 million.
The BlockRegulationSecurity
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