On March 22nd, Google issued an emergency security update for its Chrome browser as 3.2 billion users were potentially at risk of being attacked. This update highlighted a single security vulnerability that could have a big impact on everyone, but specifically crypto users. Not much is publicly known at this stage about CVE-2022-1096 other than […]
At least 500 Ether looted from the US$600 million Ronin hack has been transferred to Tornado Cash. See related article: Axie Infinity blockchain Ronin hacked for over $600M Fast facts An Ethereum address associated with the hack made two 100 ETH deposits to Tornado Cash on Monday morning Asia time. Over an hour later, the […]
Trezor, a popular Bitcoin (BTC) hardware wallet, has revealed that its newsletter has been compromised, warning users of phishing attacks — but the team’s chief information security officer (CISO) shared tips on how to stay crypto-safe just days earlier. The incident comes several days after Jan Andraščík, CISO of SatoshiLabs, the team behind Trezor, published […]
In an attempt to defraud potential users, scammers hacked major crypto market data provider CoinMarketCap‘s CrypTown social network and published links to a fake token sale. According to screenshots shared by users, the Binance-owned CoinMarketCap’s verified account shared a post teasing the crypto data aggregator’s token presale. «Official CoinMarketCap Presale,» the post read, before asking […]
Quick take: The team at Convex Finance has patched a rug pull vulnerability worth $15 billion The bug was discovered after Coinbase tasked OpenZeppelin with conducting a security review of Convex Finance OpenZeppelin discovered the vulnerability could result in 2 of 3 anonymous multi-signature wallet signers, having direct control over Convex’s locked value of $15 […]