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OpenZeppelin founder says he now considers ‘all of DeFi’ unsafe
OpenZeppelin's Manuel Aráoz said he has been privately advising friends and family to exit all DeFi positions.
Researchers flag TrapDoor malware campaign targeting crypto developer environments including Aptos, Sui and Solana
The TrapDoor malware campaign used malicious packages across npm, PyPI, and Crates.io to target crypto developer envi…
Polymarket suffers live POL drain as team rules out feared contract exploit
Polymarket faced what many users interpreted as a possible hack on May 22 after public alerts described a rapid POL d…
Verus bridge exploiter returns 4,052 ETH, retains $2.8 million bounty: onchain analyst
An attacker transferred 4,052.4 ETH worth $8.5 million back to Verus on Friday after the team proposed a bounty frame…
THORChain exploit turns emergency chain halt into a DeFi trust test
THORChain’s suspected multichain exploit and emergency halt on May 15 has turned into another DeFi security inciden…
It’s a ‘new era’ for crypto users who ‘trade anything and everything’ as Jito goes consumer, CEO Bruder says
Jito founder Lucas Bruder told The Block that there's a new class of users coming onchain who "want to trade anything…
‘It’s an unfair game’: CertiK CEO says DeFi attackers using AI to outspend defenders
CertiK says DeFi attackers are increasingly targeting operational security and supply-chain weaknesses instead of sma…
Chainlink CCIP gains over $2.5 billion in TVL from protocols migrating from LayerZero, with Kraken Bitcoin the latest to join
Kraken Bitcoin is at least the fourth product to deprecate its LayerZero cross-chain tech following the Kelp DAO attack.
Ripple insider warns XRP holders as fake airdrop scams surge across XRPL
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is seeing a drastic rise in fraud attempts targeting its users as the network draws more instit…
OpenAI’s new cybersecurity push has a lesson for crypto: stop waiting for the hack
OpenAI introduced a new cybersecurity initiative, Daybreak, on May 11, designed to find, validate, and help fix softw…
IRL crypto threats: Physical “wrench attacks” have led to over $100 million in losses since January alone
Crypto investors have lost more than $100 million to physical extortion in the first four months of 2026, according t…
After the $16.5 billion in exploits, DeFi is now being forced toward the controls it once resisted
The rsETH crisis resulted in $200 million in bad debt on Aave's books, despite not a single line of its contracts mis…
Crypto ‘wrench attacks’ on the rise, with victims’ family members increasingly at risk: CertiK
There has been 34 verified incidents globally, a 41% increase from the same period in 2025, CertiK said in a report p…
Attackers drain $1.4M in wrapped bitcoin from DeFi protocol Ekubo in approval-based exploit
Ekubo Protocol lost roughly $1.4 million in WBTC after attackers exploited a flaw in its EVM swap router contracts.
Kelp DAO ditches LayerZero for Chainlink’s cross-chain infrastructure following $292 million exploit
Many onlookers blame LayerZero's default infrastructure setup because the cross-chain bridge that was attacked used a…
Ripple shares North Korea-linked threat data as crypto attacks shift to social engineering
The recent $280 million Drift incident has demonstrated a shift toward more sophisticated social engineering tactics.
South Korea’s largest crypto exchange Upbit launches Ethereum blockchain with Optimism Foundation support
Upbit is the Optimism Foundation's first client on its "self-managed" enterprise tier, giving it control over its cor…
Binance adds protection against physical threats as problems with crypto wrench attacks persist
Blockchain analytics firm CertiK said this February that attacks using physical threats to steal crypto rose 75% in 2…
North Korea blames ‘reptile media’ over reports of crypto theft
North Korea rejected U.S. cybercrime claims as 'absurd slander,' blaming media as crypto theft attributed to the coun…
The Funding: How DeFi hacks could hit crypto funds
DeFi’s latest hack wave is likely to add pressure on liquid and yield-focused crypto funds already navigating a tou…
Someone just drained long-forgotten dormant Ethereum wallets, and the cause may trace back years
Hundreds of Ethereum wallets that had sat untouched for years were drained into the same tagged address, turning old …
Crypto hacks hit record high in April as exploits kept piling up
With the end of April in sight, another exploit involving dormant Ethereum mainnet addresses appears to have occurred.
North Korea accounts for 76% of 2026 crypto hack losses, with theft since 2017 topping $6 billion: TRM Labs
North Korea-linked hackers stole $577 million in two April exploits, accounting for 76% of crypto losses in 2026, acc…
Wasabi Protocol hit by more than $5 million exploit across multiple chains, security firms say
Blockaid and CertiK said a compromised admin key was used to upgrade Wasabi Protocol contracts and drain funds.
LayerZero commits 10,000 ETH to DeFi United effort
Kelp says it used the default configuration for its LayerZero-powered Decentralized Verifier Network that was exploited.
ZetaChain halts cross-chain transactions following attack on smart contract
The attack has only impacted internal ZetaChain team wallets, and no user funds were affected, the team said.
DeFi lost $13B this month as the KelpDAO rescue shows both the best and worst of DeFi
The official DeFi United site shows over 69,550 ETH raised from 222 wallets across 1,623 transfers, all aimed at rest…
AI scams in crypto approach breaking point – OpenAI’s new image model shows why they could get worse
A crypto founder had his laptop compromised when he joined what appeared to be a Microsoft Teams call with Pierre Kak…
For 93 minutes, installing Bitwarden’s ‘official’ CLI turned laptops into launchpads for hijacking GitHub accounts
On Apr. 22, a malicious version of Bitwarden's command-line interface appeared on npm under the official package name…
Will new Apple CEO combat fake crypto apps littering the “walled garden” App Store?
Apple is heading into its biggest leadership transition in years, just as scrutiny is mounting over the security of i…