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US gov’t commits $3.6M to address cybersecurity skill shortage
NIST allocated nearly $3.6 million in cooperative agreements to enhance the cybersecurity workforce aiming to combat …
Telegram trading bot Solareum shutters days after $520K exploit
The team cited insufficient funds, evolving market trends, and a recent security breach for its closure.
Elon Musk offers free premium features on X, crypto scammers included
Elon Musk rolled out the paid verification model on X, earlier known as “Twitter Blue,” to fight the scammers and…
Munchables exploiter returns $63 million drained from Blast-based protocol
The $62 million drained from Munchables were returned by the exploiter, and the funds are now held in a multi-signatu…
Mozaic Finance hacked for $2.4M via private key compromise
The yield farming app was exploited through a possible private key compromise, according to a CertiK report.
DeFi protocol Unizen to provide ‘immediate reimbursement’ after $2.1M hack
DeFi protocol Unizen announced that it will issue an immediate refund to users who lost their funds to an exploit thi…
Hashing It Out: Will 2024 be the best year for DeFi yet?
Sonali Giovino, global head of ecosystems at De.Fi, believes decentralized finance security has gotten more coverage …
Bitcoin Bridge OrdiZK Suffers Apparent $1.4M Rug Pull, Token Crashes to Zero: CertiK
OrdiZK, a project that set out to become a bridge between the Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana blockchains, appears to ha…
No-code blockchain development, explained
No-code blockchain development represents a transformative approach that fosters creativity, accessibility and inclus…
Decentralized lending platform Seneca exploited for $6.4M
The Seneca lending protocol was exploited through its ‘performOperations’ function, and over $6M of collateral wa…
Empirical analysis identifies blockchain as highest performing information security startup investment
Blockchain outperformed artificial intelligence, machine learning, private cloud, and cloud security.
FixedFloat confirms $26M exploit in Bitcoin, Ether
The crypto exchange team confirmed the attack on Feb. 18, a few hours after the first reports emerged on X (formerly …
Scam-as-a-service: New Solana drainers identified
The drainers, available on scam-as-a-service marketplaces, can flip a conditional within an on-chain…
Employee loses $25M of firm’s funds after call with deepfake colleagues
An employee was invited to an online meeting with the firm's chief financial officer and other staff…
Binance Freezes $4.2M in XRP Tokens Stolen From Ripple Executive's Wallet
Over $120 million in XRP was stolen from Ripple Labs Executive Chairman Chris Larsen earlier this week.
US Department of Defense predicts ‘AI vs counter-AI battle’
The U.S. Department of Defense has defined multiple goals for implementing and training AI for resil…
How it all went down: Web3 protocol mass phishing campaign timeline
Multiple Web3 protocols and crypto websites become the victim of a coordinated email hacking campaig…
How to use Unreal Engine 4 for VR development?
Craft immersive virtual worlds and VR games with the Unreal Engine 4 game development platform. …
Fantom cuts staking requirement by 90% in a bid to increase security
The Fantom Foundation expects the changes will beef up Fantom’s security without slowing down the …
Reported ‘transfer’ of $15B XRP was part of a failed exploit attempt
According to Bitfinex chief technology officer Paolo Ardoino, an attacker attempted to make use of X…
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Proposes Gas Limit Increase
Ethereum's gas limit refers to the maximum amount of gas that can be expended in an individual block. A limit increas…
The Protocol: Beneath Bitcoin ETF Chaos, A Blockchain Drama
In this week's issue, we dive into the proposal that would have curtailed Ordinals inscriptions "NFTs on Bitcoin" tra…
Bitcoin Developer's Proposal to Stop 'Spam' NFTs Gets Shut Down
Luke Dashjr's technical proposal sounded innocuous enough: to make the popular Bitcoin Core software "effective with …
Compound Finance's X account hacked and has posted a scam link
Security experts have declared that the Compound Finance X page has been hacked after it started pro…
Crypto Users Lost $2B to Hacks, Scams and Exploits in 2023, De.Fi Says
The figure is roughly half the estimated $4.2 billion of 2022, a year that also included $40 billion lost through the…
Taproot Wizards launches script so haters can now reject Ordinals on Bitcoin
“Go run the script or admit that you're just virtue signaling on twitter and are uninterested in s…
How the Ledger Connect hacker tricked users into making malicious approvals
According to Cyvers, the attacker caused malicious code to be inserted into multiple app user interfaces, allowing th…
Cosmos Interchain Foundation budgets $26M for ecosystem development in 2024
The amount allocated is down from a budget of $40 million in 2023.
Code Is Not (Always) Law
Sometimes, the law is the law, industry experts say.