Tag: CyberSecurity

The executive appears to have now recovered his account. Arthur Madrid, co-founder and CEO of metaverse project The Sandbox, was the victim of a Twitter account hack on May 26, according to a post from Madrid that was apparently made after he recovered the account. The attacker allegedly used Madrid’s account to promote a fake…

A vulnerability impacted wallet addresses created through the browser extension between Nov. 14 and 23, resulting in nearly $170,000 in losses. Crypto wallet Trust Wallet has disclosed a security vulnerability that resulted in nearly $170,000 in losses for some users. The vulnerability has been patched, according to the company. Trust Wallet found out about the issue through…

The incident affected users who submitted a MetaMask customer service ticket between August 1, 2021 and February 10, 2023. The email addresses of some MetaMask users may have been exposed to a malicious party due to a recently discovered cyber-security incident. According to parent company ConsenSys, the incident affected users who submitted a customer support ticket to…

Only users who have traded on the decentralized exchange in the last four days are apparently affected. A bug on a smart contract on the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol SushiSwap led to over $3 million in losses in the early hours of April 9, according to several security reports on Twitter. Blockchain security companies CertiK…

The community has warned others to stay vigilant after reports of phishing websites and scams offering Arbitrum Airdrop tokens. Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Arbitrum’s upcoming “ARB” token Airdrop appears to have become a popular target for scammers, with the community warning of hundreds of phishing scams aimed at tricking crypto users. Announced in a March…

Dogecoin, Zcash and Litecoin have already patched the “critical” vulnerability, but hundreds of others may not have, risking billions’ worth of crypto. 280 or more blockchain networks are estimated to be at risk of “zero-day” exploits that could put at least $25 billion worth of crypto at risk, according to cybersecurity firm Halborn. In a…