#Blockchain Vulnerabilities

Latest news on vulnerabilities found in blockchain protocols, decentralized applications, and cryptocurrency platforms.

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ForkLog 21 31.05.2022

Hacker drains $90 million from Mirror Protocol; discovery seven months later

The Terra-based DeFi protocol Mirror was exploited for more than $90 million. It was discovered by analyst FatMan and confirmed by BlockSec, a cybersecurity firm.

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ForkLog 35 23.05.2022

Wormhole Team Pays White-Hat Hacker $10 Million for Discovered Vulnerability

The Wormhole project team paid $10 million to a white-hat hacker who discovered a critical vulnerability in the cross-chain protocol. Immunefi, the platform hosting the corresponding bug bounty program, said so.

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ForkLog 16 03.05.2022

Solana developers reveal causes of seven-hour network outage on April 30

A huge number of incoming transactions and heavy traffic led to the Solana network outage overnight from April 30 to May 1, according to the developers after the investigation.

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ForkLog 12 24.04.2022

Smart-contract fault in AkuDreams NFT project leads to $34 million loss

Due to an error by the AkuDreams team, the project's Dutch auction ended with users' funds lost. More than 11,539 ETH (~$33.93 million) were permanently locked in the smart contract.

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ForkLog 13 22.04.2022

MetaMask users hit by outages tied to Infura issues

MetaMask developers reported outages in the Web3 wallet due to issues with the Ethereum infrastructure provider Infura.

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ForkLog 12 19.04.2022

Bitfinex halts trading after major outage

A fault at the Biftinex exchange led to a halt in trading. The platform's team said the issue around 14:30 MSK.

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ForkLog 9 14.04.2022

Rarible vulnerability could have allowed theft of all NFTs from a user’s wallet

Security researchers at Check Point Research (CPR) discovered a vulnerability in the NFT marketplace Rarible. The exploit would have allowed an attacker to drain all assets from the wallet of any of the platform's two million users in a single transaction.

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ForkLog 14 07.04.2022

CertiK, the smart-contract security auditor, raises $88 million at a $2 billion valuation

CertiK, the smart-contract security auditing startup, raised $88 million at a $2 billion valuation. The Series B3 funding round was led by Insight Partners, Tiger Global and Advent International.

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ForkLog 21 05.04.2022

Convex Finance fixes bug that could have endangered $15 billion

The DeFi project Convex Finance fixed a vulnerability that could enable a rug-pull scheme. The bug was identified by OpenZeppelin researchers.

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ForkLog 33 03.04.2022

Hackers stole more than $15 million in attack on Inverse Finance lending project

On April 2, the Inverse Finance lending project reported a hacking attack in which assets worth $15.6 million were stolen. The protocol team pledged to reimburse users' losses.

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ForkLog 19 29.03.2022

Ronin, the Ethereum sidechain, hacked; attacker siphons $625 million

The Ronin sidechain was hacked. Exploiting the vulnerability, the attacker siphoned crypto assets worth roughly $625 million.

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ForkLog 11 14.02.2022

White hat hacker uncovers vulnerability in Coinbase’s retail trading platform

The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase paused trading on its retail platform Advanced Trading after a white-hat hacker reported a vulnerability.

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