Optimism team pays out over $2 million for disclosed vulnerability
The Optimism developers, the layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum, fixed a critical vulnerability.Latest news on vulnerabilities found in blockchain protocols, decentralized applications, and cryptocurrency platforms.
Optimism team pays out over $2 million for disclosed vulnerability
The Optimism developers, the layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum, fixed a critical vulnerability.
Solana network outage lasts 48 hours, users report
Crypto-community representatives said on Twitter that the Solana (SOL) network was down for 48 hours. Developers are working on fixes.
The amount stolen from Multichain users has reached $3 million
Unknown actors continue to exploit a vulnerability in the Multichain cross-chain protocol, which developers disclosed earlier in the week. According to Tal Be'ery, the chief technology officer of the ZenGo crypto wallet, hackers have already withdrawn around $3 million in digital assets.
Multichain cross-chain protocol fixes critical vulnerability
Developers of the cross-chain protocol Multichain (formerly Anyswap) reported the discovery and fix of a vulnerability affecting six tokens: WETH, PERI, OMT, WBNB, MATIC and AVAX.
Arbitrum L2 mainnet outage
An outage hit the Arbitrum mainnet, the Layer-2 scaling solution. The project team reported an error in the Sequencer smart contract, causing the protocol to stop producing new blocks. Developers assured users that funds were safe.
Solana developers warn of possible transaction-processing errors
On January 6, Solana developers reported a drop in the beta mainnet’s performance and warned users of possible errors in transaction processing.
Flaw in Java library exploited to install covert miners
Hackers exploited a critical vulnerability in the Java-based Apache Log4j logging library to install covert miners and other malware.
Solana library bug could allow theft of up to $27 million per hour
A bug in the Solana program library (SPL) potentially allowed theft from several large DeFi projects at a rate of about $27 million per hour. This was determined by researchers from the Neodyme team.
dYdX developers uncover a vulnerability in a ‘recently deployed smart contract’
The decentralized derivatives exchange dYdX warned of a vulnerability that was found in a 'recently deployed smart contract'. The project team said that users' funds are safe and the bug has been promptly fixed.
Elon Musk prompts Binance to disclose details of Dogecoin old-transaction glitch
The cryptocurrency exchange Binance said it is addressing the problem of customer withdrawals affected by the bug with old Dogecoin transactions, but it will take about another week. The firm published the statement after Elon Musk drew attention to the incident.
Binance blocks customer accounts after outage involving old Dogecoin transactions
As a result of a software update failure, Binance repeated an unknown number of Dogecoin transactions from years past. The exchange then asked senders of the original transactions to reimburse losses at the current rate and froze their balances.We use cookies to improve the quality of our service.
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