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ForkLog 15 19.07.2024

Global Windows Outage Sparks Surge in Meme Coins

Users have launched dozens of new tokens dedicated to CrowdStrike and Microsoft’s “blue screen of death” (BSoD) amidst a global outage of the tech giant’s systems and services. Microsoft Windows users right now. #crowdstrike #bsod pic.twitter.com/l153GL0xwU — Tommy (@tferris) July 19, 2024 Issues with Windows hosts were caused by a defective update of CrowdStrike’s Falcon […]

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ForkLog 28 08.07.2024

OpenAI Addresses Unencrypted ChatGPT Conversations on macOS

User conversations with ChatGPT were stored unencrypted on macOS, discovered data and electronics developer Pedro José Pereira Vieito. Автор публикации @pvieito Посмотреть в Threads macOS features a privacy protection measure known as Sandbox, which regulates application access to software and data at the kernel level. Applications must first obtain user permission before accessing personal information. […]

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ForkLog 18 08.07.2024

Solana Allocates $1 Million for Bug Bounty in Firedancer Client

The Solana blockchain team will distribute $1 million among users who find bugs in the first version of the Firedancer client for validators. Announced by an anonymous developer under the pseudonym Cantelope Peel and supported by Immunefi, the program begins on July 10 and will last six weeks. To receive a reward, participants must complete […]

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ForkLog 13 06.06.2024

Cosmos Hub Resumes Operations After Four-Hour Outage

On June 5, around 22:00 (Kyiv/MSK), the update of Cosmos Hub to version 17 resulted in a disruption within the ecosystem, causing a four-hour halt in block production. Gap between two consecutive Cosmos Hub blocks. Data: ATOMScan. The network team promptly responded to the issues and began working on a solution. The Cosmos Hub is […]

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ForkLog 34 15.05.2024

Sonne Finance DeFi Project Exploited for $20 Million

The decentralized lending protocol Sonne Finance has fallen victim to an exploit, resulting in damages amounting to approximately $20 million. Post-mortem on the exploit of Sonne Finance markets on Optimismhttps://t.co/gBXDsl8ucA — Sonne Finance (@SonneFinance) May 15, 2024 According to the statement, the perpetrator employed a “known donation attack” on forks of Compound v2, one of […]

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ForkLog 4 14.05.2024

Coinbase Experiences System Outage; Funds Remain Secure

On May 13 at 21:19 PST (May 14 at 07:19 Kyiv/MSK), the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase encountered a system-wide outage. Shortly before, users reported issues with sending cryptocurrencies and withdrawing fiat. On its X platform, Coinbase announced that it is investigating the issue and working on a solution. Coinbase is experiencing a system wide outage. We […]

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ForkLog 23 10.05.2024

Zilliqa Team Restores Blockchain Functionality After Disruptions

On May 10, Zilliqa developers announced the full restoration of network functionality following issues with block production. The Zilliqa network is back online following temporary disruptions to block production on mainnet. Functionality has now been restored and the network is once again processing transactions normally. The infrastructure team continues to monitor the stability of the […]

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ForkLog 15 10.05.2024

Expert Identifies Vulnerability in Binance’s Reserve Audit Mechanism

The algorithm employed by cryptocurrency exchange Binance for Proof-of-Reserves (PoR) contains a vulnerability linked to its lending function and the accounting of so-called dummy users. This was stated by Enrico Bottazzi, an expert from the research organization Privacy Scaling Explorations. The issue concerns non-existent accounts with a positive position in low-liquidity assets and a negative […]

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ForkLog 23 30.04.2024

CertiK Reports Record Low Cryptocurrency Losses in April

According to CertiK experts, the cryptocurrency market experienced its lowest monthly loss from various cybercrimes in April since the company began monitoring in 2021. #CertiKStatsAlert ? Combining all the incidents in April we’ve confirmed ~$25.7m lost to exploits, hacks and scams. The lowest figure we’ve recorded, dating back to 2021. A 141% decrease from March […]

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ForkLog 19 29.04.2024

Optimism Team Resolves Critical Vulnerabilities in Testnet

On April 25, developers of the L2 solution Optimism addressed two critical vulnerabilities in the fraud-proof mechanism deployed in the test network. The errors were initially highlighted by the Offchain Labs team. On March 22, the company reported this to OP Labs, the entity behind the protocol. On March 25, Optimism developers confirmed the vulnerabilities […]

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ForkLog 29 22.04.2024

Polkadot Ecosystem Experiences Temporary Disruption

Polkadot parachains ceased block production for approximately an hour following a mainnet update, as reported by the Moonbeam team. At approximately 10:27 am UTC today, a Polkadot runtime upgrade was enacted, which triggered all parachains, including Moonbeam, to stop producing blocks for approximately 1 hour. — Moonbeam Network (@MoonbeamNetwork) April 21, 2024 Developers of the […]

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ForkLog 14 16.04.2024

Trust Wallet Developers Warn of iOS Vulnerability

The team behind Binance-owned Trust Wallet has alerted iOS users to a zero-day exploit targeting the iMessage service. 1/2: ⚠️ Alert for iOS users: We have credible intel regarding a high-risk zero-day exploit targeting iMessage on the Dark Web. This can infiltrate your iPhone without clicking any link. High-value targets are likely. Each use raises […]

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