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ForkLog 23 01.04.2025

UPCX Halts Operations Following Unauthorized $70 Million Withdrawal

The team at cryptocurrency platform UPCX has detected suspicious activity in the account of one of its administrators. According to their statement, user assets remain unaffected and secure. ?Security Notice: Unauthorized Activity Detected? UPCX has identified unauthorized activity involving our management account. As a precautionary measure, we are taking immediate action to ensure platform security. […]

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ForkLog 50 01.04.2025

Hacker Claims Loss of 2930 ETH on Phishing Site After zkLend Breach

In response to another offer from the zkLend team to return the stolen funds, the hacker who breached the protocol claimed to have sent 2930 ETH (~$5.4 million) to a fake Tornado Cash website. Data: Etherscan. As a result of the incident on February 12, the Starknet-based L2 project lost ~3666 ETH ($9.6 million at […]

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ForkLog 25 01.04.2025

Counterfeit Smartphones with Cryptocurrency-Stealing Malware Emerge in Unofficial Stores

Kaspersky Lab has issued a warning about counterfeit models of popular Android smartphones appearing in unofficial online stores. These devices are infected with a new version of the Triada trojan, posing a threat to user security. The company’s statement was reported by RBC. The malware is embedded in the device’s firmware, allowing it to control […]

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ForkLog 67 31.03.2025

Cunning Attack on SIR.trading Protocol Wipes Out TVL

On March 30, the DeFi protocol SIR.trading on the Ethereum network, also known as Synthetics Implemented Right, lost $355,000 of its TVL due to a hack. Analysts from TenArmorAlert and Decurity were the first to notice the incident. The latter reported that the target of the “cunning attack” was a function of the “vulnerable contract […]

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ForkLog 205 31.03.2025

Experts Unveil Details of Oracle Manipulation Attack on Venus Protocol

Vulnerabilities in vaults have led to losses for DeFi protocols due to oracle manipulation. Chaos Labs presented an analysis of the attack on Venus Protocol, which resulted in losses of approximately $716,000. On February 27, an attacker executed a donation attack based on a flash loan, borrowing about $4 million from Aave. The attacker used […]

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ForkLog 32 31.03.2025

Experts Uncover Android Trojan Targeting Crypto Wallets

Experts at Threat Fabric have identified a new family of malware for Android mobile devices. The Trojan targets specific banking applications and popular cryptocurrency wallets. A new mobile banking Trojan has emerged—#Crocodilus. Discovered during regular threat hunting, it’s already showing capabilities that rival top malware families, including device takeover and advanced credential theft.https://t.co/RlyfFxUYHe#BankingTrojan #ThreatFabric pic.twitter.com/47zPbPfFad […]

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ForkLog 230 28.03.2025

Personal Data of Binance and Gemini Users Compromised

Hackers have accessed personal data of clients from the cryptocurrency exchanges Gemini and Binance. Some of this information has already been put up for sale on the dark web, reports Dark Web Informer. ???Alleged Sale of 100K U.S. Gemini Cryptocurrency User Leadshttps://t.co/svdZIL6TO4 — Dark Web Informer — Cyber Threat Intelligence (@DarkWebInformer) March 27, 2025 According […]

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ForkLog 37 27.03.2025

Immunefi Reports Worst Quarter for Cryptocurrency Industry

Cryptocurrency projects have endured their worst quarter in history in terms of losses and damage from hacking attacks, according to an Immunefi report. In the first quarter of 2025, cybercriminals stole $1.64 billion across 40 incidents. This is 4.7 times more than the same period last year, when losses amounted to $348.3 million. The main […]

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ForkLog 31 25.03.2025

Abracadabra Finance Protocol Suffers $13 Million Hack

Hackers have stolen 6260 ETH (approximately $13 million) from the pools of the DeFi project Abracadabra Finance, according to analysts at PeckShield. .@GMX_IO @MIM_Spell related contracts have been hacked for ~6,260 ETH (worth ~$13M) pic.twitter.com/LZzMADWB3n — PeckShield Inc. (@peckshield) March 25, 2025 The hackers targeted lending markets where GM tokens from the decentralized exchange GMX […]

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ForkLog 22 24.03.2025

US Authorities to Return $7 Million to Victims of Fake Crypto Sites

US authorities will return $7 million to victims of fraudulent cryptocurrency platforms. According to a statement from the Eastern District of Virginia’s prosecutor’s office, criminals built trust with users before redirecting them to fake websites. Once deposited, the funds passed through more than 75 bank accounts of shell companies and were then sent abroad, disguised […]

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ForkLog 38 21.03.2025

Zoth Protocol Suffers $8.4 Million Hack

On March 21, hackers targeted the real-world asset restaking protocol (RWA) Zoth. According to Cyvers Alerts, the damage amounted to approximately $8.4 million in cryptocurrency. ?ALERT?Our system has detected a suspicious transaction involving @zothdotio. It appears that the protocol’s deployer wallet has been compromised. 30 minutes ago, the proxy contract “USD0PPSubVaultUpgradeable” was upgraded to a […]

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ForkLog 58 20.03.2025

Ben Zhou: Majority of Stolen Bybit Funds Remain Traceable

Approximately 89% of the funds stolen from Bybit, amounting to around 500,000 ETH, remain traceable, according to Bybit’s CEO Ben Zhou. 3.20.25 Executive Summary on Hacked Funds: Hacker started to use mixers: 1. Wasbi 2. CryptoMixer 3. Railgun 4. TornadoCashTotal hacked funds of USD 1.4bn around 500k ETH. 88.87% remain traceable, 7.59% have gone dark, […]

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