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ForkLog 16 24.01.2024

Phishing Attack via Compromised Email Service Nets Hackers $600,000

Email marketing service provider Mailer Lite fell victim to a phishing attack, resulting in losses exceeding $600,000, according to Blockaid. Today, Blockaid researchers discovered a phishing attack where an attacker was able to leverage a vulnerability in email service provider Mailer Lite to impersonate web3 companies, draining $600k+. Blockaid instantly protected millions of users and […]

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ForkLog 10 23.01.2024

Socket Recovers 1032 ETH Following Security Breach

The team behind the cross-chain bridge aggregator Socket has recovered 1032 ETH (equivalent to $2.3 million at current prices) that were lost due to an exploit in the Bungee protocol last week. FUND RECOVERY UPDATE We have successfully recovered 1032 ETH from the funds involved in the incident on 16th Jan. We will release a […]

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ForkLog 9 23.01.2024

SEC Reveals Cause of X Account Breach

Multi-factor authentication on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X profile was disabled prior to the release of a fake news story about the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs, according to a statement from the regulator. “Two days after the incident and following consultations with the telecommunications operator, the SEC determined that an unauthorized […]

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ForkLog 16 22.01.2024

Report: BNB Chain’s Losses from Hacks Decrease by 85%

Financial losses in the BNB Chain blockchain due to security breaches have decreased from $1.11 billion in 2022 to $161 million in the previous year, marking an 85% reduction. This is according to a report by AvengerDAO. Losses in the BNB Chain from hacks and scams. Data: AvengerDAO. Over the past 12 months, there were […]

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ForkLog 12 22.01.2024

Automated Scam Scheme Defrauds $32 Million, Experts Reveal

Since April 2023, unidentified individuals have created over 1,300 fraudulent tokens, executing a rug pull that has stolen more than $32 million from approximately 42,000 users, according to analysts at Blockfence. ? MASSIVE $32M RUG PULLS OPERATION UNVEILED ?We are sharing an investigation conducted by our team, which resulted in:— More than 1.300 different token […]

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ForkLog 23 19.01.2024

Chainalysis Reports Decline in Illicit Crypto Revenues for 2023

In 2023, the volume of illegal revenues from crypto scams and hacks decreased by 29.2% and 54.3%, respectively, according to a report by Chainalysis. For the first year since 2020, illicit transaction volume fell, from $39.6B in 2022 to $24.2B. As always, these figures are estimates based on illicit addresses we’ve identified as of now. […]

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ForkLog 26 18.01.2024

X Accounts of Rocket Pool, VeChain, and Arkham CEO Hacked

Hackers have breached the X accounts of the liquid staking platform Rocket Pool, blockchain project VeChain, and the CEO of the analytics firm Arkham to promote scams. On VeChain’s page, the hacker posted a series of offers for a VET token giveaway. According to the announcement, users sending between 100,000 and 5 million coins to […]

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ForkLog 37 17.01.2024

Socket Cross-Chain Protocol Loses $3.3 Million in Exploit

The team behind the cross-chain bridge aggregator Socket reported an attack resulting in a $3.3 million loss for the protocol. Urgent Socket has experienced a security incident which affected wallets with infinite approvals to Socket contracts. We have identified the issue & have paused the affected contracts. We’re working on the situation & will keep […]

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ForkLog 45 16.01.2024

Celestia Co-Founder Recalls Hacking CIA and Baptist Church

Mustafa Al-Bassam, a co-founder of the modular blockchain Celestia, reminisced about his youthful involvement in hacking the CIA and a Baptist church. my favourite hack was not CIA (which wasn’t even a hack but a ddos), but the Westboro Baptist Church, which was a 0day in a shitty PHP CMS, which we hacked on a […]

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ForkLog 27 15.01.2024

Failed Exploit Attempt on Bitfinex Involving $15 Billion in XRP

A purported XRP transaction worth nearly $15 billion from an unknown wallet to Bitfinex was part of a failed attempt to exploit partial payments. This was stated by the exchange’s CTO, Paolo Ardoino. Someone attempted to attack @bitfinex via “Partial Payments Exploit”.Attack failed since Bitfinex properly handles ‘delivered_amount’ data field.https://t.co/EiGw9UQmmq (updated with better gif) https://t.co/8I7vlO05ou […]

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ForkLog 11 11.01.2024

CoinGecko’s X Accounts Hacked to Promote Scam

Hackers breached the accounts of cryptocurrency market data aggregator CoinGecko on the social platform X. Our Twitter accounts @CoinGecko and @GeckoTerminal have been compromised. We’re taking immediate steps to investigate the situation and secure our accounts. Please DO NOT click on any links or engage with suspicious content. Your security is our top priority. We’ll […]

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ForkLog 17 10.01.2024

SEC’s X Account Hacked to Announce Fake Bitcoin ETF Approval

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) account on the X platform was compromised to publish a false message claiming approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs. The now-deleted tweet falsely stated that the regulator had approved the listing of products on all registered national securities exchanges, allegedly quoting SEC Chairman Gary Gensler. Source: Axios. “The […]

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