On February 14, the developers of the MINER token, created based on the experimental ERC-X standard, reported an exploit of their smart contractwhich led to the loss of funds. We are getting the exploit looked into by an expert onchain sleuth to make sense of what has happened. Some other contracts — notably DN404 — … Read more
Cybercriminals most commonly use three methods to steal digital assets: fake apps, clipboard address spoofing, and liquidity scams. Analysts reported this Bitrace. In the case of fake crypto apps, hackers promote them in search results to outrank legitimate programs. They gain access to wallets through built-in backdoors. Fake applications, along with certain malware, can change … Read more
On May 20, unknown persons seized control over the control mechanism of the Tornado Cash Ethereum mixer. According to Paradigm analyst samczsun, attackers have already begun to withdraw TORN tokens from smart contracts of the protocol. On 2023/05/20 at 07:25:11 UTC, Tornado Cash governance effectively ceased to exist. Through a malicious proposal, an attacker granted … Read more
On May 16, a wallet linked to the Uranium Finance protocol hack moved 650 ETH (~$1.18 million) to the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer. #PeckShieldAlert Another 100 $ETH into Tornado Cash from #UraniumFinance exploiter (a total of 650 $ETH valued at ~$1.18M)https://t.co/D5khyI8ret#UraniumFinance exploiter currently holds $124K worth of cryptos, including ~110K stablecoins and ~7.8 $ETH pic.twitter.com/w7f6YSVd0b … Read more