The agency overseeing the financial sector in Germany has issued a warning about the ‘Godfather’ malware attacking banking and crypto applications. Hundreds of these platforms have been targeted, the regulator noted, including those operating in the Bundesrepublik. Financial Authorities Advise Germans How to Protect Their Mobile Apps From Malware The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority of…
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One reason is that “hackers have gotten smarter, gained more experience, and learned how to look for bugs,” according to the founder of a crypto auditing firm. Decentralized finance (DeFi) investors should buckle themselves up for another big year of exploits and attacks as new projects enter the market and hackers become more sophisticated. Executives…
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The team did not disclose what the issue is but stated that it “cannot be mitigated by the emergency DAO.” In a Jan. 6 tweet, decentralized finance protocol Balancer warned certain liquidity providers to remove their LPs “ASAP” due to an ongoing issue related to some of the service’s pools. Some pools have had their…
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The DeFi market didn’t see much change in its first week of new year compared to the last week of 2022 as the price momentum remained in a similar zone. Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant developments over the last…
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Over $1.40 billion worth of stolen DeFi funds was reportedly laundered via Tornado Cash during that period. According to a Jan. 5 report published by Chinese blockchain security firm LianAn Technology, decentralized finance (DeFi) exploits across blockchains worldwide totaled $3.64 billion in 2022. This represented a rise of 47.4% compared with the loss of $2.44…
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According to blockchain security company Certik, the number of cryptocurrency incidents involving exit scams, hacks, and code exploits in Dec. 2022 was the lowest monthly figure of the year. Certik noted that the combined incidents amounted to $62.2 million “lost to exploits, hacks, and scams.” Record Low Cyber Attacks in December 2022 Result in $62.2…
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The industry is likely to see “further attempts from hackers targeting bridges in 2023,” while users are urged to be warier of their private keys. The new year is a fresh start for malicious actors in the crypto space and 2023 won’t likely see a slowdown in scams, exploits and hacks, according to CertiK. The…
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A Reddit user has warned of the potential dangers of unchecked smart contracts, advising the community to revoke approvals on a regular basis. On the back of the worst year for crypto hacks and exploits, the crypto community has given some advice to newbie investors going into 2023 — check your smart contract approvals and…
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The last week of November remained turbulent for the crypto market as majority of the DeFi tokens struggled with the market volatility. Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant developments over the last week. The prolonged crypto winter aided by the…
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The FTX wallet drainer address has been meticulously swapping assets and using bridges to launder stolen funds. The hacker behind the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX started transferring their Ether (ETH) holding to a new wallet address on Nov. 20. The FTX wallet drainer was the 27th largest ETH holder after the hack but dropped by…
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