Bilaxy cryptocurrency exchange is yet to announce the value of funds lost to a hacking incident that occurred on Aug 28. Bilaxy, a lesser-known cryptocurrency exchange, has confirmed a major hacking incident, reporting losses of funds due to an exploit of the platform’s ERC-20 hot wallet. Bilaxy announced on its Telegram channel that the crypto…
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The Cream Finance hacker gained $18.8 million by exploiting a reentrancy bug in the AMP token in a set of 17 transactions. Cream Finance, a major decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol focused on lending, has suffered a major exploit, with a hacker stealing nearly $19 million from its platform. An unknown hacker has managed to gain…
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Hackers will keep hacking as long as organizations are vulnerable — crypto is not an exception. Recently, gas has been a hot topic in the news. In the crypto media, it’s been about Ethereum miner’s fees. In the mainstream media, it’s been about good old-fashioned gasoline, including a short-term lack thereof along the East Coast,…
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While Binance Smart Chain expands its footprint, hacks on DeFi protocols housed on the network increase hand in hand. Binance Smart Chain, or BSC, was launched in September 2020 as a parallel blockchain to Binance Chain. It enabled the creation of smart contracts and a staking mechanism for the native token of both blockchains, Binance…
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A member of Uranium Finance’s developer team said they suspect that the recent hack of the platform may have originated internally. They’ve urged affected users not to contact any other members of the Uranium Finance team. The $50 million exploit of Uranium Finance, a decentralized finance protocol on Binance Smart Chain, may have been an…
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With a new security campaign, Cream Finance looks to minimize vulnerabilities. Decentralized lending protocol Cream Finance is backing another major effort to improve the security of decentralized finance. On Tuesday, Cream Finance announced a new security campaign in collaboration with several DeFi platforms like Immunefi, Armor.fi and DeFiSafety to bring stronger security to its protocol…
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What is certain is that exploits only get points for being less disastrous than their counterpart. There has been a lot of talk about the recent “hacks” in the decentralized finance realm, particularly in the cases of Harvest FInance and Pickle Finance. That talk is more than necessary, considering hackers stole more than $100 million…
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The DeFi platform was the victim of an attack shortly after launch, with 183 ETH compromised. After an initial selloff, FORCE tokens are in recovery mode Monday. Hackers made off with 183 Ethereum (ETH), worth roughly $386,000 at the time of writing, following a coordinated attack on DeFi platform ForceDAO Sunday. Following an initial selloff,…
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There has been a shift that has taken auditing from being seen as an unnecessary burden to an absolute essential for any serious project. The radical opportunity presented by decentralized finance has garnered significant attention from investors and speculators alike. The total value locked in DeFi protocols grew over 2,500% in 2020, from around $700…
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Hacked DeFi service Furucombo will issue “iou” tokens as part of its compensation plan to repay 22 affected users. Decentralized finance transaction combination tool Furucombo will compensate the victims of a recent “evil contract” exploit that cost the protocol $15 million in stolen funds. Following an internal call with affected users last week, Furucombo released…
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