Ronin Network stated that digital assets worth $12 million, siphoned by so-called white hat hackers on August 6, were returned in full the same day. The Ronin team mentioned that they paused the bridge approximately 40 minutes after the first on-chain action was detected. The team also assured users that their funds were “safe and…
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Kraken has accused an unnamed security research firm of stealing $3 million from its treasury and attempting to extort more money. Nick Percoco said so-called white hat hackers failed to fully disclose the bug transaction details and have not made arrangements to return the stolen funds. White Hat Hackers Refuse to Abide by Rules The…
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Aave Companies, the firm behind the decentralized finance (defi) project Aave, has announced the launch of a stablecoin called GHO on the Ethereum testnet network Goerli. The codebase is available on Github and has undergone audits by Open Zeppelin, Sigmaprime and ABDK. Aave Invites Programmers to Test GHO Before Mainnet Deployment On Thursday, Aave Companies…
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A security firm flagged a now-fixed vulnerability to Uniswap, highlighting the potential for reentrancy attacks on the protocol’s Universal Router smart contract. Uniswap’s recently launched bug bounty program has led to the discovery of a now-fixed vulnerability of the protocol’s Universal Router smart contract. The automated market maker released two new smart contracts to its platform…
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The attacker has scored about a half-million dollar “bug bounty” after choosing to return a majority of the cryptocurrency they exploited from the Celo-based lending protocol. An attacker has returned just over 93% of the more than $9 million worth of cryptocurrencies they exploited from the Celo (CELO) blockchain-based decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Moola…
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The Solana DeFi protocol suffered a $117 million exploit on Oct. 11, and the hacker wants 70M USDC in “bug bounty.” On Wednesday, one day after $117 million was drained from Solana DeFi platform Mango Markets via a price feed exploit, the hacker responsible for the attack demanded a settlement. The proposal was filed on…
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The ethical exploiter thanked Arbitrium for the 400 ETH payday, but said such a find should be eligible for the max bounty of nearly 1,500 ETH, or $2 million. A self-described white hat hacker has uncovered a “multi-million dollar vulnerability” in the bridge linking Ethereum and Arbitrum Nitro and received a 400 Ether (ETH) bounty…
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According to the Ethereum Foundation, identifying “critical bugs” — those that have a high impact or likelihood of a high impact on the blockchain — will be worth up to $1 million. The Ethereum Foundation has announced it will be increasing the network’s bug bounty payouts fourfold ahead of the blockchain’s transition to proof-of-stake. In…
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The Cardano Foundation recently said it has doubled the payout offered to hackers and bounty hunters that identify bugs or vulnerabilities within the Cardano blockchain. The foundation said the six-week promotion, which runs until March 25, 2022, is part of an ongoing attempt to keep “its businesses and customers safe.”
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Immunefi’s largest bug bounty to date aims to help MakerDAO pinpoint potential vulnerabilities in its smart contracts and apps to prevent monetary losses. MakerDAO has announced that it will begin offering a maximum of $10 million bounty to white hat hackers and cybersecurity specialists who point out legitimate security threats in its smart contracts. Maker’s…
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