According to cybersecurity firm Certik, nearly $1 billion in cryptocurrency has been pilfered due to scams, rug pulls, and exploits throughout 2023. The company highlighted that the combined incidents in August alone led to a loss of $45.8 million. Certik Analysis: Cryptocurrency Losses Near $1 Billion The digital security and smart contract auditing firm Certik…
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In a post-mortem report, Arcadia Finance developers said an attacker stole funds by liquidating a vault before it could perform a health check, interrupting the app’s normal flow of operations. The Arcadia Finance attacker used a reentrancy exploit to drain $455,000 from the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, according to a July 10 post-mortem report issued…
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The bug only affects the Polygon implementation, and V3 is unaffected A bug in an older version of crypto lending protocol Aave is blocking users from interacting with Wrapped Ether (WETH), Tether (USDT), Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) or Wrapped Matic (WMATIC) pools on Aave V2 Polygon, preventing assets from being withdrawn from them, according to a…
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On Monday, the Polygon-based decentralized exchange (dex) Quickswap lost $220K in a flash loan exploit and following the attack, the team detailed the Quickswap Lend platform will be terminated. Quickswap Hacked for $220K, Dex Project Sunsets Lending Platform 2022 has been quite the year for decentralized finance (defi) hacks as billions have been stolen due…
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Warp Finance’s hack of $8 million could have been prevented with better oracles, the team says. Warp Finance, a DeFi lending protocol that suffered an $8 million flash loan exploit shortly after release, is now gearing up for a relaunch that will include an integration with oracles by Chainlink. The inclusion of Chainlink oracles reportedly…
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Beyond the obvious financial risks, there are a number of technical risks DeFi users should be aware of. A November report by data and research company BraveNewCoin has highlighted a number of serious ‘non-financial’ risks in decentralized finance. The financial risks involved with DeFi have been well documented, but the new report delves into more…
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