CertiK identified Kraken exploit, claims exchange threatened its team

The security firm said it was transferring the digital assets obtained in the exploit of Kraken back to the exchange, but many crypto users questioned its motives.

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Bitcoin bridge XLink resurrection underway post $10M hack

XLink faced a security breach involving almost $10 million, with $4.3 million recovered thanks to a friendly neighborhood white hat hacker.

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DeFi lender Tender.fi suffers exploit, white hat hacker suspected

DeFi lending platform Tender.fi sees $1.59 million of assets drained by an alleged white hat hacker taking advantage of a misconfigured oracle.

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White hat finds huge vulnerability in ETH to Arbitrum bridge: Wen max bounty?

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.

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Multiple DeFi platforms succumb to a $90M Exploit

Not one or two but three DeFi platforms- Rari Capital, Fei Protocol, and Saddle Finance, came under a massive onslaught that resulted in draining roughly $90 million worth of crypto assets. Data provided by Whitehat hackers BlockSec. showed that multiple pools related to these platforms have been targeted. Out of the three, Rari Capital, Fei Protocol […]

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White hat hacker saved Coinbase from a major trading exploit

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase was warned of a vulnerability in its trading systems on Friday afternoon by the pseudonymous white-hat hacker “Tree of Alpha.” Coinbase, in response, temporarily paused trading on its new Advanced Trading platform. On Feb 11, 2022, @Tree of Alpha drew the attention of Coinbase leadership after tweeting that they identified a “potentially […]

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Etherescan adds new messaging feature for anons: 'Blockscan Chat'

The Blockscan Chat service enables users to message each other via their Ethereum wallet addresses.

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Immunefi to bolster DeFi security service with new funds

The platform has paid out more than $7.5 million in bug bounties since inception in December 2020.

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Hashflow assures users will be made 'whole' following $600K exploit

The trading platform has provided instructions for the recovery of funds lost through a contract approval vulnerability.

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Virtuals Protocol fixes bug, pledges bounty for researchers discovery

A pseudonymous security researcher identified a critical vulnerability in Virtuals Protocols audited contract, prompting an urgent fix.

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Allbridge Recovers $465,000 Stolen in Crypto Exploit

Allbridge has recovered $465,000 worth of cryptocurrency stolen in a recent exploit, after the attacker apparently took the project's offer for a white hat bounty and returned the funds. The stolen funds were converted to Binance USD and used as compensation. Allbridge had previously offered the attacker a chance to escape legal repercussions and receive a bounty for finding vulnerabilities. The project has yet to publicly disclose the total amount stolen but blockchain security firms estimate it to be close to $550,000. (Read More)

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Allbridge exploiter returns most of the $573K stolen in attack

An exploit resulted in around $573,000 in crypto looted from Allbridge, but the hacker has now seemingly accepted the offer of a “white hat bounty.”

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Allbridge offers bounty to exploiter who stole $573K in flashloan attack

The attacker behind a $573,000 exploit on the multi-chain token bridge, Allbridge, has been offered a chance by the firm to come forward as a white hat and claim a bounty. Blockchain security firm Peckshield first identified the attack on April 1, warning Allbridge in a tweet that its BNB Chain pools swap price was [...]

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