Security

North Korean officials rejected U.S. claims that the TraderTraitor group behind the Binance breach was state‑linked, while the FBI and blockchain analysts maintained the attribution.

Chainalysis flagged over 74,000 tokens as suspicious in 2024, while Solidus Labs found that 98.6% of Pump.fun tokens had less than $1,000 in liquidity, highlighting the prevalence of rug pulls and related scams.

BTCPay Server warned merchants to rebuild payment servers and replace wallets after attackers stole an estimated $1.63 million in Bitcoin and Litecoin, prompting a call for fresh installations and new credentials.

Anthropic unveiled FlashProve, an open‑source prototype that uses hash‑based zero‑knowledge proofs to confirm that AI responses come from a committed model without revealing its weights, though the proving overhead remai...

North Korean officials denied U.S. accusations that the country was behind the recent $6.3 billion hack of Binance, calling the allegations a political provocation.

Blockchain analyst ZachXBT increased the estimated loss from a suspected theft involving an EU entity to over $133 million after identifying additional withdrawals from centralized exchanges.

Mikela Kendrick, 24, admitted to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud after prosecutors said she altered stolen checks and offered them for sale on social media.

Elliptic reports that the $6.4 billion Binance hack attributed to a North Korean group is being laundered through 12,000 wallets across 11 blockchains, with automated transactions occurring roughly every 25 seconds.

DMG Blockchain Solutions stated on October 31 that it and its affiliates were not impacted by the recent Binance security breach, emphasizing its layered transaction controls and restricted access measures.

Losses from crypto hacks and exploits have surpassed $11.4 billion across 2025 and 2026, led by a $6.36 billion Binance breach, while AI-assisted attacks and disruptions in at least 10 countries widen the security concer...

Large XRP withdrawals from Binance spiked to 226 million units on Oct. 29, the biggest net outflow since 2022, as the exchange dealt with a major security breach.

The Ethereum Foundation has opened the evm.fast challenge, inviting contributors to provide a finite, machine‑checked worst‑case step bound for Ethereum block verification on a 64‑bit RISC‑V model.

Binance warned that scammers may impersonate the exchange with false offers to speed up withdrawals or provide compensation, and announced a cryptographic reserve proof allowing customers to verify token backing.

The exchange says additional assets will become available for withdrawal from 04:00 UTC on Tuesday as security checks are completed, following an initial reopening on Nov. 1.

Four years after the 2022 Pando Rings exploit, the attacker used Tornado Cash to launder 4,000 ETH, complicating recovery efforts.

Binance warned customers that fraudsters may impersonate the exchange to exploit withdrawal delays, offering false assistance, priority access, or wallet transfers, as it continues to recover from a $6.3 billion hack and...

Elliptic reports that assets stolen from Binance on Oct. 29 were transferred across roughly 12,000 wallets on 11 blockchains within four days, with about $3.24 billion still held in theft‑linked addresses as of Nov. 2.

North Korea denied involvement in the $6.3 billion Binance hack, with Kim Yo Jong rejecting US allegations and calling the FBI-backed claims absurd rhetoric.

Kim Yo Jong rejected U.S. accusations that a North Korean hacking group was behind the recent Binance breach, while blockchain analysts continue to link the theft to North Korean actors.

Approximately $6.36 billion was drained from Binance hot wallets in 20 minutes across 10 blockchains, with TRM Labs linking the attack to North Korea's TraderTraitor group.