Security

MetaMask is launching wallet protections including warnings for lookalike addresses, investment and romance scams, and first-time transfers. A separate feature automatically reverts transactions that don't match their pr...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has joined calls to slow frontier AI development, citing risks that humanity could lose control of advanced AI systems. Security experts warn that cryptocurrency exchanges, wallets, and smart contra...

Cross-chain liquidity protocol Symbiosis recovered 15 Bitcoin worth approximately $1.1 million following a Friday bridge exploit that minted 46.1 billion unbacked tokens. The protocol is offering a 20% bounty for informa...

A vulnerability in Symbiosis's Bitcoin Bridge allowed attackers to mint 46.1 billion unbacked syBTC tokens on September 11, though actual losses were limited to roughly $336,000 in extracted value.

Police in Puebla seized hundreds of graphics processing units and power infrastructure at a hidden mining site, marking the fourth similar discovery in the region. Global illicit crypto transactions more than doubled to ...

The DOJ's Scam Center Strike Force restrained approximately $52 million in cryptocurrency from Xinbi, a Chinese-language marketplace that facilitated fraud services. The operation brings the Strike Force's total restrain...

Cross-chain protocol Symbiosis recovered approximately 15 BTC after an attacker exploited its native Bitcoin Bridge on September 11, but affected liquidity providers still lack compensation terms as the protocol's bounty...

Research examining 135 DeFi incidents from early 2026 reveals that attacks classified as outside audit boundaries accounted for 94.4% of losses among audited protocols, highlighting gaps between what audits review and wh...

BTCPay Server has warned that automated systems are targeting exposed Lightning nodes to exploit a restart-time vulnerability that could enable attackers to obtain administrative credentials and control merchant wallets....

XPR Network suffered a $9 million liquidity drain from the proton.swaps protocol after attackers exploited a flaw in the withdrawal function. Network producers patched the vulnerability and secured most stolen funds, tho...

Solana Mobile has disabled its third-party marketing email account at Brevo following unauthorized access discovered during a broader security incident affecting 138 customer accounts at the email provider.

A vulnerability in Symbiosis's BTC Bridge allowed an attacker to mint approximately 46.1 billion unbacked syBTC tokens, though only around $336,000 worth were successfully cashed out. The incident marks the third major b...

LDK v0.2.6 addresses vulnerabilities that could enable fund theft through splice manipulation and prevent nodes from restarting properly after shutdown.

Entropy32 Plus, a new hardware project, generates BIP39 seed phrases by capturing radioactive decay events through a Geiger counter and processing them via SHA-256 conditioning.

Intelligence agencies estimate North Korea generates $600 million to $800 million annually by recruiting international workers to pose as job candidates, then assuming their positions at American technology firms.

Fintech firm Revolut revealed that sensitive customer data was exposed after an unauthorized third party used a legitimate government email domain to submit fraudulent requests.

A 70-year-old Michigan resident was defrauded of more than $270,000 from pension accounts after scammers impersonated federal agents and directed her to purchase gold.

Bitcoin miners and data center operators are increasingly using Texas grid classifications to signal competitive strength, but headline gigawatt figures mask significant differences in project certainty and timeline.

Federal law enforcement restrained $52 million in scam-linked cryptocurrency in a single operation against Xinbi Guarantee, bringing the Justice Department's total to approximately $938 million. Treasury flagged the mark...

Digital banking platform Revolut fell victim to a phishing attack in which an attacker posed as a government authority to obtain sensitive customer information, including identity documents, addresses, and Bitcoin transa...