Security

Ivan Wilbur Seales, 58, was ordered to pay about $855,000 in restitution after prosecutors said he laundered nearly $1 million stolen from elderly victims through a phishing network.

The three companies have formed a coalition to identify and disrupt illicit USDT activity on the Tron blockchain, aiming to freeze suspect funds faster as illicit cryptocurrency flows surge.

The Digital Crime Task Force will combine blockchain surveillance and law enforcement cooperation to flag suspicious USDT activity on Tron, with Tether saying it has already frozen more than $7 billion tied to illicit ac...

The Digital Crime Task Force will use blockchain analytics to combat illicit activity involving USDT on Tron, replacing a previous unit that disbanded due to coordination issues.

A security flaw in Apple's iOS allows malicious apps to read files from other applications, potentially exposing cryptocurrency wallet seed phrases and private keys. Binance has warned users to delete untrusted apps and ...

TSMC says employee personal data was exposed through a third-party cloud system, while its internal systems, production operations and customer data were unaffected.

A Michigan resident transferred $9,000 after a caller impersonating a Huntington Bank employee persuaded her to move funds while traveling out of state.

The Financial Services Commission plans to issue a no-action letter permitting platforms to suspend deposits and withdrawals when hacking is suspected, rather than waiting for a breach to be confirmed.

Binance's chief security officer described the exact attack vector later used against the exchange in a July interview, detailing how malicious coding assignments could compromise employee devices and provide access to c...

Cryptocurrency hacks have cost the industry $8.78 billion in 2026, surpassing projected on-chain revenue of $5.6 billion. A single exchange breach accounts for the majority of losses.

Bitcoin Core revealed three previously patched security flaws on November 10, 2026, with the most serious defect capable of disrupting mining operations by preventing nodes from generating valid block templates during bl...

The XRP stolen in Binance's October hack has shrunk dramatically to approximately 60 million tokens as of November 10, with attackers converting large amounts into Bitcoin through THORChain.

Solana Mobile announced that Helius and Jito will serve as the inaugural independent Guardians, conducting security and policy checks for apps on the Solana dApp Store and staking 250,000 SKR tokens each.

Bitcoin Core said a non-default whitelist setting caused thousands of reachable mainnet nodes to treat incoming Tor connections as trusted peers, granting exemptions from attack limits and privacy protections. Fixes ship...

Solana infrastructure firm Helius launched Privacy Rings on the Solana mainnet, offering programmable shielded pools that encrypt transaction amounts while keeping addresses visible, with custom options for institutions....

Bitcoin Core revealed three vulnerabilities—one high severity and two medium—that were patched in October 2025 and affect only outdated software versions.

Perry Johnson & Associates has agreed to strengthen data security and pay at least $300,000 in penalties, with up to $9.7 million more if settlement terms are not met.

Robert Barr was sentenced to eight years in prison for directing a plot to steal up to £2 million in cryptocurrency from his cell, using remote‑access software to control a victim’s computer.

Bitget Wallet flagged about 37,000 signing requests a week for potential phishing in Q3 2026, up from 5,000 in Q2, and is expanding AI-assisted threat detection.

Elliptic reports that stolen Binance funds were routed through six newly created meme tokens on the NEAR blockchain, a method previously seen in the Bybit hack.