Security

A Dallas businessman has been charged in a federal indictment accusing him of using falsified financial records to obtain more than $40 million in loans.

BounceBit is shutting down its Layer 1 blockchain and reissuing its BB token as a BEP-20 asset on BNB Chain following an exploit involving 286.5 million tokens.

A group of security researchers and developers has formed the Bitcoin Red Team to proactively scan the Bitcoin software ecosystem for vulnerabilities as AI lowers the barrier for attackers.

South Korea's major exchanges responded after an exploit on The Sandbox's Base deployment resulted in unauthorized token minting.

The Sandbox announced it contained a cross-chain bridge vulnerability on Base and BNB Smart Chain following an unbacked token minting incident.

Metaverse project The Sandbox suffered a security breach on its cross-chain bridges for Base and BNB Smart Chain, resulting in unbacked token creation.

Coinkite has issued new firmware for Coldcard hardware wallets after a seed-generation vulnerability resulted in over $130 million in Bitcoin thefts.

India's cybercrime agency has directed Google to shut down hundreds of Firebase accounts and take down dozens of sites linked to fake banking applications and phishing schemes.

The suspected Bitcoin address tied to the Maya Protocol exploit held 20.83 BTC with no outgoing transactions as of Aug. 21, while a broader $11 million pool impact remains unaddressed.

Bitcoin restaking firm BounceBit is shutting down its blockchain after hackers exploited an authorization vulnerability to steal over $3.1 million in BB tokens.

Recent security research presented at the USENIX Security Symposium has linked a majority of analyzed EIP-7702 authorization transactions to malicious contracts.

A crypto influencer faked a $6 million short liquidation on Bitcoin using a demo account, only to be exposed by community fact-checking.

MANTRA dropped to an all-time low of $0.0041 after freezing its blockchain due to an attacker targeting an upstream dependency vulnerability, missing a broader crypto market rally.

A peer-reviewed study for USENIX Security '26 reveals that attacker-linked contracts accounted for 63% of early EIP-7702 transactions across seven chains following Ethereum's Pectra upgrade.

A French couple was abducted from their home in Rion-des-Landes during a Bitcoin extortion attempt, prompting an ongoing investigation by specialized authorities as crypto-related violence surges in France.

MANTRA Chain temporarily halted its network and froze all transactions following an attempted exploit, causing its native token price to decline by over 10%.

An examination of how 13 top bitcoin hardware wallet manufacturers communicated on X and supported their customers during the Coldcard crisis.

A security research paper detailing a Solana Proof-of-History clock attack fell outside the rules of Anza's 50,000 SOL Alpenglow competition, raising questions about transition risks before the upcoming consensus upgrade...

An examination of open-source and source-available software development models highlights the economic incentives, audit challenges, and security realities facing Bitcoin and crypto infrastructure.

Seventeen Iranian nationals have been hit with criminal charges for a years-long cyber attack campaign that included attempting to extort HBO for $6 million in bitcoin.