Security

A Solana-based token promoted by Real Trump Coins, a brand backed by President Donald Trump, collapsed shortly after its launch on Saturday, with the token losing nearly 99% of its value within hours.

The U.S. Justice Department revised its August 26 press release on a Chinese state-sponsored hacking operation, distinguishing between targeted agencies and confirmed intrusions.

Polygon Labs has issued an urgent upgrade notice for network nodes following the Austin and Kyoto hardforks. Nodes running outdated software have already fallen out of consensus and must upgrade to rejoin the network.

Trump Digital Gold collapsed after its promotional X account was hacked, with early investors recording massive gains while traders who entered later suffered severe losses.

Investment scam losses reached $8 billion in 2025, a 38% increase from the previous year, with artificial intelligence enabling fraudsters to create convincing deepfakes and fake cryptocurrency projects, according to New...

A compromised account affiliated with The Trump Organization's collectibles line was used to promote Trump Digital Gold, a Solana token that lost over 95% of its market value within 60 seconds.

Blockchain analysis indicates Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau transferred 500 BTC worth $38 million from a wallet linked to cannabis dealer Clifton Collins on August 28, marking the fourth recovery from the seized holdi...

A CoinGecko report reveals that between January 2025 and July 2026, 245 documented security incidents resulted in $3.63 billion in losses across crypto platforms, with audited protocols accounting for the majority of sto...

An attacker drained over $653,000 from card collateral vaults at Avici, a Solana-based neobank, by exploiting a gap between the platform's documentation and its smart contract code. The AVICI token fell approximately 40%...

AVICI fell sharply after the network acknowledged problems with card-balance withdrawals. An address linked to the incident held approximately $604,800 in stablecoins and other tokens before funds were moved elsewhere.

A critical accounting flaw in Cosmos EVM software went unrecognized for four months before attackers stole approximately $5.72 million across six blockchain networks, including MANTRA, TAC, and KiiChain.

More than $600,000 has been drained from Avici user accounts through phishing attacks impersonating the Solana-based neobank, with fraudulent websites tricking users into connecting their wallets.

As autonomous AI agents become more capable, questions about liability grow urgent. Legal experts say existing law, not new AI-specific statutes, will likely determine who pays when things go wrong.

Radosław Piesiewicz, president of the Polish Olympic Committee, has been detained as prosecutors investigate the collapse of cryptocurrency platform Zondacrypto, which sponsored Poland's Olympic team before failing in Ap...

Lucid has initiated its largest recall, affecting 27,185 Air luxury sedans in the U.S. due to fire risk from an overheated exterior lighting circuit. The company has deployed an over-the-air software update to address th...

Brazil's Central Bank has developed a real-time alert system in partnership with Hypernative to help banks and crypto exchanges detect and respond to cyberattacks involving cryptocurrency. The system is set to begin inte...

Open-source wallet provider OneKey successfully reproduced a past vulnerability in an older Ledger Ethereum application within a lab environment, which Ledger confirmed has already been patched.

A Jacksonville woman has filed suit against VyStar Credit Union after fraudsters gained access to her online banking account and drained approximately $42,000 through unauthorized transfers, ATM withdrawals, and retail p...

Virtuals Protocol is deploying programmable agent wallets with owner-configurable policies designed to protect against prompt injection attacks and unauthorized fund transfers.

The Sandbox gaming platform announced full compensation for holders affected by an August 21 bridge exploit that drained approximately 14.7 million SAND tokens. Eligible users will receive equivalent Ethereum-based SAND ...