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Custodial Lightning Network Service Attack Discovered by LN ‘Newbie’ — Hacker Strikes 6 LN Custodians

20.9.2021
On September 18, a Redditor posted to the r/bitcoin forum and explained how he discovered a way to “attack [the] lightning Network’s custodial services.” The Reddit account dubbed “Reckless Satoshi” wanted to figure out if a “discrepancy between real...

Zabu Finance Suffers First Big Exploit in Avalanche Defi, Loses $3.2 Million

15.9.2021
Zabu Finance, a decentralized yield farming protocol on Avalanche, suffered the first big hack related to the chain. The protocol was the victim of an exploit that allowed an attacker to steal $3.2 million in tokens, according to reports. The core of the exploit happened due to a vulnerability...

White hat potentially saves SushiSwap $350M by finding ‘obvious’ exploit

18.8.2021
The security researcher found a flaw in a dutch auction smart contract that could have resulted in the loss of 109,000 ETH

Kubernetes Clusters Used to Mine Monero by Attackers

26.7.2021
Attackers are abusing an attack vector present in one of the most popular execution engines (Argo Workflows) to repurpose Kubernetes systems to mine cryptocurrencies. The attack exploits a vulnerability in the system of permissions of Argo Workflows machines connected to the internet, deploying...

Ethereum's MEV Vulnerability To Be 'Less of a Problem' - Buterin

22.7.2021
Source: Adobe/H_Ko Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin claims that it is about to get more difficult for bad actors to exploit a vulnerability that allows them to attack the network, hurting it and its users. As reported, a "personal project" (now suspended) by developer and CEO...

'Intelectual Posturing' Highlights Ethereum's Extractable Value Vulnerability

12.7.2021
A "personal project" by a developer might bring even more controversy into the so-called Miner Extractable Value (MEV) practice on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, possibly tempting some miners to extract all the value they can from Ethereum before it moves to a proof-of-stake consensus...

Ethereum’s London Hard Fork Scheduled to Commence on August 4

9.7.2021
The highly anticipated Ethereum hard fork is expected to launch on August 4 at block height 12,965,000 according to Ethereum core developers. The London hard fork will add five Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) that aim to enhance the blockchain. However, the Berlin hard fork was postponed...

Polygon-Based Defi Stablecoin Safedollar Plunges to Zero — Team Is Investigating Exploit

28.6.2021
The algorithmic decentralized finance (defi) stablecoin safedollar (SDO) has been attacked, according to statements published on its Telegram channel. The safedollar token did not remain stable following the attack, as the defi stablecoin’s price collapsed to zero. Safedollar Stablecoin Price...

Critical $20M SafeMoon vulnerability? Project devs say no cause for alarm

25.5.2021
One blockchain security firm says its audit of the SafeMoon smart contract has unearthed a potential $20 million vulnerability within the viral meme coin

Patched vulnerability could’ve crippled ETH over the past 2 years: Ethereum Foundation

19.5.2021
The Ethereum Foundation has come clean about a security vulnerability first spotted in 2019 that could have brought the mainnet to a halt until the Berlin upgrade last month

BIS Chief Banker Criticizes Bitcoin as Inherently Risky, Says BTC Vulnerable to 51% Attack

29.1.2021
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) general manager Agustin Carstens has criticized bitcoin saying the asset was inherently risky and “increasingly vulnerable” to a 51% attack. A long time bitcoin (BTC) skeptic, Carstens stressed that only central banks should be issuing digital...

Tech Stacks and Website Longevity

25.1.2021
Steren Giannini in “My stack will outlive yours”: My stack requires no maintenance, has perfect Lighthouse scores, will never have any security vulnerability, is based on open standards, is portable, has an instant dev loop, has no build step … The post Tech Stacks and Website...

‘Bypass’ Attack in Coldcard Bitcoin Wallet Could Trick Users Into Sending Incorrect Funds

25.11.2020
Bitcoin hardware wallet Coldcard is fixing a flaw that could trick users into sending bitcoin on mainnet when they meant to use its testnet

Flaw in Bitcoin SV Multisig Wallet Puts Funds at Risk

9.11.2020
Bitcoin SV scrapped Bitcoin’s multisignature design and created its own. The insecure design is causing problems for some BSV users

Buggy Code in This Compound Finance Fork Just Froze $1M in Ethereum Tokens

5.11.2020
Some $1 million in Ethereum tokens is locked in a new DeFi app after its developers made changes to the protocol’s contracts

Maker community scrambles to fix long-standing vulnerability to flash loans

29.10.2020
A relatively benign attack highlighted the potential threat of flash loans

Vulnerability Strikes Lightning Network

9.10.2020
A vulnerability in LND versions 0.10.x and below has been found and disclosed to the Lightning Labs, the developer of the Lightning Network. The Lightning Network team, which is working on scaling and speeding up Bitcoin (BTC) transactions, has been warned of a vulnerability in their Lightning...