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Sunday Comics: ATTACK!!!
12.12.2021
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.Read more
What is an eclipse attack?
11.12.2021
Eclipse attacks are a sort of cyberattack in which an attacker creates a fake environment around a single node or user, allowing the attacker to manipulate the node into doing a malicious action
Solana Falls After Slowdown in Transaction Speeds, Attack Accusations
10.12.2021
The Solana network’s native token SOL fell in the crypto market today after concerns had been expressed related to an unexplained slowdown in transaction processing speeds on the network, and suggestions by some that it could be related to an attack on the network.
At 11:13 UTC, SOL traded...
Solana reportedly hit by DDoS attack but network remains online
10.12.2021
The Solana blockchain has reportedly suffered another DDoS attack that temporarily clogged the network, however the network appeared to remain online
Enso mounting 'vampire attack' on six crypto index projects
8.12.2021
The Enso team hopes to capture over a billion dollars in total value locked (TVL) from the stunt, but users must remain staked for at least 3 weeks to see any benefit
Attack on Titan Director's Netflix Anime Looks Like A Post-Apocalyptic Mirror's Edge
8.12.2021
Tokyo flooded by a rain of gravity-defying bubbles and isolated from the rest of the world becomes a playground for lost children doing battle in team-based parkour competition. It sounds like a game. Instead, it’s a new original anime movie called Bubble, written by Puella Magi Madoka Magica...
Bitmart Loses $200 Million in Hack Performed by Unknown Attackers
6.12.2021
Bitmart, a cryptocurrency exchange, suffered an attack yesterday that exploited some security vulnerabilities in order to gain access to the funds of the exchange. The attack targeted the hot wallets of the platform, specifically the Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain-based wallets. The hackers...
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Gets Final Buffs And Nerfs In Update
2.12.2021
While this isn’t the last Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the game’s official Twitter points out that Ver. 13.0.1 will be the final game balance update. Read more
Badger DAO Appears to Have Lost Over USD 62M in an Attack
2.12.2021
Badger DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that enables bitcoin (BTC) to be used as collateral across decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, has fallen victim to an exploit.
It was originally speculated that the project has lost over USD 10m worth of cryptoassets. However...
Bitcoin surges into US open as forecast points to attack on $60K
1.12.2021
A familiar scene as U.S. trading begins sees BTC price action head for formidable resistance at $60,000 and beyond
Canada Detains Teen for Alleged $36 Million Cryptocurrency Theft
21.11.2021
A teenager has been arrested in Canada after committing what law enforcement officials in Ontario have described as the largest crypto theft by a single person. The Canadian is accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars through a SIM swap targeting a crypto holder in the U.S. Teen Arrested...
Floki Inu Cryptocurrency Ads Under Investigation in UK
20.11.2021
The U.K.’s advertising authority has launched an investigation into advertisements for the cryptocurrency floki inu (FLOKI). The ads, titled “Missed Doge? Get Floki,” have appeared on London buses and the underground. The team behind the floki inu ad campaign says...
US Senator Introduces Legislation to Repeal Infrastructure Bill’s Attack on Crypto Industry
19.11.2021
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has introduced a bill to repeal the $1 trillion infrastructure package’s crypto provision, which he said is a “devastating attack” on the crypto industry. “I urge my colleagues in the Senate to repeal this harmful language that will create...
Congressman Threatening Violence With Attack on Titan Sees Actual Consequences
17.11.2021
Nine days after Rep. Paul Gosar tweeted a now-deleted Attack on Titan-themed video of himself and his Republican colleagues killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and President Joe Biden, the House of Representatives voted to censure Gosar and remove him from his two House committee appointments....
Seems Like Marvel, Attack On Titan Might Pop Up In Call Of Duty: Vanguard
11.11.2021
The latest Call of Duty just launched last week, but fans are already rummaging through Vanguard’s files for hints at upcoming content. Some of the juiciest morsels apparently reference Marvel superhero Captain America, beloved graverobber Indiana Jones, and even the wildly popular Attack on Titan...
Beeple’s Discord compromised, timed to coincide with Christie’s auction
11.11.2021
Users thought they were signing up for an affordable NFT drop by the famed artist, timed to coincide with his second Christie's auction
U.S. Congressman Fantasizes About Killing AOC, Biden In Attack On Titan Video
9.11.2021
Rep. Paul Gosar, Republican of Arizona, posted an absolutely unhinged video on Twitter yesterday, that spliced the Attack on Titan anime together with footage from the U.S. border with Mexico, and showed characters attacking Democratic lawmakers, including President Biden.Read more
Man Dressed As The Joker From Batman Arrested After Knife Attack
1.11.2021
Seventeen people were injured on October 31 in Tokyo during an attack on a Tokyo subway train. The attack has left one victim, a man in his 70s, in critical condition. A 24-year-old man, dressed as the Joker from Batman, was arrested at the scene for attempted murder.Read more
A New Academic Paper Describes 3 Attack Methods Against an Ethereum PoS Chain
31.10.2021
Following the Altair upgrade on the Ethereum network, the protocol’s native cryptocurrency reached a new all-time price high. Altair is the next step for the Ethereum’s network’s proof-of-stake (PoS) transition. However, a recently submitted white paper explains that a group...
Arbitrage bot’s spam attack on the Polygon network generated $6,800 per day
19.10.2021
An arbitrage bot managed to turn 14 ETH to 218.5 ETH simply by spamming the Polygon network for 120 days