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Latest SECURITY stories
- Kava Lend Attacker Used 127 Loans to Bypass Borrowing Limit
The attacker cut a nearly idle BUSD market’s net supply to a very small level, lifting its deposit value about 243,000 times in three minutes.
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- Ledger SDK Sends Signing Metadata and Device Details by Default
Ambire said it kept the affected versions out of production.
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- Arcus Loses $2.23M in USDG Through Accounting Flaw, Covers Shortfall
A newly created account inflated its recorded balance through subaccount transfers. Arcus patched the flaw and resumed withdrawals.
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- LNbits Releases Security Update After Warning of Risk to Lightning Funds
Version 1.7.0 addresses a vulnerability found Nov. 8. Operators also need to replace credentials that may have been exposed.
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- Initia Says Cloud Key Breach Moved $3.27 Million in Assets
About $2.16 million remains on the halted network. Initia has not announced a restart date.
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- Binance Explains Why Withdrawal Pause Failed to Stop Oct. 29 Transfers
Security chief Jimmy Su said revoking an on-chain authorization required a separate transaction, and the exchange took hours to contain the incident.
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- PancakeSwap Delays Trading Fee Buyback Until Monday, Nov. 16
The decentralized exchange says internal security checks will continue while regular trading stays open and user funds remain unaffected.
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- LNbits Expects to Restore All Hosted Services Within 24 Hours
The service suspended every instance on my.lnbits.com for security reasons.
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- LNbits Takes Every Hosted Instance Offline as It Prepares Security Fixes
The shutdown covers my.lnbits.com, and LNbits expects to restore service within 24 hours.
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- Solana Bot King Theft Estimate Rises to $856,000 After Fifth Transfer
The revised total includes a transfer missed in the initial estimate. About $280,000 was blocked at two bridges as of a Nov. 3 review.
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- Atomicwork Announces Six AI Coworkers for Enterprise IT Operations
The company built and certified the lineup through its own testing process. Third parties can contribute skills and integrations, with coworker publishing planned for a later stage.
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- Loopscale Restores Priority Lending, Contains Two Attack Paths
Borrowers can add collateral to all loans, but USDC Genesis Vault-funded loans cannot be repaid. Vault withdrawals and some collateral withdrawals remain restricted.
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- MetaMask Says Sept. 28 Intrusion Diverted About 0.385 Ether in Staking Rewards
The company said it fixed the issue that day and completed exits for all affected Ethereum validators by Nov. 5.
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- Floki Suspends Trading Bot During Exploit Probe, Warns Users
The team plans to issue replacement wallets to users affected by the investigation.
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- Loopscale Suspends Solana Lending Protocol After Attack Escalation
The attack targeted SOL and USDC Genesis vaults. Loopscale said the funding shortfall was replenished and user deposits were not lost.
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- Binance Plans Security Audit Report After Reworking Access Controls
何一 said Binance also reset AI tools and invited AI security specialists to join the exchange to verify and improve its safeguards.
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- Binance Co-CEO Richard Teng Says $2.85B Tied to Hack Was Frozen or Intercepted
Teng also said Binance had replenished 98% of affected tokens and was working on the remaining 2%.
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- Binance Says It Will Cover $6.3 Billion in Security Incident Losses
The exchange says it rebuilt the affected wallet system and replaced affected devices and credentials by Nov. 3.
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- SomaXBT Flags Automation Signs in 54% of Binance Theft Transactions
The investigator reviewed 47,644 transactions on Tron and Solana and traced a Nov. 3 route through lending, token swaps and Circle’s cross-chain transfer protocol.
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- Bitcoin custody must put security first, with multiple approvals and supply-chain controls
Swan Bitcoin CEO Corey Klipsten said custody providers should put asset protection first, emphasizing layered approvals, automatic transfer pauses and hardware-wallet supply-chain controls.
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- Kraken Restricts Accounts as Suspected EU Theft Exceeds $133 Million
Kraken says it is working with law enforcement to recover the funds and that its customer accounts were not compromised.
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- PancakeSwap Takes Documentation Offline After GitBook Security Incident
The team said the app and documentation were not compromised and directed users to links on PancakeSwap’s official website.
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- DMG Blockchain Says Client Assets Secure After Binance Breach
The company cited restricted access, separated duties and multiple approvals as safeguards against unauthorized transactions.
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- Capytistas Says It Posted 32 Addresses Tied to Musk, Tesla Leaders
The anonymous group says it plans to release 153 more addresses and more than 3,500 records on investors, market-making and supply-chain ties.
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- Binance Plans to Restore More Crypto Withdrawals Across Nine Networks
The phased rollout covers selected assets on BSC, ETH, SOL, XRP, SUI, Arbitrum, Optimism, TRX and Base, subject to security and readiness checks.
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- MercadoBitcoin Reports $40 Million Exploit and Halts Trading
The Brazilian exchange also suspended deposits and withdrawals while it investigates the incident and works to secure user funds.
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- Binance Completes Reserve Proof as Asset Replenishment Reaches 95%
Holders of 10 supported assets can check 1:1 reserve backing; a broader snapshot is planned for Nov. 4.
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- 71% of Flagged LND Nodes Remain on Affected Lines Through Oct. 13
The affected lines accounted for 14.9% of live public LND nodes when Lightning Labs disclosed six denial-of-service flaws on Aug. 11.
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- Binance's Tracked Assets Fall $13.8 Billion Ahead of Reserve Proof
Matched readings put the value of tracked exchange assets at $142.926 billion on Oct. 29 and $129.109 billion on Nov. 2. The change does not measure customer withdrawals.
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- Binance Says Full Operations Await Security Checks After $6.3 Billion Hack
Co-CEO Yi He addressed an online comparison with FTX as the exchange worked to restore withdrawals in phases.
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- Binance Restores U.S. Dollar Withdrawals Following Hack
All 15 initial crypto network groups have reopened, but withdrawals for some tokens remain suspended.
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- BTCPayServer Urges Operators to Take Instances Offline
The payment processor is investigating reports of hot wallets being drained and advised users to keep their instances offline.
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- Symbiosis Works to Block Attempt to Move Binance Stolen Funds
The protocol has contacted Binance and says fast, complex activity can expose a gap in its transaction screening.
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- Northflank Tells Users to Rotate All Secrets After a Breach
Some customers’ AI API keys were used without authorization. Audit logs became available to free users Oct. 31.
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- Bitcoin Traded at $77,152 as Binance Targeted Phased Withdrawals
The 24-hour range dipped below $77,000. Binance set aside more than $6.34 billion to cover the incident’s estimated impact.
· Investing
- Hifi Finance Urges Collateral Withdrawals After DAO Takeover
The protocol estimates losses at about $20,000, though the final amount has not been confirmed.
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- Binance Pauses Withdrawals During Security Upgrade While Trading Continues
Deposits remain available, and Binance expects withdrawal service to resume within 48 hours.
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- Crypto Hack Counts Rose Each Month Since April.
The claim says each month had more hacks than any month before it.
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- zkLink Sets Up Nova Recovery Bounty With Rewards Up to 20%
Contributors whose information helps recover funds may qualify; an exploiter who returns all funds may keep 20%.
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- CertiK Joins Arbitrum Mentorship Program With Security Benefits
Startups can receive security mentorship, access to CertiK’s AI Auditor and exclusive discounts on CertiK services.
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