North Korean Hackers Target Crypto Firms with Hidden Risk Malware on macOS

A threat actor with ties to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea DPRK has been observed targeting cryptocurrency-related businesses with a multi-stage malware capable of infecting Apple macOS devices. Cybersecurity company SentinelOne, which dubbed the campaign Hidden Risk , attributed it wi...

Crypto Scam App Disguised as WalletConnect Steals $70K in Five-Month Campaign

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Android app on the Google Play Store that enabled the threat actors behind it to steal approximately $70,000 in cryptocurrency from victims over a period of nearly five months. The dodgy app, identified by Check Point, masqueraded as the...

Nexera DeFi Protocol Hacked: $1.8M Stolen in Major Smart Contract Exploit

Learn how a smart contract vulnerability led to the theft of $1.8 million from Nexera, a DeFi protocol.…...

DeFi Hack Alert: Squarespace Domains Vulnerable to DNS Hijacking

DeFi apps on Squarespace are vulnerable to a DNS hijacking attack that redirects users to malicious sites. Over…...

Breakthrough for Solv Protocol: $1 Billion TVL, Now a Top 32 DeFi Player

By Uzair Amir New York City, May 22 – Solv Protocol, a unified yield and liquidity layer for major digital assets,… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Breakthrough for Solv Protocol: $1 Billion TVL, Now a Top 32 DeFi Player...

5 Best Crypto Marketing Agencies for Web3 Security Brands in 2024

By Uzair Amir It seems each week brings news of another attack - millions drained from DeFi protocols, NFTs swiped, and… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 5 Best Crypto Marketing Agencies for Web3 Security Brands in 2024...

Clearpool Expands to Avalanche with Listed Fintech Firm Launching First Credit Vault

By Uzair Amir Clearpool launches Credit Vaults on Avalanche, offering an on-chain credit solution with real-world asset backing, marking a significant step in bridging traditional finance and DeFi through partnerships with firms like Banxa. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post:...

DeFi Protocol Unstable Raises $2.5M to Drive LRTfi Sector Forward

By Uzair Amir After raising $2.5 million in its latest seed funding round, Unstable Protocol is on a mission to transform… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DeFi Protocol Unstable Raises $2.5M to Drive LRTfi Sector Forward...

Enhancing Blockchain Randomness To Eliminate Trust Issues Once For All

By Uzair Amir Blockchains lack true randomness, hindering applications like fair games, DeFi, and NFTs. Pyth Networks "Pyth Entropy" solves this… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Enhancing Blockchain Randomness To Eliminate Trust Issues Once For All...

North Korea's Lazarus Group Rakes in $3 Billion from Cryptocurrency Hacks

Threat actors from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea DPRK are increasingly targeting the cryptocurrency sector as a major revenue generation mechanism since at least 2017 to get around sanctions imposed against the country. "Even though movement in and out of and within the country is...

Fractional shares are not respected

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact getRSETHPrice will return the rate at which RSETH are being minted as to maintain each user stake in balance. Goal is to maintained fractional shares. However, since users are expected to swap on external AMMs, the fractional share will not be kept as AM...

disallowing the executor to sign the transaction with the expiryEpoch will may allow or prevent the transaction to be executed in a wrong time for the executor, who is the responsible for performing the strategies, and will hamper the automation process

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact preventing the executor from setting an ExpiryEpoch to the transaction to be executed within it , will lead to hamper the automation process and may allow the transactions to be executed in improper time in which the strategy became invalid which may cau...

updateScore() is vulnerable to flashloan manipulation

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact vToken.balanceOfuser can be manipulated by dong some flash loan of vToken. Proof of Concept A flash loan attack is a type of exploit that takes advantage of the fact that flash loans are uncollateralized and do not require a credit check. In a flash loan...

requestDeposit and requestRedeem do not allow for any price guarantee, opening users to sandwich attacks and other losses

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Request functions take only the desired input amount as a parameter, giving no way for the caller to control the fulfilment price. The price is decided by the Centrifuge mainnet only. function requestDeposituint256 assets, address owner; function...

defi-metiers.fr Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3634468

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Potential Reversion in Transfer due to LSP1 Interface Support Check

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact The transfer function in LSP7DigitalAssetCore & LSP8DigitalAssetCore includes a mandatory hook, notifyTokenSender, which verifies if the sender supports INTERFACEIDLSP1. However, if a token owner who initially implemented LSP1 interface ceases to support...

Potential Reversion in Transfer due to LSP1 Interface Support Check

Lines of code Vulnerability details SORRY I HAVFE PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED THIS ISSUE WITHOUT THE FIX... FIRST TIME WARDEN FORGIVE ME Impact The transfer function in LSP7DigitalAssetCore & LSP8DigitalAssetCore includes a mandatory hook, notifyTokenSender, which verifies if the sender supports...

Jimbos Protocol Hack: $7.5 Million Lost in Latest DeFi Attack

By Habiba Rashid The attack on Jimbos Protocol exploited a critical vulnerability related to the lack of slippage control on liquidity conversions. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Jimbos Protocol Hack: $7.5 Million Lost in Latest DeFi Attack...

Financial cyberthreats in 2022

Financial gain remains the key driver of cybercriminal activity. In the past year, weve seen multiple developments in this area – from new attack schemes targeting contactless payments to multiple ransomware groups continuing to emerge and haunt businesses. However, traditional financial threats ...

Risk of flashloan attacks in the Staking contract

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact An attacker can steal a large amount of rewardsToken from the Staking contract by using flashloans, thus all the users will receive less rewards for their staked amounts. Proof of Concept In the Staking contract any user can stake a given amount of...