CVE-2019-16762

A specially crafted Bitcoin script can cause a discrepancy between the specified SLP consensus rules and the validation result of the slpjs npm package. An attacker could create a specially crafted Bitcoin script in order to cause a hard-fork from the SLP consensus. Affected users can upgrade to...

Bitfinex Hack Mastermind Behind $10 Billion Theft Gets Early Release

Ilya Lichtenstein, the man behind the massive 2016 Bitfinex Bitcoin theft, has been released early from prison. Read how the First Step Act and a trail of Walmart gift cards led to this major update in one of the world's largest crypto thefts...

Bitfinex Hack Convict Ilya Lichtenstein Released Early Under U.S. First Step Act

Ilya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to prison last year for money laundering charges in connection with his role in the massive hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016, said he has been released early. In a post shared on X last week, the 38-year-old announced his release, crediting U.S...

2 US Cybersecurity Experts Guilty of Extortion Scheme for ALPHV Ransomware

Can you trust your cybersecurity team? A recent federal case reveals how two US-based cybersecurity experts turned into affiliates for the BlackCat ransomware group, extorting over $1.2M in Bitcoin. Read the full story on their 2023 crime spree...

GO-2025-4214 Babylon Incorrect FP inactive accounting in costaking creates “phantom stake” that earns rewards after BTC unbond in github.com/babylonlabs-io/babylon

Babylon Incorrect FP inactive accounting in costaking creates “phantom stake” that earns rewards after BTC unbond in github.com/babylonlabs-io/babylon...

Incomplete Cleanup

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incomplete Cleanup in the x/costaking process. An attacker can continue to accrue rewards without maintaining any actual BTC stake by exploiting a state inconsistency that occurs when a Finality Provider becomes inactive at the same blo...

GHSA-4RMQ-MC2C-R495 Babylon Incorrect FP inactive accounting in costaking creates “phantom stake” that earns rewards after BTC unbond

Summary A state consistency bug in x/costaking can leave a BTC delegator with non-zero ActiveSatoshis Phatom Stake even after they have fully unbonded their BTC delegation, if their Finality Provider FP drops out of the active set in the exact same babylon block height. This creates a “phantom...

EUVD-2025-201932

Babylon Incorrect FP inactive accounting in costaking creates “phantom stake” that earns rewards after BTC unbond...

Babylon Incorrect FP inactive accounting in costaking creates “phantom stake” that earns rewards after BTC unbond

Summary A state consistency bug in x/costaking can leave a BTC delegator with non-zero ActiveSatoshis Phatom Stake even after they have fully unbonded their BTC delegation, if their Finality Provider FP drops out of the active set in the exact same babylon block height. This creates a “phantom...

The Treasury Proof Ledger: A Cryptographic Framework for Accountable Bitcoin Treasuries

Public companies and institutional investors that hold Bitcoin face increasing pressure to show solvency, manage risk, and satisfy regulatory expectations without exposing internal wallet structures or trading strategies. This paper introduces the Treasury Proof Ledger TPL, a Bitcoin-anchored...

EUVD-2025-200207

Malicious code in btc-transaction-helper npm...

Malicious code in btc-transaction-helper (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 291d3fea363888c43824aaaa26f2eb389674822baacb18e5ff7498c9cfc74dee The package btc-transaction-helper was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware...

Police Seize Cryptomixer Domains, Infrastructure and 28M Dollars in Bitcoin

Swiss and German police shut down Cryptomixer, seizing servers, domains and 28M dollars in Bitcoin during an Europol backed action targeting crypto laundering...

Malicious Package

Overview bitcoin-lib-js is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code, and its content was removed from the official package manager. While this package might be attempting to impersonate a valid organization, there is no connection between that organization and this package...

EUVD-2025-199807

Malicious code in bitcoin-lib-js npm...

Malicious code in bitcoin-lib-js (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 480dbd7d7ec801a0212ee78ebb73268cd67ba4fb96b06ec563fbafe31aa10531 The package bitcoin-lib-js was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware 95f79207062e8c5db317d3487c20f36927b99e9f0b9bfc2551c22a23d10c020f...

Malicious Package

Overview bitcoin-main-lib is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code, and its content was removed from the official package manager. While this package might be attempting to impersonate a valid organization, there is no connection between that organization and this package...

MAL-2025-191478 Malicious code in bitcoin-lib-js (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 480dbd7d7ec801a0212ee78ebb73268cd67ba4fb96b06ec563fbafe31aa10531 The package bitcoin-lib-js was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware 95f79207062e8c5db317d3487c20f36927b99e9f0b9bfc2551c22a23d10c020f...

EUVD-2025-199717

Malicious code in bitcoin-main-lib npm...

Malicious code in bitcoin-main-lib (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector b4f6833ddd073b7c036ec32739e3cb826bd1eda9d3c350eed423548f64f047b2 The package bitcoin-main-lib was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware 06ed1aa4aa61f36d953368c74cb3daf102b02842a6a27843021b499b033d71...