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Significantly accelerated by AI" " Vercel breach adds to April"s crypto attack wave
3+ hour, 8+ min ago (496+ words) Another day, another attack. This time it's Vercel " a Web3 infrastructure provider that fell prey to an attack comprising a "limited subset' of customers' credentials. As per the bulletin presented by the Vercel team, an illicit actor got access to API…...
Biggest De Fi hack of 2026? $294mln Kelp DAO exploit hits 20+ chains
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (497+ words) On the 19th of April, Kelp, a liquid staking protocol with $1. 57 billion in total value locked (TVL), was exploited, with $294 million lost in minutes. As expected, in this attack, Kelp DAO Restaked ETH (RSETH) was majorly compromised. As per Lookonchain, the…...
Ethereum security program flags DPRK-linked actors, recovers $5. 8 M
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (294+ words) An Ethereum-backed security initiative has reported recovering or freezing more than $5. 8 million in funds. Also, it identified around 100 suspected North Korean [DPRK] operatives embedded across Web3 projects. The figures come from the six-month ETH Rangers Program, launched by the Ethereum Foundation…...
Solana rolls out 'STRIDE,' a De Fi-wide security push after $285 mln Drift breach
1+ week, 6+ day ago (414+ words) Could the Solana-based Drift $285 million hack have been prevented earlier? The Solana Foundation and some security researchers certainly believe so. As a result, the Foundation has unveiled a two-tiered ecosystem-wide security initiative to pre-empt and address looming attacks against major…...
Zerion claims 'No user funds were affected' as employee loses $100 K in social engineering attack
5+ day, 23+ min ago (456+ words) Zerion, a De Fi crypto wallet, has taken to the news, but for a security incident that happened last week. Unlike usual, where customers, users, or the public become targets of illicit actors. This time, a device of one of…...
Tron: Can TRX target $0. 36 after Justin Sun's quantum upgrade plan?
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (527+ words) In 2026, quantum computing emerged as one of the biggest threats to cryptocurrency. Concerns intensified after Google published a paper suggesting that future quantum machines could potentially crack Bitcoin's [BTC] private keys." The danger lies in quantum computing's ability to break…...
Co W Swap frontend flagged in potential attack, users warned to avoid platform
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (455+ words) The Co W Swap frontend has been flagged for a potential security incident, with multiple ecosystem participants urging users to avoid interacting with the platform. Blockchain security firm Blockaid first raised the alert on 14 April, stating that its systems had…...
Hyperbridge exploit lets attacker mint 1 B bridged DOT " raising questions after 'safest bridge' claims
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (423+ words) An exploit involving Hyperbridge triggered confusion across crypto markets after early posts suggested a large-scale breach involving Polkadot. Initial reports claimed that 1 billion DOT had been minted and dumped, sending the token's price on Ethereum to near zero. However, the…...
Scroll proposes governance overhaul, dissolving security council amid decentralization concerns
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (426+ words) Scroll has proposed a major overhaul of its governance structure. This includes dissolving its Security Council and transitioning protocol control to a Scroll-administered multisig. The move has already sparked concerns over decentralization and security. The 13 April proposal also includes scaling…...
Dango exploit resolved after white hat returns funds, users unaffected
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (363+ words) Dango has confirmed that funds taken in a recent exploit have been fully returned. This was after the attacker cooperated with the team and accepted a bug bounty. The incident, disclosed earlier in the day, initially saw an attacker drain…...