Security Incidents

According to ChainCatcher, Purrlend suffered a security breach on HyperEVM and MegaETH on May 3, losing approximately $1.52 million. Attackers compromised the team's 2/3 multisig wallet and granted themselves the BRIDGE_ROLE permission, using it to mint unbacked pUSDm and pUSDC tokens that were

According to ChainCatcher, citing analyst Wazz, hundreds of dormant Ethereum wallets, many inactive for over seven years, were drained by the same address on ETH mainnet. Aragon team member @TheTakenUser confirmed their wallet was affected. The root cause remains unclear, though community analysis s

The cryptocurrency industry's largest hack and DeFi crisis of the year has prompted a reassessment of risk management, security protocols, and market structure, according to discussions between industry insiders and CoinDesk. The incident, valued at $292 million, has exposed vulnerabilities in

According to Wasabi Protocol, users can now safely interact with the protocol's contracts to withdraw remaining funds. The team is investigating the incident and stated it cannot disclose additional details at this time but will provide updates to the community as conditions

According to Wasabi Protocol's official announcement, the protocol experienced a security incident affecting its EVM deployment on April 30, which has now been fully contained. The Solana deployment and Prop AMM were unaffected. The project has closed the attack vector, rotated relevant

The year's biggest crypto hack and DeFi crisis is forcing industry insiders to rethink risk, security, and market structure, according to CoinDesk. The incident, valued at $292 million, comes as Wall Street moves onchain, raising concerns about the sector's preparedness for institutional capital

A $292 million cryptocurrency hack has become the year's biggest DeFi crisis, forcing industry insiders to reconsider risk management, security protocols, and market structure, according to CoinDesk. The incident is occurring as Wall Street continues to move onchain, intensifying scrutiny of

According to Zcash Foundation, Zebra 4.4.0 was released on May 2 to fix multiple consensus-level security vulnerabilities and strongly recommends all node operators upgrade immediately. The update addresses denial-of-service flaws that could halt new block discovery, block signature operation

DeFi protocols experienced significant losses totaling $606 million in April, with 12 protocols targeted in attacks spanning less than three weeks. Drift and Kelp DAO accounted for the majority of the damage, with losses of $285 million and $292 million respectively, representing approximately 95% o

According to SolanaFloor, an MEV robot exploited a vulnerability in Meteora's ANB pool to convert $0.22 USDC into $696,000 USDC in a single transaction. The ANB token fell 99% following the attack.

According to ChainCatcher, Purrlend suffered a security breach on its HyperEVM and MegaETH deployments on May 2, losing approximately $1.52 million. Attackers compromised the protocol's 2/3 admin multi-signature wallet and granted themselves BRIDGE_ROLE permissions, then minted unbacked

According to LevelBlue SpiderLabs researchers, EtherRAT, a recently identified malware, combines credential theft, remote access, and cryptocurrency wallet attacks in a single coordinated campaign. The malware is distributed through fake Tftpd64 installers hosted on fraudulent GitHub repositories de

According to ChainCatcher, hundreds of Ethereum wallets dormant for over seven years were drained by a single address today (May 2), according to crypto analyst Wazz. Aragon team member @TheTakenUser confirmed their wallet funds were transferred without authorization. The cause of the incident

According to Zcash Foundation, Zebra 4.4.0 was released today, fixing multiple consensus-level security vulnerabilities and urging all node operators to upgrade immediately. The vulnerabilities include a denial-of-service flaw that could halt block discovery permanently, sigops counting errors

According to Wasabi Protocol's official statement, the protocol suffered a security incident affecting its EVM deployment on April 30, which has now been fully contained. The Solana deployment and Prop AMM remained unaffected. The project has closed attack vectors, rotated credentials and keys, and

Hundreds of Ethereum (ETH) wallets, including some inactive for over seven years, were simultaneously compromised in an unusual transaction event on the Ethereum network, according to Coin Bureau and the cryptocurrency community. Assets from the affected wallets were moved to the same address,

Bitgo is pushing digital asset security beyond private keys with a five-layer transaction model designed to stop manipulation before execution. The system checks intent, device, identity, behavior, and policy, targeting risks before transactions are finalized. Key Takeaways: Bitgo introduced five

According to Carrot's announcement on April 30, the Solana-based DeFi yield protocol is permanently shutting down, becoming the first platform to close as a direct result of the $285 million Drift Protocol exploit in early April. The Carrot team stated in an X post that the Drift hack was