Telegram trading bots are hot, but don’t trust them for custody — Security firms
There are still too many unknowns over how various Telegram trading bots store private keys, blockchain security firms told Cointelegraph.
Redditor’s hacked Bitcoin is a lesson on the hidden dangers of paper wallets
"My Bitcoin was taken. How?" A Reddit user thought they were following best practices until two days ago when their Bitcoin wallet was completely cleaned out.
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ChatGPT can’t beat human smart contract auditors yet: OpenZeppelin’s Ethernaut challenges
While ChatGPT-4 can’t compete with human auditors yet, OpenZeppelin noted it was not optimized to do so, and AI models trained for this purpose would likely be more accurate.
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Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin’s Address Sells Trillions of Airdropped Tokens, Causes Illiquid Coin Prices to Plummet
On March 7, onchain observers noticed that Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, had allegedly sold billions and trillions of airdropped ERC20 tokens, resulting in a gain of an estimated…
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BonqDAO protocol suffers $120M loss after oracle hack
An oracle hack allowed the exploiter to manipulate the price of the AllianceBlock token, leading to an estimated $120 million loss, according to Peckshield.
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Why DeFi should expect more hacks this year: Blockchain security execs
One reason is that “hackers have gotten smarter, gained more experience, and learned how to look for bugs,” according to the founder of a crypto auditing firm.
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No ‘respite’ for exploits, flash loans or exit scams in 2023: Cybersecurity firm
The industry is likely to see “further attempts from hackers targeting bridges in 2023," while users are urged to be warier of their private keys.
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$62M crypto stolen in Dec was the ‘lowest monthly figure’ in 2022: CertiK
December proved to be the month with the least crypto stolen in 2022, although there were still 23 major incidents, according to CertiK.
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Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Discusses Bitcoin’s Long-Term Security
On September 1, Vitalik Buterin conducted an interview with the economics author Noah Smith and the co-founder of Ethereum spoke an awful lot about Bitcoin and the network’s long-term security.…
Crypto security experts raking $430K salaries amid 2022’s hacking spike
The demand for blockchain security experts comes amid a rise in crypto hackings in 2022.