Tag: Scams & Cybercrime

Address poisoning scams have cost just two victims over $62 million, according to Scam Sniffer

In January, a single victim lost $12.2 million after copying the wrong…

How Crypto Built — and Brought Down — the $100M Incognito Dark Web Market

The operator of Incognito Market, a dark web marketplace built around cryptocurrency,…

Stablecoin ‘dust’ transactions on Ethereum triple after Fusaka upgrade: Coin Metrics

Stablecoin-based dusting attacks now account for an estimated 11% of all Ethereum…

Crypto thefts reach $370M in January, surging fourfold year over year: CertiK

Cryptocurrency losses from exploits and scams totaled $370.3 million in January, marking…

Saga halts Chainlet after $7M exploit destabilizes its stablecoin

Layer-1 blockchain protocol Saga has paused its SagaEVM chainlet following a $7…

Researcher says Ethereum activity spike may be tied to dusting attacks

A recent surge in Ethereum network activity may be tied to a…

Travel warning: ‘Evil Twin’ WiFi networks can steal crypto passwords

Imagine stepping off a 16-hour flight, exhausted and irritable, only to realize…

User loses $282M in one of the biggest crypto social engineering heists on record

A cryptocurrency user has lost more than $282 million in Bitcoin and…

DeadLock ransomware conceals its operations by exploiting Polygon smart contracts

A newly identified ransomware strain known as DeadLock is covertly abusing Polygon…

Truebit exploit exposes smart contract flaw enabling $26M token mint

A $26 million exploit of the offline computation protocol Truebit was caused…