Tag: blockchain
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Largest crypto exchange in Brazil confirms cyberattack as millions flow out of platform
Blockchain security companies said more than $46 million left the Mercado Bitcoin platform. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/mercado-bitcoin-brazil-cryptocurrency-heist
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Alice & Bob Claims New Benchmark for Hacking RSA in 3 Days
French Startup Estimates RSA-2048 Could Fall in Three Days With 23,000 Qubits. French quantum computing startup Alice & Bob estimates that 23,000 cat qubits could break RSA-2048 encryption in three days, while 30,000 could defeat blockchain elliptic-curve cryptography in an hour, raising concerns about long-term data security and cryptocurrency exposure. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Chainalysis breached using >>offensive agentic techniques<<
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has suffered a cybersecurity incident that led to a data breach. According to the company’s Friday announcement, the incident is … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/11/02/chainalysis-breached-using-offensive-agentic-techniques/
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Chainalysis Investigates Security Incident Involving AI-Driven Attack Techniques
Tags: ai, attack, blockchain, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, email, password, security-incident, threat, toolChainalysis suffered a cyberattack exposing customer names, emails and user IDs, while investigation data and passwords remain safe. Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis says it was the target of a cybersecurity incident. A threat actor accessed its systems and internal tools and stole some non-sensitive customer data. >>This month, Chainalysis detected an external actor using offensive…
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Hackers Steal About $2.7 Million From Polymarket Traders via Hijacked DebugBear Script
Malicious code on the website of prediction market Polymarket sold some signed-in traders’ positions and moved their funds to the hackers on October 29. The code had replaced a page-speed script that the site loaded from an outside company.Polymarket says it is refunding about $2.7 million to 726 affected wallets. Blockchain records show crypto worth…
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Chainalysis discloses data breach from “offensive agentic techniques”
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis disclosed a data breach after attackers used “offensive agentic techniques” to access internal systems and tools, exposing customer names, email addresses, user IDs, and organizational roles. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chainalysis-discloses-data-breach-from-offensive-agentic-techniques/
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Alice & Bob Claims New Benchmark for Breaking RSA-2048 in Days
French Startup Estimates RSA-2048 Could Fall in Three Days With 23,000 Qubits. French quantum computing startup Alice & Bob estimates that 23,000 cat qubits could break RSA-2048 encryption in three days, while 30,000 could defeat blockchain elliptic-curve cryptography in an hour, raising concerns about long-term data security and cryptocurrency exposure. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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$6.3 Billion Stolen from Binance in Attack Attributed to North Korea
Binance links a $6.3 billion crypto theft to a compromised DevOps laptop, with North Korean hackers blamed by blockchain analysts. Binance was investigating suspicious transfers that early estimates put at up to $5.8 billion. A day later, multiple media outlets reported that the largest cryptocurrency exchange had linked the theft of about $6.3 billion to…
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North Korean Hackers Steal $6.36 Billion From Binance in Largest Crypto Hack Ever
North Korea’s TraderTraitor group drained about $6.36 billion from Binance wallets across ten blockchains on October 29, 2026. TRM Labs, which published the findings, calls it the largest crypto theft on record. TRM Labs says the total is about four times the $1.5 billion Bybit heist of February 2025. North Korean hackers Binance theft According…
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North Korea-linked group steals $6.3B from Binance in largest-ever cryptocurrency hack
Blockchain analysis firms say they have worked with Binance to freeze roughly half of the stolen money, and the exchange said it would cover all losses. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/binance-hack-north-korea-cryptocurrency-theft/873304/
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Binance hit by record $6.3 billion crypto hack, scrambles to freeze funds
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, confirmed Thursday that it had been hacked in a $6.3 billion cyber heist that blockchain investigators are blaming on North Korea. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/binance-hit-by-record-6-billion-crypto-hack
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Binance Reportedly Hacked as Attackers Steal Up to $5.7 Billion in Cryptocurrency
Binance has suspended deposits and withdrawals due to a security incident. Early estimates from blockchain tracking indicated that attackers may have drained as much as $5.7 billion in cryptocurrency. The exchange has committed to covering all losses while investigators work to trace the transactions and coordinate asset freezes throughout the cryptocurrency ecosystem. In its official…
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MS Teams Phishing, ClickFix and Shai-Hulud npm Attacks Dominate Threat Report
Ontinue’s 1H 2026 threat report shows attackers increasingly abusing Microsoft Teams, npm packages, device-code logins and blockchain ClickFix… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/ms-teams-phishing-clickfix-shai-hulud-threat-report/
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Fortschritte in der KI-Mathematik: Forscher sehen Gefahren für Kryptowährungen
Forscher erwarten, dass KI noch vor Quantencomputern eine ernste Gefahr für die Kryptografie von Blockchains darstellt. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/fortschritte-in-der-ki-mathematik-forscher-sehen-gefahren-fuer-kryptowaehrungen-2610-213922.html
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Cryptohack Roundup: Conviction in Uranium Finance Hack
Also: A US Court Orders $30M Penalty in Fundsz Fraud Case. This week, a conviction in a $54 million exploit, a $30 million Fundsz fraud penalty, Near Intents post-hack, Abstract Blockchain will shutdown, Velocity’s victim reimbursements, two U.S. regulatory proposals withdrawn, a ZachXBT North Korean laundering probe and ransomware-linked wallets identified. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Hackers Target Hotels With Fake Guest Complaints to Deploy Blockchain-Based RAT Malware
Hackers are targeting hotels with fabricated guest complaints and negative reviews to distribute EtherRAT and TONResolver, two malware families that abuse public blockchains to locate their command-and-control infrastructure. The activity appears to extend earlier Booking. com-themed phishing operations, although Cofense assesses that connection with moderate confidence. Similar email templates and accommodation-sector targeting link the campaigns.…
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ChainDrop and PolinRider Use Blockchain C2 to Steal Cloud and CI/CD Credentials
Tags: access, blockchain, cloud, control, credentials, cyber, endpoint, infrastructure, korea, network, north-korea, open-source, service, threat, wormThreat actors are increasingly using blockchain networks as resilient command-and-control infrastructure to steal cloud credentials from developer endpoints and CI/CD environments. Recent campaigns involving the ChainDrop npm worm and the North Korea-linked PolinRider operation show how poisoned open-source packages can harvest short-lived cloud tokens, service-account credentials, deployment secrets, and source-code access tokens while resolving attacker…
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Researcher Infiltrates Chinese Crime Syndicate Laundering Crypto for Lazarus Group
Tags: blockchain, breach, china, crime, crypto, cyber, exploit, group, intelligence, korea, lazarus, north-korea, organizedBlockchain investigator ZachXBT has revealed that he infiltrated a Chinese organized crime syndicate believed to have laundered over $1 billion through cryptocurrency exploits linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. In a disclosure on October 5, 2026, he said he posed as a customer to gather intelligence that helped freeze stolen assets and link criminal conversations…
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DPRK-Linked Hackers Add HashHiding to Blockchain C2 Network for Takedown-Resistant Malware
DPRK-linked operators behind the Cross-Chain TxDataHiding (XCTDH) campaign have expanded their blockchain-backed command-and-control infrastructure with a new Ethereum-based recovery channel dubbed HashHiding. The technique stores an active C2 IP address and port inside the recipient address of ordinary Ethereum transfers, allowing infected systems to recover attacker infrastructure without relying on domains, smart contracts, or transaction…
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Duelbits Hit by $7 Million Hack as Crypto Stolen Across Four Blockchains
Crypto casino Duelbits has shut down its platform after attackers took roughly $7 million from several of its wallets. In the Duelbits crypto hack, the stolen assets were moved across four blockchains, and most of them were then converted into Ether. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/duelbits-crypto-hack-7m-stolen-casino-offline/
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ChainScript: the RAT that hides its command server inside a blockchain contract
Blackpoint uncovers ChainScript, a Node.js RAT that queries a Polygon smart contract to find and rotate its command server. Blackpoint’s Adversary Pursuit Group was chasing a ClickFix campaign spreading an unknown RAT namend ChainScript. The malicious code is a previously undocumented Node.js remote access trojan that hides its command server on a public blockchain. The…
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EtherHiding Malware Abuses Polygon Blockchain to Hide C2 and Steal Banking Credentials
Tags: backdoor, banking, blockchain, business, control, credentials, cyber, infrastructure, malware, powershellA newly uncovered EtherHiding campaign has turned the Polygon blockchain into a resilient command-and-control mechanism, allowing operators to rotate malware infrastructure without modifying the payload deployed on victim systems. The operation, active since at least November 2025, has compromised at least 31 legitimate business websites and evolved from deploying a general-purpose PowerShell backdoor to distributing…
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EtherHiding Malware Abuses Polygon Blockchain to Hide C2 and Steal Banking Credentials
Tags: backdoor, banking, blockchain, business, control, credentials, cyber, infrastructure, malware, powershellA newly uncovered EtherHiding campaign has turned the Polygon blockchain into a resilient command-and-control mechanism, allowing operators to rotate malware infrastructure without modifying the payload deployed on victim systems. The operation, active since at least November 2025, has compromised at least 31 legitimate business websites and evolved from deploying a general-purpose PowerShell backdoor to distributing…
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EtherHiding Malware Abuses Polygon Blockchain to Hide C2 and Steal Banking Credentials
Tags: backdoor, banking, blockchain, business, control, credentials, cyber, infrastructure, malware, powershellA newly uncovered EtherHiding campaign has turned the Polygon blockchain into a resilient command-and-control mechanism, allowing operators to rotate malware infrastructure without modifying the payload deployed on victim systems. The operation, active since at least November 2025, has compromised at least 31 legitimate business websites and evolved from deploying a general-purpose PowerShell backdoor to distributing…
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North Korean WaterPlum Hackers Target IT Professionals With Fake Job Interviews to Steal Crypto
North Korean threat actors, known as WaterPlum (also referred to as Contagious Interview), have infected at least 30,000 devices in over 100 countries by luring software developers and IT professionals into malicious job interviews. This campaign specifically targets web developers, freelancers, blockchain specialists, and cryptocurrency professionals. The attackers use persuasive recruitment messages that mimic legitimate…
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North Korean hackers infect thousands of devices across 100 countries as part of ‘WaterPlum’ campaign
The FBI and Defense Department partnered with Japan’s National Police Agency and law enforcement agencies in Australia and Germany on a new advisory about “WaterPlum”, a group of cyber actors allegedly stealing cryptocurrency from job applicants by posing as AI or blockchain companies. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/north-korean-hackers-infect-thousands-of-devices-waterplum-scheme
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MovieReaper Malware Spreads Through Pirated Movie Torrents and Uses Solana for C2
A newly identified Windows malware framework dubbed MovieReaper is being distributed through pirated movie torrents after threat actors compromised a public torrent-file repository used by multiple tracker sites. The campaign combines a multi-stage infection chain, anti-analysis techniques, UAC bypass, file-management capabilities, and Solana blockchain-based command-and-control (C2) discovery to make disruption more difficult. Kaspersky researchers identified…
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TRM Labs Lands $2B Valuation as AI Expands Investigations
TRM Platform Uses AI to Marry Blockchain Data With Registries, Threat Intelligence. TRM Labs reached a $2 billion valuation as it uses AI to combine blockchain transactions with ownership, corporate and threat intelligence data, giving investigators a broader view of criminal and nation-state networks and potential points for disruption. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…