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Blockchain security firms SlowMist and CertiK also believe the crypto wallet drainer, Angel Drainer, was involved in the estimated $238,000 exploit.

By inheriting Ethereum’s security, Canto will be more decentralized and will enable trustless guarantees when bridging assets over, Polygon Labs said.

As per Long, the fact that the odds are currently in Ripple’s favor following the landmark ruling that XRP is not in itself a security raises hopes that a major victory is imminent.

A crypto security firm says that a phisher who stole $24.2 million worth of staked Ethereum (ETH) is actively moving their stolen assets onto the crypto mixer Tornado Cash. The blockchain security platform PeckShield says the stolen trove of crypto consisted of Lido Staked Ether (stETH) and Rocket Pool ETH (rETH), both liquid staking tokens. […]

Cybersecurity professional Christian Seifert gave an example on how Discord’s measures against malicious links can be abused by scammers.

CertiK’s security chief thinks inexperienced programmers using AI tools such as ChatGPT to write smart contracts is a recipe for disaster.

Quantstamp’s Richard Ma explained that the coming surge in sophisticated AI phishing scams could pose an existential threat to crypto organizations.

Several blockchain security firms, including Peckshield, have reported the suspicious movements of significant funds on crypto-based sports betting platform Stake. Cyvers platform first reported the incident, noting that about $16 million of stablecoins were converted into Ethereum (ETH). On-chain sleuth ZachXBT corroborated the report, adding that “another $25.6M was drained on Binance Smart Chain (BSC) […]