Lazarus Strikes Again: A Flaw in EVM, Smart Contracts, Multisig or Safe {Wallet}? Can Web3 Ever Be Truly Secure? Exclusive Research by Hacken. The recent ByBit hack—where the Lazarus group drained $1.5 billion in ETH and stETH from a multisig cold wallet—has once again exposed critical vulnerabilities in even the most trusted crypto security setups.
Was it possible to prevent an $18M loss on BNB Chain? PART 1 – Root Cause and Arbitrum Attack On October 16, 2024, Radiant Capital suffered a security breach resulting in a more than $50 million USD loss ($48M in the attack itself and $5-6M via infinite approvals). The attackers infiltrated the devices of at
On Jan. 30, there was a significant security alert at Ripple. About 213 million XRP tokens, worth roughly $112.5 million, were illicitly siphoned off from wallets believed to be associated with Chris Larsen, Ripple’s Co-founder & Executive Chairman. Ripple Incident Update Our investigation into this event reveals a tangled web of transactions linking back to
In a startling turn of events, the Web3 community was shaken by a significant security breach. Users of popular dApps like SushiSwap, Zapper.fi, and RevokeCash reported suspicious activities, signaling a potential compromise in a widely-used Web3 connector. This breach serves as a stark reminder of the ever-present vulnerabilities in the DeFi space. Inside the Attack
Let’s take a closer look inside a $47M reentrancy attack on KyberSwap.
The DeFi world was shaken by a sophisticated exploit targeting the Heco chain bridge, resulting in a loss of $87 million. The attack didn’t stop there; HTX’s hot wallets were also compromised, leading to an additional $12 million theft. Inside The Attack The initial breach was identified when a staggering $87 million was siphoned off
Onyx Protocol, a fork of Compound Finance lost 1164 ETH in an empty pool attack. It was not an isolated incident.
Let’s revisit a $3.3M SushiSwap hack to get insights on the attack and praise the power of the white hat community to recover losses.
What went wrong in July’s 2023 Curve Finance liquidity pools hack worth $69M. Hacken experts are here to explain.
