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ForkLog 42 21.04.2025

Bybit CEO: Over Half of Stolen Assets Remain Traceable

According to Bybit CEO Ben Zhou, 68.6% of the approximately 500,000 ETH stolen in the Bybit hack remain traceable, 27.6% have “gone dark,” and 3.8% have been frozen. 4.21.25 Executive Summary on Hacked Funds:Total hacked funds of USD 1.4bn around 500k ETH. 68.57% remain traceable, 27.59% have gone dark, 3.84% have been frozen. The untraceable […]

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ForkLog 40 18.04.2025

DappRadar: Web3 Ecosystem Loses ~$6 Billion to Rug Pulls Since January

From January to April, participants in the crypto industry lost approximately $6 billion due to rug pulls, with 92% attributed to the token of the RWA project Mantra (OM). This data is contained in a report by DappRadar. During this period, seven incidents were recorded, which is three times fewer than the same timeframe the […]

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ForkLog 46 18.04.2025

eXch Platform to Shut Down Amid Bybit Money Laundering Allegations

The automated crypto exchange eXch announced its closure due to allegations of laundering approximately $1.4 billion, stolen by North Korean hackers Lazarus Group from Bybit. The company will cease operations on May 1. eXch is a platform for automatic cryptocurrency exchange. It focuses on privacy, requiring no registration or KYC procedures. The project’s leadership stated […]

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ForkLog 52 18.04.2025

Manta Network Co-Founder Evades Lazarus Group’s Zoom Attack

Kenny Li, co-founder of Manta Network, has disclosed details of an attempted hack, allegedly orchestrated by the North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group. ? Just got targeted by Lazarus. A known contact on TG reached out to me to ask for a chat. Scheduled a Zoom call. When I got on the Zoom, it asked […]

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ForkLog 31 16.04.2025

Hackers Compromise British Official’s X Account to Promote Scam Token

Malefactors exploited the X account of British MP and Leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell, to promote a fraudulent token named House of Commons Coin (HOC). Leader of the House of Commons Lucy Powell has had her X account hacked and is promoting a House of Commons cryptocurrency pic.twitter.com/05KKYfS8ho — Daniel Green (@DanGreenJourno) […]

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ForkLog 44 15.04.2025

KiloEx Halts Operations Following $7.5 Million Hack

The KiloEx team announced that the $7.5 million breach of the decentralized exchange has been contained, and the platform’s operations have been temporarily suspended. ? Security Incident Announcement: KiloEx Vault Exploit Dear KiloEx Community,We regret to inform you that the KiloEx Vault has been exploited. The attacker’s wallet address is:0x00fac92881556a90fdb19eae9f23640b95b4bcbdWe urge all partner protocols and […]

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ForkLog 28 15.04.2025

Hackers Exploit Zoom to Steal $100,000 from Emblem Vault CEO

Jake Gallen, the head of the NFT platform Emblem Vault, reported a loss of over $100,000 in cryptocurrency due to hackers who exploited Zoom. Working with @_SEAL_Org we were able to retrieve a malware file that was installed on my computer during a @Zoom call with a youtube personality of over 90k subs. Below I […]

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ForkLog 171 11.04.2025

Cybersecurity News: HEX Investor’s Loss and Morpho Labs Breach Averted

A HEX19 investor lost over $4.5 million after a wallet hack due to storing the seed phrase in the cloud. An attacker attempted to withdraw $2.6 million from the Morpho Blue app, but the well-known MEV operator c0ffeebabe.eth intercepted the funds before the hacker. A long-term investor in HEX, known as HEX19, lost over $4.5 […]

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ForkLog 36 10.04.2025

Russians Cautioned Against Digital Ruble Scam

Experts from F6 have uncovered a fraudulent scheme promising passive income through investments in the digital ruble. The scheme is propagated across several websites, all created using a uniform template and registered between March 18 and April 4. On the webpage, users encounter the digital ruble logo and a chatbot with a “personal manager,” who […]

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ForkLog 17 09.04.2025

Thailand Tightens Regulations on Cryptocurrency Businesses

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand has adopted amendments imposing additional restrictions on foreign crypto platforms and new requirements, including data collection and blocking of illicit transactions. The changes affect the Digital Asset Business Act and the Cybercrime Act. The regulator aims to strengthen measures against cybercrime and “money mules.” Officials stated that the […]

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ForkLog 13 09.04.2025

Hackers Exploit Microsoft Office Extensions to Target Crypto Investors

Cybercriminals are distributing embedded miners and malware designed to steal cryptocurrency through counterfeit Microsoft Office extensions. This was reported by experts from Kaspersky Lab. The hackers operate via the popular software hosting portal SourceForge. They have uploaded a project named officepackage, offering add-ons for office programs, legitimately copied from GitHub. However, upon clicking the link, […]

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ForkLog 18 07.04.2025

Jameson Lopp Identifies 48,000 Bitcoin Address ‘Poisonings’

Since July 2023, 48,000 cryptocurrency address spoofing attacks have been identified on the Bitcoin blockchain. This was reported by Casa co-founder and CTO Jameson Lopp. An example of a successful attack involved a transaction where a user sent 0.1 BTC to a scammer’s address, and then transferred the same amount to the correct address 12 […]

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