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ForkLog 20 30.10.2023

Bitrace identifies popular methods of stealing Bitcoin

Hackers most often resort to three methods of stealing digital assets: fake apps, clipboard address spoofing, and liquidity fraud.

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ForkLog 17 30.10.2023

LastPass breach victims lose $4.4m in a day

In a single day, at least 25 people lost cryptocurrency worth $4.4 million from 80 wallets. The incident followed a data leak from the LastPass password manager in December 2022.

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ForkLog 24 18.10.2023

Platypus Finance returns 90% of assets lost in hack

The hacker who breached the DeFi protocol Platypus Finance has returned 90% of the stolen assets after negotiations with the team. The project minimised losses to about 18,000 AVAX (about $164,700 at the time of writing).

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ForkLog 13 17.10.2023

EVER price falls 21% after token theft

The team behind the first-level blockchain Everscale, based on the Telegram Open Network, said that a large amount of EVER tokens had been stolen.

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ForkLog 11 16.10.2023

Phishing attacks against cryptocurrency holders have risen in Russia

In September, the number of attempts by Russian users to navigate to cryptocurrency-related phishing pages rose by almost 50% compared with August.

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ForkLog 27 16.10.2023

Hackers use BNB Chain blockchain for attacks

Cybercriminals are using smart contracts on the BNB Chain network to hide and spread malware, according to Guardio Labs.

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ForkLog 24 12.10.2023

Hacker Returns 90% of Funds Stolen in Stars Arena Hack

The Avalanche-based SocialFi platform Stars Arena has recovered approximately 90% of the assets lost in the exploit. The restitution followed negotiations with the hacker.

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ForkLog 21 12.10.2023

Platypus Finance protocol hacked for $2 million

The DeFi project Platypus Finance on the Avalanche network was the victim of an attack, losing around $2 million in digital assets, PeckShield analysts were the first to notice.

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ForkLog 10 10.10.2023

Media reveal details of FTX funds rescue from hacker

During the hack of FTX, consultant Kumanan Ramanathan used a personal Ledger Nano hardware wallet to protect vulnerable assets.

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ForkLog 30 09.10.2023

Friend.Tech clone on Avalanche hacked for $3 million

On October 7, the SocialFi app Stars Arena, inspired by Friend.Tech, lost 266,103 AVAX (~$3 million) due to a 'serious security breach' in the smart contracts.

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ForkLog 32 09.10.2023

Upbit records almost 160,000 hacking attempts in six months

In the first six months of 2023, the South Korean bitcoin exchange Upbit faced 159,061 hacking attempts. Yonhap reports.

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ForkLog 23 09.10.2023

HTX hacker returns funds after 250 ETH bounty

The cryptocurrency exchange HTX (formerly Huobi) returned the stolen 5,000 ETH (about $7.9 million at the time) for a hacker bounty of 250 ETH (about $409,000).

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