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ForkLog 12 11.01.2024

FBI Joins Investigation into SEC X-Account Hack

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to investigate the hacking of its X social media account in collaboration with the FBI, according to Reuters. “The SEC continues to investigate this matter and is coordinating its actions with the appropriate law enforcement agencies, including the SEC’s Office of Inspector General and the FBI,” a […]

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ForkLog 18 09.01.2024

Netgear and Hyundai X Accounts Compromised to Promote Crypto Scam

In early January, cryptocurrency scammers breached the official X accounts of Netgear and Hyundai MEA to steal user assets. Together, the two pages have a following of 160,000. Over the weekend, the official account of NETGEAR and the official account of Hyundai Middle East & Africa both were being used to spread drainers.Currently both accounts […]

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ForkLog 18 29.12.2023

Immunefi: Crypto industry’s losses from hacks reach $1.8 billion in 2023

The cryptocurrency industry lost $1.8 billion in 2023 due to hacking and fraud, according to Immunefi.

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ForkLog 31 14.12.2023

Careers in Cybersecurity: The HAPI Team on the Work of Cybersecurity Experts

How to start a career in cybersecurity and where to acquire the core skills for this field.

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ForkLog 20 13.12.2023

Report: Crypto-industry losses from hacks halve over the year

For the partial year 2023, losses from hacks in the crypto industry amounted to less than half of the full-year 2022 figure, according to TRM Labs.

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ForkLog 24 27.11.2023

KyberSwap warns about fake compensation claims

The KyberSwap decentralized-exchange team said compensation messages after the breach are scams.

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ForkLog 21 06.11.2023

Bitfinex reveals details of security incident

The cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex faced a 'minor security incident' after a support staff member's device was compromised.

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ForkLog 23 01.11.2023

Report: October losses from hacks and scams fall to $51 million

Crypto-industry losses from 23 security incidents in October totalled $51.61 million, an 85.6% drop from the prior month, Beosin experts noted.

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ForkLog 25 31.10.2023

MetaMask adds security alerts to Web3 wallet extension

The MetaMask team, in partnership with Blockaid, has introduced security alerts in the Web3-wallet browser extension.

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ForkLog 18 31.10.2023

Report: Phishing attacks rose by 1265% after the launch of ChatGPT.

Since the launch of the ChatGPT chatbot, the number of phishing emails has jumped by 1265%. The calculations were made by SlashNext analysts, as reported by Decrypt.

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ForkLog 20 23.10.2023

Blockaid, MetaMask security partner, raises $33 million

The Blockaid startup closed its Series A funding round of $33 million with participation from Ribbit Capital and Varian. A partner of MetaMask and OpenSea will continue to scale the technology, focusing on preventing malicious transactions.

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ForkLog 18 16.10.2023

TrueUSD customers warned of potential data breach

The TrueUSD stablecoin issuer reported a security breach at its former banking-services provider TrueCoin, which threatened the disclosure of some customers' personal information.

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