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ForkLog 65 28.07.2023

Experts warn of risk of crypto loss when trading via Telegram bots

Telegram crypto bots are easy to use, but they are not protected from hacker attacks and could lead to the loss of assets.

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ForkLog 10 28.07.2023

Blockchain firms to be required to report hacks to the SEC

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted new rules obliging crypto firms to disclose information about major cybersecurity incidents.

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ForkLog 40 14.07.2023

Opinion: Long seed phrases offer little practical value

Together with the Bitcoin mixer Mixer.money we explain why 12 words are enough to safeguard funds.

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ForkLog 18 05.07.2023

Crypto-industry losses from hacks and scams exceed $313.5 million in Q2 2023

In the second quarter of 2023, losses across crypto projects from hacks and scams exceeded $313.5 million, according to Cointelegraph citing a CertiK report.

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ForkLog 19 01.07.2023

Report: crypto industry losses from hacks and scams total $655 million in six months

In the first half of 2023, the crypto industry lost about $656 million due to hacks, frauds, and rug pulls. Beosin experts provided these figures.

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ForkLog 13 22.06.2023

NFT platform Foundation fixes self-destruct risk that could wipe out all NFTs issued on the platform

Foundation fixed a vulnerability that could have wiped out all NFTs issued on the platform.

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ForkLog 76 22.06.2023

Seed & xPUB: Important nuances in wallet security

The essence of the difference between seed phrases and extended keys (xPUB) can be distilled to this: a seed is a superkey with read-and-write rights, while an xPUB is read-only. But in practice this does not answer many questions related to real wallet protection.

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ForkLog 9 20.06.2023

Mystic Stealer malware targets dozens of cryptocurrency apps

On hacker forums and dark-web marketplaces, Mystic Stealer malware for stealing information and cryptocurrency is gaining popularity.

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ForkLog 11 19.06.2023

Sui pays CertiK $500,000 bounty for vulnerability discovery.

CertiK's smart-contract security auditor received a $500,000 bounty for discovering a critical vulnerability in the Sui blockchain.

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ForkLog 8 18.06.2023

In the United States, a Russian national has been arrested on charges of distributing the LockBit ransomware

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of the 20-year-old Russian national Ruslan Astamirov. He has been charged with distributing the LockBit ransomware program.

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ForkLog 26 19.05.2023

Worldcoin to bolster security to tackle the biometric black market

Users in China without access to the Worldcoin app by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman buy biometric data from third parties in African countries to obtain signup bonuses.

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ForkLog 21 25.04.2023

Google unveils AI toolkit for cybersecurity

Google announced at RSA 2023 the Cloud Security AI Workbench, a cybersecurity package based on the large language model (LLM) Sec-PaLM.

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