Losses from crypto-related scams, hacks, and exploits dropped significantly in March, falling to $28.8 million, a sharp contrast to February’s staggering $1.5 billion loss primarily driven by the Bybit hack, according to blockchain security firm CertiK. CertiK reported on...
The hacker responsible for the $9.6 million exploit of zkLend claims to have lost a significant amount of the stolen funds to a phishing scam that mimicked Tornado Cash. On March 31, they revealed via Etherscan that they mistakenly...
The founder of SIR.trading, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol recently targeted in a $355,000 exploit, has made a direct plea to the hacker, offering them $100,000 to return the remaining stolen funds. Without the recovery, the platform’s survival hangs...
A trader behind the recent "suspicious market activity" on Hyperliquid, which led to the freezing and delisting of Jelly my Jelly (JELLY) perpetual futures, is now potentially down almost $1 million, according to blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence. In...
Watcher Guru, a leading crypto news platform, has confirmed that its X account was hacked early on March 21, 2025. The breach resulted in unauthorized posts spreading across its X, Telegram, Facebook, and Discord accounts. Watcher Guru has since...
Decentralized restaking protocol Zoth has fallen victim to a major security breach, resulting in a loss of approximately $8.4 million. The exploit, which was flagged by blockchain security firm Cyvers Alerts, stemmed from a compromised deployer wallet, enabling the...
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has launched an investigation into a large-scale cryptocurrency scam in which fraudsters impersonated Binance representatives to defraud Australians. In a joint statement, the AFP, the National Anti-Scam Centre (NASC), and Binance Australia revealed that...
Crypto derivatives trading platform Deribit has issued a warning about a growing wave of recruitment scams targeting crypto professionals. In a March 19 post on X, the platform’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Anthony Sweeney, revealed that scammers are...
Microsoft has identified a new remote access trojan (RAT) to steal cryptocurrency from users by targeting 20 different wallet extensions on Google Chrome. In a blog post published on March 17, Microsoft’s Incident Response Team revealed that it had...
Argentine prosecutors have requested an Interpol Red Notice for Hayden Davis, the creator of the controversial LIBRA memecoin, amid allegations of fraud and market manipulation. According to multiple local news sources, Gregorio Dalbón, a prosecuting attorney in the case...
