A Chinese court has sentenced nine individuals involved in a telecom fraud ring that defrauded over 66,000 Indian victims, laundering the proceeds through Tether's USDT stablecoin. The operation, which stole 517 million Indian rupees (approximately $6.2 million), was orchestrated...
Cybersecurity experts have sounded the alarm on a new malware campaign targeting users of popular crypto wallets like Atomic and Exodus, with Ethereum, XRP, and Solana assets in the crosshairs. According to researchers at ReversingLabs, the campaign exploits software...
First Digital Labs has released a fresh attestation report to reaffirm the full backing of its stablecoin, FDUSD, following high-profile fraud allegations levelled by Tron founder Justin Sun. The report made public on April 14 states that the entire...
Police Scotland has reported an astonishing 2,000% surge in cryptocurrency-related crimes since 2019, attributing the rise to the adaptability of serious and organized crime groups that increasingly use digital assets to conceal illicit activities. As cryptocurrency continues to play...
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...
