Crime
Hackers Hide Malware in Ethereum Smart Contracts to Evade Detection
Quick Breakdown Hackers are embedding malware commands in Ethereum smart contracts to bypass scans. Malicious NPM packages, colortoolsv2 and mimelib2,...
Venus Protocol Recovers $13.5M After Phishing Attack
Quick Breakdown: Venus Protocol has recovered $13.5 million lost after a whale wallet fell victim to a phishing attack. The...
Cross-Chain Crypto Crime Tops $21 Billion in 2025: What’s Driving the Surge?
Cross-chain technology, tools that allow digital assets to move seamlessly between different blockchains, has been one of the most important...
Crypto Hacks Surge in August With $163M Lost, PeckShield Reports
Quick Breakdown: $163M lost to crypto hacks in Aug 2025, up 15% from July’s $142M, across 16 major exploits. Biggest...
US Banks Processed $312B in Chinese Money Laundering Tied to Cartels, FinCEN Warns
Quick Breakdown $312 billion laundered through US banks between 2020–2024 by Chinese money laundering groups. Networks partnered with Mexico’s drug...
US Sanctions Russian, North Korean Nationals and Firms Over Crypto Theft Funding Weapons Program
The United States Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on two individuals and two companies accused of laundering stolen cryptocurrency to...
Anthropic Warns Criminals Are Exploiting Claude AI for Ransomware and Job Fraud
Quick Breakdown Ransomware at scale: Hackers used Claude to steal data and demand up to $500,000 in Bitcoin. North Korea...
MEXC Accused of Freezing $3.1M, Urging Whale to Travel Abroad
A prominent crypto trader known as “White Whale” has accused global exchange MEXC of freezing $3.1 million in funds and...
Coinbase Hacker Spends $8M on Solana Despite Mounting Losses
A crypto wallet flagged by blockchain security analysts as the “Coinbase hacker” has splashed $8 million on Solana (SOL), only...
Trader Launches $2M Bounty After MEXC Freezes $3.1M in Funds
A high-profile crypto trader has accused MEXC Global of unjustly freezing more than $3.1 million in his account and is...
