Hackers recently took control of McDonald’s official Instagram account to promote a fraudulent Grimace meme coin, successfully scamming users out of $ 700,000 in Solana. The attackers also compromised the personal X account of McDonald’s Senior Marketing Director to further spread the scam. Grimace Coin, originally created as a meme token inspired by a …
According to reports, the decentralized finance (defi) protocol Lifi Finance experienced an $ 8 million loss due to an exploit. Lifi confirmed the breach on X and advised users to avoid interacting with Lifi-powered applications. Lifi Finance Loses $ 8 Million to Exploit On Tuesday, the onchain security firm Peckshield revealed that Lifi …
Pump.fun, a Solana-based marketplace and deployment tool for meme coins, has acknowledged suffering an exploit dealing with the bonding curve contracts in its platform. While the protocol is still investigating the matter, it reported that “the TVL in the protocol right now is safe,” as it has upgraded the contracts to deal with the attack […]
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted two brothers for wire fraud and money laundering. They allegedly exploited the Ethereum blockchain to steal $ 25 million in cryptocurrency within 12 seconds. Using sophisticated techniques, they manipulated transactions and concealed their identities. If convicted, each faces up to 20 years in prison for each …
Trust Wallet, a crypto wallet provider, has issued a warning for Apple users to disable Imessage, based on “credible intel” about a zero-day exploit available on the dark web for $ 2 million, which could allow hackers to take control of users’ Iphones without any interaction needed. The alert was met with skepticism by …