OP Labs, a software development company focusing on the Optimism ecosystem, has proposed an upgrade for the Optimism rollup called Granite, which comes to fix a series of vulnerabilities in the chain’s fault-proof system. While some high-severity vulnerabilities were encountered during external audits, OP Labs stated that none had been exploited. Optimism Proposes Network Upgrade […]
The Bitcoin Core project has disclosed two security vulnerabilities that could have affected the stability of the Bitcoin network. The first one, classified as having a high severity level, could have caused an assertion crash of the network via a message spam attack. The second one, with a low severity level, was linked to Miniupnp, […]
Cyber security firm Dwallet Labs said on Nov. 21 that vulnerabilities it found on several Infstones (a validator company) validators a few months ago “meant over $ 1B of staked assets were compromised.” Infstones has acknowledged the existence of the vulnerabilities but says it “disagrees with the severity of the potential impact.” Traditional …
After an accumulation of undisclosed and unpatched vulnerabilities in plugins hosted on WordPress.org, Patchstack has reported 404 plugins to WordPress’ Plugin Review Team. “This situation creates a significant risk for the WordPress community, and we decided to take action,” Patchstack researcher Darius Sveikauskas said. “Since these developers have been unreachable, we sent the …
Fireblocks, a digital assets security company, has disclosed vulnerabilities affecting several cryptocurrency wallets, collectively named “Bitforge.” Through these vulnerabilities, criminals could steal millions in cryptocurrency without having direct contact with the owners of the wallet or its providers. While some providers have already applied patches, others are still vulnerable. Bitforge Vulnerabilities Disclosed Fireblocks, a cryptocurrency […]