Hacks News

Real-time reports and analysis of hacks, exploits, and vulnerabilities in the digital asset space.

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Laptop running code beside hardware wallet and USB key, illustrating how a single pip install could expose crypto wallets, Solana keys, and cloud secrets

Hackers sneak crypto wallet-stealing code into a popular AI tool that runs every time

Compromised LiteLLM versions 1.82.7 and 1.82.8 stole SSH keys, cloud creds, Kubernetes secrets, env vars, and crypto wallet material.

1 week ago

A hooded North Korean hacker works on a laptop displaying the North Korea flag as a tactical police officer approaches from behind in a dark cybercrime hideout filled with glowing code monitors.

Hacks

Secret laptop footage exposes North Korean spies infiltrating US companies

Researchers watched in real-time as the Famous Chollima division used this common remote work setup to bypass firewalls.

4 months ago

Hacks

The trick big crypto exchanges are using to mitigate hacks, yet can still lock up your money

Exchanges can reimburse hacked balances, but they can’t stop the instant shock to liquidity and market depth.

4 months ago

Hacks

Solana tokens rip on Upbit after $32M hack due to halted arbitrage

Korean traders began bidding up altcoin prices as arbitrage bots, which normally keep Korean and international prices aligned, stopped operating.

4 months ago

A massive sandworm-like creature erupts from the cracked ground, towering behind a glowing Bitcoin coin, with ENS and Zapier buildings in the background under a stormy sky.

Crypto

Malicious worm compromises crypto domains in supply-chain attack

The worm installs the Bun runtime during package setup, then executes malicious code that searches developer environments for exposed secrets using TruffleHog.

4 months ago

Scams

Top-ranked Chrome ‘wallet’ sneakily steals crypto seedphrases

A top-ranked Chrome wallet quietly exfiltrated seed phrases using Sui micro-transactions—and no one noticed until it was too late.

4 months ago

a glowing countdown clock with an illuminated quantum circuit beside a gold Bitcoin on cracked marble under soft cinematic light.

Analysis

Bitcoin wallets will be cracked by 2028… and other quantum resistant marketing myths

Bitcoin’s 2028 doomsday clock: How ‘Quantum-Proof’ marketing manufactures FUD.

5 months ago

DeFi

What’s happening to DeFi? $231M was just drained but $19M clawed back

Balancer's exploit met a rare win via StakeWise, while Stream's $93M loss and xUSD depeg expose the breaking points.

5 months ago

DeFi

How 11 audits couldn’t stop Balancer’s $128 million hack redefining DeFi risks

As Balancer’s TVL plummets, the DeFi community grapples with restoring trust amidst recurring breaches.

5 months ago

This millionaire crypto hacker continues to freely cash out a year later

Hacks 5 months ago

Billions stolen, dozens arrested: Crypto crime is adapting

Crime 5 months ago

Mt. Gox delayed to 2026: Does 34k BTC even move Bitcoin price anymore?

Bankruptcy 5 months ago

$538M stolen by drainers: ETH & SOL wallets unite with real-time phishing blocks

Crypto 5 months ago

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Hacks News

Hackers sneak crypto wallet-stealing code into a popular AI tool that runs every time

Secret laptop footage exposes North Korean spies infiltrating US companies

The trick big crypto exchanges are using to mitigate hacks, yet can still lock up your money

Solana tokens rip on Upbit after $32M hack due to halted arbitrage

Malicious worm compromises crypto domains in supply-chain attack

Top-ranked Chrome ‘wallet’ sneakily steals crypto seedphrases

Bitcoin wallets will be cracked by 2028… and other quantum resistant marketing myths

What’s happening to DeFi? $231M was just drained but $19M clawed back

How 11 audits couldn’t stop Balancer’s $128 million hack redefining DeFi risks

This millionaire crypto hacker continues to freely cash out a year later

Billions stolen, dozens arrested: Crypto crime is adapting

Mt. Gox delayed to 2026: Does 34k BTC even move Bitcoin price anymore?

$538M stolen by drainers: ETH & SOL wallets unite with real-time phishing blocks