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

Hacks

Nomad bridge drained of $190M after hundreds of addresses copy hacker’s code

Nomad was drained of almost 100% of its liquidity — $190.7 million — after hundreds of addresses copied the exploit a hacker used to steal 100 WBTCs worth $2.3 million.

4 years ago

Hacks

Solana-based Nirvana loses $3.5M to flash loan exploit; tokens tank 90%

OtterSec said the Nirvana exploit is similar to the one that affected Crema Finance earlier in the month.

4 years ago

Crime

Attackers stole $6 million from Audius by exploiting a bug in the contract

Blockchain data of the attacker's wallet shows that the stolen funds were exchanged for 704.17 Ether, worth around $1.09 million, on Uniswap.

4 years ago

Gaming

Axie Infinity players are turning their backs on the platform

Former Axie Infinity player Samerson Orias gives his story on how he grew to hate the game.

4 years ago

Crime

FBI detects fake crypto apps that scammed $42.7M from 244 victims

The FBI recently issued a public warning against fake crypto apps after detecting three fraudulent apps that stole about $42.7 million between October 2021 and May 2022.

4 years ago

Web3

Web3 space has lost $1.48 billion to cyberattacks since January

Web3 lost a total of $1.478 billion to cyberattacks from January to May 2022, with only 4 incidents being responsible for 81%.

4 years ago

Hacks

Hackers steals $400K in NFTs from Premint users via malicious link

Blockchain security company, CertiK confirmed that the hackers stole over 300 NFTs, which included NFTs from prominent projects like BAYC, Goblintown, and Otherside.

4 years ago