1+ week, 3+ day ago   (277+ words) DeFi lending protocols are getting picked apart at an accelerating pace, with 32 price manipulation attacks already this year compared to 12 in all of 2025. Price manipulation exploits in DeFi have nearly tripled year over year, and the playbook behind them is…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (519+ words) Researchers scoured over 16 million private keys leaked on GitHub to map a sprawling network of vulnerable wallets on Ethereum and BNB Smart Chain Someone, somewhere, pushed their private key to a public GitHub repository. Then 65,339 other someones did roughly the…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (278+ words) Stock Bitmain firmware came back clean, but popular third-party alternatives introduced serious attack vectors that operators may not even know exist. Most Bitcoin miners are running software they cannot read, cannot audit, and cannot fully trust. The 256 Foundation wants to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (274+ words) Projected 2026 losses of $1.7 billion represent just 0.1% of total crypto market cap, though a major hardware wallet exploit keeps self-custody risks in the spotlight Crypto hacks are having their quietest year since 2017. Grayscale published a research note on August 3 revealing that…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (461+ words) The non-custodial bridge connecting Bitcoin's mainchain, Lightning Network, and Liquid says automated exploits have outpaced its ability to ship fixes Boltz, the non-custodial bridge that lets users swap between Bitcoin’s mainchain, the Lightning Network, and the Liquid sidechain, pulled the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (469+ words) Bridge exploits on Arbitrum, BNB Chain, and Ethereum highlight persistent vulnerabilities as 2026's hack tally keeps climbing Three separate crypto protocols got carved up within a single 24-hour window, with combined losses topping $35.5 million. The victims span three different chains,…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (377+ words) Ribbit Capital's Jessi Brooks argues the industry needs to stop hiding behind vague 'illicit finance' language when the threat has a name and a nuclear weapons program When crypto people talk about “illicit finance,” they tend to keep things abstract....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (450+ words) Estefano Gomez is an editor at Crypto Briefing specializing in blockchain analysis, DeFi, and the intersection of crypto and digital art. He previously served as Editor in Chief at Interesante for over three years, where he covered blockchain technology, NFTs,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (408+ words) Estefano Gomez is an editor at Crypto Briefing specializing in blockchain analysis, DeFi, and the intersection of crypto and digital art. He previously served as Editor in Chief at Interesante for over three years, where he covered blockchain technology, NFTs,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (292+ words) World's wealthiest democracies put DPRK-linked hackers on notice as cumulative crypto losses surpass $6.75 billion The G7 just made North Korea’s hacking habit everyone’s problem. Leaders from the world’s seven largest advanced economies used their joint statement at the Evian summit to…...