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This AI Agent Survived 6, 000 Hack Attempts'Here's How
9+ hour, 2+ min ago (374+ words) In February 2026, developer Fernando Irarr'zaval published hackmyclaw. com with a simple challenge: Email Fiu, his AI assistant, and trick it into leaking a secrets. env file'a document where software developers store API keys and passwords. The post reached the top…...
Steam Workshop wallpapers found spreading crypto malware
1+ week, 3+ day ago (379+ words) Hackers are sneaking malware into Steam Workshop wallpaper downloads that are capable of stealing crypto wallet information and installing crypto miners. The wallpaper malware operation, discovered by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, relies on Wallpaper Engine, one of the many apps available…...
Aztec Connect's abandoned smart contract exploited for $2. 1 M
1+ week, 5+ day ago (375+ words) Aztec Connect, a deprecated decentralized finance platform, was drained of around $2. 1 million in crypto on Sunday after an attacker exploited its verification function. Aztec Labs posted to X on Sunday that it was "investigating a potential exploit affecting Aztec Connect,…...
Defillama: Q2 2026 Has Been Crypto's Most-Hacked Quarter on Record With Nearly 70 Exploits
1+ week, 6+ day ago (298+ words) The last three months of 2026 have become the most-hacked quarter in crypto history, with roughly 70 separate exploits draining about $746 million. The second quarter of 2026 is already the most-hacked quarter on record, tallying about 70 hacks, which is roughly twice the previous…...
Crypto's next billion-dollar hacker may move at superhuman speed
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (476+ words) The newest AI model from Anthropic, which gives users access to stronger, faster reasoning and coding capabilities, lands in a crypto market beset by security problems and could well exacerbate them. The company released Claude Fable 5 on Tuesday, the first…...
Bitcoin Core Confirms Privacy Bug in v31. 0, Patch Arriving in Next Release
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (463+ words) Bitcoin Core, the primary full-node software powering the Bitcoin network, disclosed a privacy vulnerability in its latest version 31. 0 on Thursday. The bug, announced via the project's official X account, could potentially expose the IP address of the user who first…...
Crypto Hackers Drain Over $36 M From Protocols Using Unverified Contracts
2+ week, 2+ day ago (433+ words) A crypto hacker who drained $26 million from Ethereum-based protocol Truebit in January had likely practiced the technique on smaller targets first, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. The Truebit exploit was the largest of four incidents Chainalysis identified in a…...
Raydium's old liquidity pools exploited for $1. 3 million
2+ week, 3+ day ago (335+ words) Decentralized exchange Raydium has reportedly suffered a $1. 3 million exploit that saw attackers drain the firm's old liquidity pools. Crypto investigator "Specter" spotted what they believed to be a Raydium exploit at 3pm GMT+1, claiming that the funds have been bridged to…...
Humanity's $36 million exploit tied to compromised laptop hosting a 'multisig' wallet
2+ week, 4+ day ago (476+ words) Humanity Protocol explained how attackers were able to steal more than $36 million of its H token, and the cause was a serious lapse in how it secured its keys. In an incident update shared with Coin Desk, the decentralized identity…...
Microsoft Warns of Crypto-Stealing Trojan
3+ week, 3+ day ago (242+ words) Bad actors hide malicious code in popular open-source packages to steal wallet keys and passwords. According to Microsoft Threat Intelligence, the attackers compromised two specific packages found on npm, which is a huge public registry widely used by developers to…...