In 2016, Bitfinex was hacked, and 120,000 Bitcoin were stolen. A New York couple was arrested and charged with laundering $4.5 billion in connection with the Bitfinex hack. Meter.io was hacked for $4.4 million. The Superfluid contract on QiDao was hacked for $8.7 million. EarnHub was hacked due to a logic error in their contract. Dego Finance was hacked for $10 million due to an alleged private key compromise ..read more

In this episode of the podcast we were joined by Tal Be'ery, Co-Founder & CTO of ZenGo. We discussed the ongoing attacks against Multichain. OpenSea continues to have listing issues resulting in NFTs being purchased for way lower than floor prices. Some Crypto.com users were hacked for around $30 million. A price oracle manipulation attack happened to the Float Protocol Pool 90 on Rari Capital. Crypto YouTuber's accounts are being hacked. $2 million was recovered from a Trezor ..read more

In episode 50 we discussed the Helium network, how to mine HNT, and a hack for getting a miner. Multiple Discord hacks happened to various NFT projects. Grim Finance, Bent Finance, and Visor all dealt with hacks. Polygon silently hard forked ..read more

MediaMarkt was infected with Hive Ransomware preventing their cash registers from accepting credit cards. More than 5 million email addresses were stolen in a hack on Robinhood. A man threatened to burn down the Upbit Exchange. Blizzard Network was allegedly hacked by a malicious insider for $1 million. The ConstitutionDAO failed to purchase a copy of the US Constitution. Samczun created a CTF that included a 0-day in Etherscan ..read more

In this episode we are joined by Mudit Gupta of SushiSwap to help break down the latest CREAM Finance hack. We explore how multiple Discord servers related to NFTs have been compromised recently. Police seized 48 BTC from a UK-based 16-year-old. We talk about how attackers are leveraging a custom administrative panel for phishing Coinbase credentials, including MFA. 3.1 million email addresses were leaked for users of CoinMarketCap. Facebook pushes for a metaverse and rebrands to "Meta". Show Notes at: https://coinsecpodcast.com/Episode-46-562f5685ce6e490bafe66e8dbbbf1d4a ..read more

In this episode we discussed how North Korea-linked cybercrime syndicate Lazarus Group has reportedly transferred $63.4 million in Ethereum from 2022’s mammoth Harmony bridge hack. Advertisements on popular search engines like Google have been used to serve malware to unsuspecting users. The founder of cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato was arrested and charged with processing $700 million in illicit funds. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has concluded a months-long disruption campaign, in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), against crypto ransomware group Hive Netwo ..read more

In episode 44 we talked about Bitcoin.org being compromised to redirect people to a scam. A Compound bug caused excess rewards to be sent out. pNetwork and VeeFinance were both hacked for millions of dollars. A malicious browser extension called Safepal was discussed. The largest bug bounty ever was paid equaling $1,050,000. We discussed an issue in SMS-based MFA resulting in theft from Coinbase users. Lastly, we talked about the many crypto-related puzzles currently available to participate in. Show Notes at: https://coinsecpodcast.com/Episode-44-216ff3b62e21423c8be6e7134cca983b   00:00 ..read more

In the episode we discussed a report that Immunefi put out regarding crypto losses in 2022. One of the original core developers of Bitcoin, Luke Dashjr, claimed that someone stole 216 BTC from them. A class action lawsuit has been filed against Last Pass that alleges that the data breach against Last Pass resulted in loss of crypto. The CFTC filed charges against the Mango Markets hacker. Crypto and banking apps are being targeted by the "GodFather" malware. Multiple major hacks against individuals occurred over the past month ..read more

In this episode we talked about how FTX co-founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested. Lodestar Finance was hacked for $6.9 million. FTX apparently stored wallet private keys unencrypted. A new phishing campaign that creates similar wallet addresses to victim wallets was discussed. CoinTracker suffered a data leak of user information. Gemini warned of potential phishing messages targeting its users ..read more

In this episode of the CoinSec Podcast Steve Borosh (@424f424f) show how to track transactions using BitQuery. We talk about Miner Exctractable Value (MEV) and some potential protection mechanisms. DAOMaker was hacked for a 2nd time. Mastercard acquired CipherTrace. A contract analysis tool called TokenSniffer was discussed as well ..read more