Crypto users have been warned of a new social engineering scam that tricks victims into using community plugins on the note-taking app Obsidian to unknowingly run malware that can take control of their devices. Elastic…
Apple has confirmed it took down a malicious app that impersonated the Ledger self-custody crypto wallet after an onchain analysis found that more than 50 victims fell for the scam, losing a combined $9.5 million. Apple…
Update (April 15, 6:45 am UTC): This article has been updated to include comments from Jameson Lopp. Cypherpunk Jameson Lopp and five co-authors from the Bitcoin quantum security space have proposed freezing…
The decentralized exchange aggregator said users should refrain from visiting its website after a frontend exploit. Decentralized exchange aggregator CoW Swap is calling on users to refrain from using its website after…
PHILADELPHIA, April 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The following statement is being issued by Kroll Settlement Administration on behalf of the United States Department of Justice regarding the OneCoin Cryptocurrency Remission…
Update (April 14, 2026, 11 am UTC): This article has been updated to adjust the total number of hacks and scams in the first quarter to $482 million and the total number of incidents to 44. Web3 projects lost $482…
The US Department of Justice has launched a compensation process for victims of the $4 billion crypto Ponzi scheme OneCoin, using forfeited assets taken from some of the scheme's architects. The Justice Department said…
South Korea’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinone, is facing a fine and a partial business suspension over anti-money laundering lapses, according to multiple local media reports. South Korea's Financial…
Why dormant Bitcoin addresses are vulnerable to quantum threats The common narrative surrounding the impact of quantum computing on Bitcoin focuses on a doomsday scenario in which the entire network collapses at once…
A hacker exploited the Polkadot-based cross-chain interoperability protocol Hyperbridge, netting about $237,000 and raising renewed security concerns about blockchain bridge infrastructure. An attacker minted 1 billion…
Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT said Garrett Dutton’s 5.9 Bitcoin has already been sent to deposit addresses associated with KuCoin. Garrett Dutton, an American musician better known as “G. Love,” said he lost $420,000 worth…
University of California researchers have discovered that some third-party AI large language model (LLM) routers can pose security vulnerabilities that can lead to crypto theft. A paper measuring malicious intermediary…