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Webacy is a digital asset security firm launched in 2021 that provides AI-powered risk intelligence to wallets and exchanges. Webacy’s Trillion-Dollar Mission San Francisco-based crypto security firm Webacy has a knack for attracting famous investors. In 2023, Internet personality Gary Vaynerchuk participated in the startup’s $4 million seed round, alongside firms like Mozilla. On Monday, … Read more
According to a myriad of reports, Aerodrome Finance and Velodrome Finance spent Saturday putting out fires after a DNS hijack quietly rerouted users to phishing sites. Aerodrome–Velodrome Front Ends Compromised The Base and Optimism platforms woke up on Nov. 22 to find their front ends hijacked, sending unsuspecting users straight into malicious look-alikes designed to … Read more
Anthropic says artificial intelligence (AI) has reached a pivotal threshold in cybersecurity, with new evidence showing AI models are now capable of carrying out major cyber operations—both defensive and offensive—at unprecedented scale. AI Hits a Cybersecurity Tipping Point, Anthropic Warns in New Investigation Anthropic, the AI firm behind Claude, says its internal evaluations and threat-intelligence … Read more
A new study found that 16 current blockchains possess protocol-level freezing capabilities that allow foundations or governance groups to block specific addresses, with an additional 19 potentially able to support freezing in the future. Three Methods of Freezing Funds Identified A recent study by Bybit reveals that 16 blockchains currently have protocol‑level freezing capabilities, allowing … Read more
SEAL announced a coalition with Metamask, Walletconnect, Backpack and Phantom on October 2025 to deploy a global, real‑time phishing protection network for wallet end users using SEAL’s Verifiable Phishing Reports technology, which lets anyone submit cryptographically attested phishing reports. The system automates and trustlessly processes real‑time submissions to bypass advanced cloaking and integrates feeds into … Read more
A recent NPM supply chain attack sparked brief panic in the crypto community, raising fears of widespread fund theft. While some dismissed the exploit as minor, security experts emphasized it as a wake-up call for developers. A ‘Nothingburger’ With a Wake-up Call Initial reports of a large-scale JavaScript Node Package Manager (NPM) supply-chain attack triggered … Read more
Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet warned Monday that a large-scale software supply chain attack is underway targeting NPM packages used across the JavaScript ecosystem globally. ‘Potentially All Chains’: Ledger CTO Cautions After NPM Developer Account Hacked Ledger‘s Guillemet said on X that a reputable developer’s NPM account was compromised and that affected packages have been downloaded … Read more
There was a sharp rise in phishing scams involving cryptocurrency during August, with losses exceeding $12 million as hackers began to leverage Ethereum EIP-7702-based exploits. Scam Sniffer reported that over 15,000 victims were affected by these phishing scams, an increase of 67% compared to July’s figures. Crypto Phishing Scams Surge: Ethereum-Focused Exploits on the Rise … Read more
A wave of fraudulent support calls is targeting crypto traders, exploiting API permissions to siphon funds and triggering urgent action across the digital asset security landscape. Binance Issues Warning on Fraudulent Calls Aimed at Crypto Theft Binance chief executive Richard Teng addressed a growing security concern on social media platform X on Aug. 26, warning … Read more
The FBI has issued a PSA regarding alleged law firms offering their services to recover cryptocurrency funds, describing suspicious behaviors that these firms might adopt to take advantage of the vulnerability of victims who have lost access to these resources. FBI Warns of Crypto Scammers Impersonating Law Firms That Help Users Recover Lost Crypto Funds … Read more
