According to cybersecurity firm Group-IB, weaponized ZIP file archives were being shared on crypto trading forums, with each one containing a nasty surprise.
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Cypher announces recovery plan, says it will ‘socialize’ losses in initial stage
Cypher announced that losses from its exploit will be distributed among users in an initial stage, then compensated through protocol revenue when the platform relaunches.
Cypher Protocol reveals $600K of stolen funds is now frozen on CEXs
Solana-based Cypher Protocol has managed to stop around $600,000 of stolen funds from exiting various centralized exchanges.
Zunami Protocol confirms stablecoin pools attacked, $2.1M loss estimated
Blockchain security firm PeckShield estimates the protocol suffered more than $2.1 million from the price manipulation attack.
Base’s largest DEX LeetSwap halts trading amid exploit concerns
Some analysts have provided possible ways the exchange was exploited and pinned potential initial losses at over $600,000.
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BNB Smart Chain hit with copycat Vyper attack, $73K exploited
While Ethereum-based protocols have been hit with the majority of the exploit activity, BNB Smart Chain has also seen similar “copycat” exploits, according to BlockSec.
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Era Lend on zkSync exploited for $3.4M in reentrancy attack
The lending app was drained of funds using a “read-only reentrancy” bug, a type of vulnerability that is often difficult for auditors to spot.
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Crypto lender Geist Finance shuts down permanently over Multichain hack
The $29 million TVL lending platform is shutting down because its oracles are misreporting Multichain token values after the exploit.
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Multichain Executor has been ‘draining’ AnySwap tokens: Report
The contract has used an “anySwapFeeTo” function to transfer hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of tokens to itself, which on-chain sleuth Spreek suspected may have been malicious.
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Multichain’s ‘mysterious withdrawals’ have whiffs of a ‘rug pull’ — Chainalysis
Chainalysis told Cointelegraph that they were “describing it as a possible rug pull,” based on an analysis of Multichain’s spurious transactions and internal problems.
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