Vulnerability – DIGIT INFO

Dogecoin flaw exploited by hacker, crashes 69% of nodes

DIGIT — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:30:28 +0000

Security researchers claimed that the vulnerability could have been used to crash the entire Dogecoin network.

‘Dark Skippy’ method can steal Bitcoin hardware wallet keys

DIGIT — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 23:01:20 +0000

Malicious firmware can embed secret data into a public Bitcoin transaction, which the attacker can then use to extract a person’s seed words.

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Bitcoin Core devs set up new policy aimed at handling ‘critical bugs’

DIGIT — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 04:48:50 +0000

Bitcoin Core developer Antoine Poinsot said there is a dangerous perception that Bitcoin Core is free of bugs, noting it is “dangerous and, unfortunately, not accurate.”

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Bitcoin Ordinals could be stopped if blockchain bug is patched, claims dev

DIGIT — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 06:39:57 +0000

A Bitcoin Core developer claimed Bitcoin Ordinals exploit a vulnerability allowing inscribers to bypass data size limits, which could soon be fixed.

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Cybersecurity team claims up to $2.1B in crypto stored in old wallets is at risk

DIGIT — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 08:33:57 +0000

The security firm urges those using wallets generated from 2011 to 2015 to transfer their assets to crypto wallets that were generated more recently.

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WinRAR patches zero-day bug that targeted stock and crypto traders

DIGIT — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 05:15:02 +0000

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 Protocol reveals $600K of stolen funds is now frozen on CEXs

DIGIT — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 05:10:44 +0000

Solana-based Cypher Protocol has managed to stop around $600,000 of stolen funds from exiting various centralized exchanges.

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Sushiswap Smart Contract Bug Results in Over $3M in Losses; Head Chef Says Hundreds of ETH Recovered

DIGIT — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 05:45:00 +0000

According to several reports, a bug introduced to the decentralized exchange (dex) protocol Sushiswap’s smart contract has resulted in more than $3 million in losses. The blockchain and smart contract security firm Peckshield explained the exploited contract was “deployed in multiple blockchains.” Dex Platform Sushiswap Suffers From Smart Contract Exploit Over the weekend, the dex […]

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Rogue Validator Exploits MEV Bots on Ethereum, Resulting in $25.3M in Crypto Losses

DIGIT — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:00:14 +0000

On April 3, 2023, at Ethereum block height 16,964,664, a group of MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) bots were exploited for $25.3 million. An analysis of the exploit revealed that a renegade validator switched the MEV bots’ transactions and seized various crypto tokens, such as 7,460 wrapped ether and 64 wrapped bitcoin. While the Mechanisms Behind […]

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$4M ‘exit scam’ suspected as Kokomo Finance flies off radar, token plunges

DIGIT — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 05:33:48 +0000

Kokomo Finance’s social media presence and websites are offline, while the price of the KOKO token fell more than 95% within a matter of minutes.

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