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Sality Botnet Dismantled After Eight Years of Crypto Theft

Law enforcement and CrowdStrike isolated over 15,000 infected machines in a coordinated takedown of the Sality botnet, w...

Sep 2, 2026, 04:02 PM
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DeFiSecurity
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Firelight Raises $8M to Expand DeFi Insurance Beyond XRP

Firelight, a cover protocol backed by staked XRP on Flare, closed an $8 million funding round and plans to expand beyond...

Sep 1, 2026, 04:01 PM
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Layer 1Security
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Cronos Halts for 10 Hours After $68.7M Tectonic Exploit, Restarts With Rollback

Cronos validators coordinated an emergency network halt for 10 hours after an exploit targeting the Tectonic lending pro...

Sep 1, 2026, 01:03 PM
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DeFiSecurity
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Switchboard Oracle Halts Operations on Aptos, SUI, IOTA, Movement

Switchboard, a decentralized oracle network, halted operations across Aptos, SUI, IOTA, and Movement after detecting a p...

Sep 1, 2026, 05:01 AM
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Layer 1Security
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Ontology Halts Mainnet Block Production Over Security Concern

Ontology suspended mainnet block production after core developers identified a potential security issue during routine c...

Sep 1, 2026, 12:02 AM
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Layer 1Security
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Polygon Patched Security Flaws in Austin and Kyoto Hard Forks Before Disclosure

Polygon deployed the Austin and Kyoto hard forks on its Bor and Heimdall clients and patched denial-of-service and conse...

Aug 31, 2026, 10:04 PM
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DeFiSecurity
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Balancer Warns V1 LP Users of Pool-Draining Bug in Legacy Contracts

Balancer advised users to exit liquidity positions from its deprecated v1 contracts after identifying a pool-draining vu...

Aug 31, 2026, 10:02 PM
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Layer 1Security
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Fogo Mainnet Halted 46+ Hours After 400M Token Drain From Foundation

Fogo's mainnet stopped producing blocks Saturday following unauthorized activity that drained approximately 400 million ...

Aug 31, 2026, 07:03 PM
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RegulationSecurity
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SEC Charges 38 Entities Over False Investment Adviser Filings

The SEC filed charges against 38 entities accused of submitting false adviser registration filings, using fictitious aud...

Aug 31, 2026, 06:10 PM
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