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Smart-contract exploits, bridge hacks, phishing campaigns, and exchange breaches cost the crypto industry billions every year. Our security coverage reports each major incident as it surfaces — root cause where known, on-chain forensic trails, attacker addresses, fund flows through mixers and bridges, recovery efforts, and post-mortems published by the affected protocols and audit firms. We also follow the white-hat ecosystem, bug bounty programs at Immunefi and Code4rena, ongoing audits, and the security-tooling vendors (formal verification, runtime monitoring) working to reduce the next breach.

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Malware in 8 Steam Games Steals Crypto Tokens, Traced to Uber Eats

Researchers identified cryptocurrency-stealing malware embedded in eight Steam games that siphoned tokens from player wa...

Jul 20, 2026, 01:02 AM
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South Korea's FSS Sanctions Dunamu Over Upbit's $30M Solana Hack

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service initiated sanctions against Dunamu, operator of Upbit exchange, following th...

Jul 19, 2026, 09:02 PM
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Zcash Schedules July 28 Hard Fork to Seal Orchard Pool

Zcash will execute a hard fork on July 28, called Ironwood, to seal the Orchard shielded pool and contain a potential co...

Jul 19, 2026, 01:10 PM
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South Korea's FSS Opens Sanctions Proceedings Against Dunamu Over Upbit Hack

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service initiated enforcement proceedings against Dunamu, parent company of the Upbi...

Jul 19, 2026, 01:04 PM
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Unauthorized Mbappé Tokens Hit $464M Market Cap During World Cup

Unauthorized tokens bearing footballer Kylian Mbappé's name reached a $464 million peak market cap during the 2026 World...

Jul 19, 2026, 12:22 AM
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Bitcoin Community Develops Quantum-Resistant Recovery Framework

Bitcoin developers are preparing contingency plans for Q-Day, when quantum computers are expected to break current ellip...

Jul 18, 2026, 07:03 PM
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MetaMask Had North Korean Developer on Team, Dutch Exchange Enters Bankruptcy

MetaMask employed a developer from North Korea, according to reporting this week, raising questions about compliance vet...

Jul 18, 2026, 05:01 PM
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Kaspersky Reveals OkoBot Malware Targeting Crypto Wallets Across Five Countries

Security firm Kaspersky exposed OkoBot, a year-old malware operation using 20 modules to steal cryptocurrency wallet rec...

Jul 18, 2026, 04:01 PM
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Kaspersky Uncovers GitVenom Malware Campaign Targeting Crypto Developers

Security firm Kaspersky identified a malware campaign called GitVenom that uses over 200 fake GitHub repositories and AI...

Jul 18, 2026, 03:13 PM
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U.S. Government Transfers FTX-Seized Shiba Inu to Exchanges

The U.S. government moved a large quantity of Shiba Inu tokens seized from FTX to exchange wallets Thursday, according t...

Jul 18, 2026, 12:01 AM
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Across Protocol Confirms Solana Bridge Attack, Deposits Halted

Across Protocol disclosed an attack on its Solana bridge deployment and disabled deposits as a precautionary measure. Th...

Jul 17, 2026, 02:07 PM
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Taiwan Court Sentences BitShine Founder to 22 Years for $39M Fraud

A Taiwan court sentenced the founder of the BitShine crypto exchange to 22 years in prison for leading a fraud and money...

Jul 17, 2026, 11:03 AM
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