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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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Microsoft's MDASH AI Finds 16 Windows Vulnerabilities in Bug Detection Trial

Microsoft's MDASH AI system discovered 16 previously unknown Windows flaws and scored 88.45% on CyberGym, outperforming ...

Jul 17, 2026, 11:02 AM
MicrosoftWindows
MarketsSecurity

Stanford Study: Polymarket Bitcoin Contracts Enable Price Manipulation

Stanford and Singapore Management University researchers identified a flaw in Polymarket's five-minute Bitcoin predictio...

Jul 16, 2026, 12:05 AM
PolymarketBitcoin
RegulationSecurity

Chainalysis On-Chain Analytics Clear Federal Evidence Admissibility Test

Chainalysis announced that its on-chain analytics methodology has met the Daubert standard, a key federal test for exper...

Jul 15, 2026, 09:03 AM
ChainalysisU.S. Federal Courts
RegulationSecurity

Former LA Deputy Sentenced to 18 Months for Lying in Crypto Extortion Case

A former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after admitting he ...

Jul 14, 2026, 07:10 PM
Los Angeles County Sheriff's DepartmentU.S. Attorney's Office
SecurityRegulation

Interpol Shuts Down Crypto Wallet Linked to 20-Year-Old Fraudster After $122M Flow

Interpol shut down a cryptocurrency wallet connected to a 20-year-old fraudster in Thailand after it processed over $122...

Jul 12, 2026, 09:02 PM
InterpolThailand
RegulationSecurity

DOJ Loses Track of Seized Crypto as Convicted Scammer Moves Funds From Prison

Cryptocurrency allegedly seized by the Department of Justice in a criminal case has been transferred to unknown wallets ...

Jul 12, 2026, 08:01 PM
Department of Justice
DeFiSecurity

Bonzo Lend Loses $9M Over Oracle Flaw That Inflated SAUCE Price

Bonzo Lend, the largest lending protocol on Hedera, lost $9.05 million after a flaw in the Supra oracle inflated the pri...

Jul 12, 2026, 09:10 AM
Bonzo LendSupra
Layer 1Security

Ethereum Foundation Uses AI Agents to Uncover Real Network Vulnerability

The Ethereum Foundation deployed AI agents to identify a genuine vulnerability in the protocol, marking an early applica...

Jul 12, 2026, 08:02 AM
Ethereum FoundationEthereum
MarketsSecurity

LAB Token Crashes 97% as Sales Traced to Team-Funded Wallets

LAB token fell 97% from its peak after on-chain sleuth ZachXBT linked a major portion of recent sales to wallets funded ...

Jul 12, 2026, 07:04 AM
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DeFiSecurity

Bonzo Lending Protocol Loses $9M in Hedera Oracle Exploit

Bonzo Lend lost $9.05 million after an attacker exploited a verification flaw in a Supra oracle contract deployed on Hed...

Jul 12, 2026, 06:03 AM
Bonzo LendSupra
SecurityAdoption

Hong Kong Clearing Warns of Counterfeit Wallet Sites Using Fake Rewards

Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited issued a warning July 10 about multiple fraudulent websites impersonating cryptocur...

Jul 11, 2026, 04:11 PM
Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited
Security

Hedera Exploit Moves $5.8M to Ethereum; HBAR Falls 2%

A suspected exploit on Hedera moved over $5.8 million in assets to Ethereum, according to blockchain security researcher...

Jul 11, 2026, 04:06 PM
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