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Crypto Thefts Set to Hit $4 Billion in 2025 as Wallet Hacks Soar in Europe and Middle East

Crypto Thefts Set to Hit $4 Billion in 2025 as Wallet Hacks Soar in Europe and Middle East

Source: Chainalysis warns crypto criminals could net $4 billion in 2025 as wallet theft in Europe, Middle East skyrocket – The Block Key Highlights * $2.17 billion in crypto stolen in the first half of 2025, already surpassing total losses from all of 2024. * If the trend continues, total crypto thefts

Benchmarking AI Agents for Vulnerability Detection: How Well Do LLMs Spot Security Flaws?

Benchmarking AI Agents for Vulnerability Detection: How Well Do LLMs Spot Security Flaws?

Source: Benchmarking LLM agents for vulnerability research - FuzzingLabs AI-driven tools show promise in enhancing vulnerability research and securing software. To explore this potential, FuzzingLabs ran experiments assessing various large language models (LLMs) on their ability to identify vulnerabilities in vulnerable Python, Go, and C++ codebases. How the AI Agents

Crypto Wrench Attacks Push Investors Toward Safer Centralized Custody

Crypto Wrench Attacks Push Investors Toward Safer Centralized Custody

Source: CoinTelegraph Crypto custodians are witnessing a surge in demand as physical threats against investors, known as "$5 wrench attacks," increase. These attacks involve coercing victims at gunpoint or through kidnapping to surrender crypto keys, targeting traders, founders, and executives in the blockchain space. What Are Wrench Attacks?

Amazon AI Assistant Hacked to Wipe Data

Amazon AI Assistant Hacked to Wipe Data

Source: fr0gger_ on Twitter A serious security incident has come to light involving an Amazon AI coding assistant. An attacker exploited misconfigured GitHub workflows to sneak in a malicious pull request. This harmful change went unnoticed for six days after being published on the Visual Studio Code (VSC) marketplace. What

You Were Almost Hacked: Inside The Red Guild’s 2023 Ethereum Argentina Security Campaign

You Were Almost Hacked: Inside The Red Guild’s 2023 Ethereum Argentina Security Campaign

Source: blog.theredguild.org Crypto conferences may seem exciting hubs for networking and knowledge, but they’re also hotbeds for attackers trying to scam or compromise devices. The Red Guild took this reality head-on by running an undercover security awareness campaign at Ethereum Argentina 2023, aiming to teach people how

How to Drain a Lending Protocol Using a New Collateral Asset: A Step-by-Step Exploit Explained

How to Drain a Lending Protocol Using a New Collateral Asset: A Step-by-Step Exploit Explained

Source: kankodu A recent security issue was discovered in the lending protocol @vesuxyz, which is built in Cairo and supports multiple lending pools with various collateral-debt asset pairs. This vulnerability was responsibly reported through Immunefi’s bug bounty program and classified as High severity. Here’s a clear breakdown of

CoinDCX Launches $11M Recovery Bounty After $44M Hot Wallet Hack

CoinDCX Launches $11M Recovery Bounty After $44M Hot Wallet Hack

Source: CoindDCX Recovery Bounty Program | HackenProof Incident Overview On July 19, 2025, CoindDCX, India’s leading crypto investment platform, confirmed a critical security breach. A server-side exploit led to the compromise of one of their internal operational hot wallets used for liquidity provisioning, resulting in the unauthorized withdrawal of approximately