Binance Has a $1B Hack Insurance

Binance Has a $1B War Chest for Hack Protection. Amid a flurry of multi-million dollar cryptocurrency exchange hacks, Binance has allocated $1 billion to...

$31 Million Hack of Meerkat Finance

On March 4, 2021 Binance Smart Chain-based yield farming protocol Meerkat Finance lost $31 million in user funds - just one day after launching...

How the Nomad Bridge Hack can Help Us Explore the Potential...

One attacker and hundreds of copycats looted the Nomad bridge for over $190 million; few did the right thing. Decentralization is a hot-button topic in...

The Quantum Computing Threat

Recently, in the science journal Nature, Google claimed ‘quantum supremacy’ saying that its quantum computer is the first to perform a calculation that would...

Transit Swap Hacker Returned 70% of the Money

A hacker that stole $23 million from the decentralized exchange (DEX) Transit Swap today returned $16M, or about 70% of the stolen Ethereum and...

Security Threats to Blockchain Networks – 4 – Network Attacks

Network Attacks: A Deep-dive Network attacks are a class of exploits that focus on the isolation and manipulation of individual nodes or groups of nodes....

How Blockchain Security Differs From Traditional Cybersecurity – 3 – User...

This article is the third in a four-part series exploring the differences between traditional IT security and blockchain security.  Check out the first two...

The 12 Biggest Hacking Incidents in the History of Crypto

The most comprehensive ranked list of the biggest crypto hacks in history (Up until November 1, 2022. I suspect a larger one is just...

Blockchain and Crypto Security Training – Free

I’ve been providing blockchain security and crypto compliance training awareness sessions since 2013. I’m sharing my latest blockchain security training material under the Creative Commons...

Security Threats to Blockchain Networks – 6 – Wallet Attacks

Wallet Attacks: A Deep-dive Wallets are a logical target for cyber-attacks, along with the emerging institutions that hold custody of them on users’ behalf. While...

What You Need to Know about the $460M MtGox Hack of...

The full story behind the first major crypto hack and how much really was lost. MtGox was one of the very first platforms on which...

Quantum Computing Risks to Cryptocurrencies – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Beyond

Introduction Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum derive their security from cryptographic algorithms – mathematical puzzles that are practically impossible for classical computers to solve in...

Potential $600M FTX Hack

In the midst of the FTX meltdown, the once 2nd largest exchange appears to also be facing one of the largest crypto hacks of...

What the $534M Coincheck Hack Taught Us All About Safe Storage...

The biggest crypto heist in history at the time it occurred in 2018 was an eye-opener for many reasons, not least of which for...

$3.3M Hack of Profanity’s Vanity Ethereum Addresses

Ethereum custom addresses created via the Profanity tool have been hacked. Almost $3.3 million stolen from several custom ETH addresses. Attackers took advantage of...