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Crypto Theft Rose in 2022 as Scams, Ransomware Bounty Fell: Chainalysis

The report looks into a particular case of one ransomware strain, Deadbolt, which was active in 2022. Unlike the most infamous ransomware groups like Conti, attacking large organizations for big ransoms, Deadbolt operators chose to target small businesses and individuals and over 2022, received over $2.3 million from around 4,923

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Mango Markets exploiter seeks to keep disputed funds paid as ‘bug bounty’

The alleged exploiter of the decentralized finance protocol Mango Markets, Avraham Eisenberg, is seeking to keep his share of crypto gained from his so-called “highly profitable trading strategy.”On Feb. 15, attorneys for Eisenberg filed a motion in a New York District Court objecting to a lawsuit from Mango that asks

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Web3 projects would rather get hacked than pay bounty: Finance Redefined

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant developments over the last week.Uniswap, one of the leading decentralized exchange platforms, is integrating debit and credit card support for its users. It will allow Uniswap users to buy

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Coinbase Foils Extortion Attempt Against Its Crypto Exchange, Reinforces Bug Bounty Program

“This is an absolutely baseless extortion attempt. The individual is falsifying information to come across as legitimate, and they're just trying to extort money out of companies. I'm sure we're not the first company on their list or the only scam they have running,” Jeff Lunglhofer, chief information security officer

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Polkadot incentivizes its community to fight scams through an “anti-scam bounty”

Polkadot, a protocol that connects blockchains, has announced its latest initiative to help its ecosystem fight scams. According to the company, relying on security-minded individuals within its community to fight scams has proven to be an effective method of safeguarding its ecosystem. To incentivize the members of its community to continue

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Crypto bug bounty platform Immunefi raises $24M led by Framework Ventures

Web3 bug bounty and security services platform Immunefi has closed a $24 million Series A funding round, putting the company on track to scale its in-house capacity amid widespread vulnerabilities in the blockchain industry.The funding round was led by the San Francisco-based venture firm Framework Ventures, with additional participation from

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