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Front-running scam bots are significantly gaining traction on YouTube, with the number of dubious videos increasing six-fold in 2022 according to a new report from blockchain security firm CertiK.In the firm's Dec. 1 report, CertiK explores how a wave of front-running bot scams are promising free returns as high as 10X
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Crypto scammers have been accessing a “cheap and easy” black market of individuals willing to put their name and face on fraudulent projects — all for the low price of $8, blockchain security firm CertiK has uncovered. These individuals, described by CertiK as “Professional KYC actors” would, in some cases, voluntarily
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SoftBank Vision Fund and Tiger Global led a new $60 million funding round for the blockchain security firm. Source
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The leader in news and information on cryptocurrency, digital assets and the future of money, CryptoX is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CryptoX is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies
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Certik, a blockchain security and auditing firm, has reported that the most common attack vector for hacks in decentralized finance (defi) protocols had to do with centralization in 2021. This data is present in Certik’s latest report, where the company also examines the growth of defi in 2021, and how
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The amount of money lost in hacks of decentralized financed (DeFi) projects more than doubled to $1.3 billion in 2021, with centralization the most common vulnerability, Certik said in its inaugural "State of DeFi Security" research report.While the value lost climbed 160%, the amount was a smaller proportion of the
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BSC-based yield farming protocol Arbix Finance was identified by blockchain security company Certik as a rug pull. According to the firm’s incident analysis, there were several reasons why the project was flagged. The security firm cites that the ARBX contract has mint() with onlyOwner function, 10 million ARBX tokens were minted
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“CertiK is on a mission to globally secure the crypto world of blockchains and smart contracts. CertiK has already demonstrated this through tremendous growth of its business, and support of security audits for a large volume of over 1800 clients so far,” said CertiK in its blog post. Source
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Global blockchain security firm CertiK has concluded an $80 million investment round backed by some of crypto’s biggest venture funds, putting the company on track to reach the lofty $1 billion valuation mark in the foreseeable future. The Series B2 investment round was led by Sequoia, a California-based venture fund, with
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