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Cross-chain liquidity protocol THORChain has paused its network due to new claims of a potential network vulnerability.THORChain took to Twitter on March 28 to announce that it has halted all trading amid reports on a potential vulnerability with a THORChain dependency that may affect the network. The decision was taken
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New risks discovered in multi-party computation (MPC) wallets and digital asset custody, Verichains reports. Leading blockchain security solutions provider Verichains announced the discovery of a critical attack possibility in the popular Threshold Signature Scheme (TSS), the function in a blockchain that enables a group of parties to collectively issue a
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According to a blog post published by developers of crypto wallet ZenGo, the firm said it had uncovered security vulnerabilities in, transaction simulation solutions used by popular decentralized applications, or dApps. Dubbed the "red pill attack," this vulnerability allowed malicious dApps to steal user assets based on opaque transaction approvals
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Cryptocurrency wallet BitGo has patched a critical vulnerability that could have exposed the private keys of retail and institutional users.Cryptography research team Fireblocks identified the flaw and notified the BitGo team in December 2022. The vulnerability was related to BitGo Threshold Signature Scheme (TSS) wallets and had the potential to
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Nonfungible token marketplace OpenSea has reportedly patched a vulnerability that, if exploited, could have exposed identifying information about its anonymous users. In a March 9 blog post blog, cybersecurity firm Imperva detailed how it discovered the vulnerability, which it claimed could deanonymize OpenSea users “by linking an IP address, a browser session,
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Sequence, a web3 development platform that offers a passwordless crypto wallet, told CoinDesk that it put safeguards in place that rendered the Dfns-discovered vulnerability ineffective. “For Sequence, I don't think it's as bad at all,” said Peter Kieltyka, CEO at Horizon, the company that builds Sequence. “But you know, yeah,
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Web3 infrastructure firm Jump Crypto has discovered a vulnerability in the Binance BNB Beacon Chain, which would allow the mint of an unlimited amount of arbitrary tokens. The issue was privately disclosed to the BNB team, enabling a patch to be developed and deployed within 24 hours.In a blog post
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Uniswap’s recently launched bug bounty program has led to the discovery of a now-fixed vulnerability of the protocol’s Universal Router smart contract.The automated market maker released two new smart contracts to its platform in November 2022. Permit2 allows token approvals to be shared and managed across different applications, while Universal
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Security firm Dedaub discovered and disclosed a critical vulnerability on the popular Ethereum decentralized exchange Uniswap. The team behind the protocol fixed the bug, and the affected components were successfully redeployed—otherwise, an attacker could have tempered with transactions to steal a user’s funds. Uniswap Avoids Danger And Fixes New Features According to
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