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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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On Thursday, Ethan Buchman, co-founder of interblockchain communication (IBC) ecosystem Cosmos, said that a 'critical security vulnerability' had been discovered that 'impacts all IBC-enabled Cosmos chains, for all versions of IBC.' Buchman assured that steps have already been taken to ensure that all major public IBC-enabled chains have been patched,
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A self-described white hat hacker has uncovered a “multi-million dollar vulnerability” in the bridge linking Ethereum and Arbitrum Nitro and received a 400 Ether (ETH) bounty for their find.Known as riptide on Twitter, the hacker described the exploit as the use of an initializing function to set their own bridge
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Blockchain cybersecurity company Certik has said a vulnerable private key was attacked in the Wintermute hack. A vulnerability in private keys generated by the Profanity app was likely exploited. The vulnerability has been known since at least January.The U.K.-based algorithmic crypto market maker announced the hack on Tuesday and said
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Decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch Network issued a warning to crypto investors after identifying a vulnerability in Profanity, an Ethereum (ETH) vanity address generating tool. Despite the proactive warning, apparently, hackers were able to make away with $3.3 million worth of cryptocurrencies.On Sept. 15, 1Inch revealed the lack of safety in
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The Nomad token bridge hack on Aug. 3 was the fourth largest crypto hack in history that saw nearly $200 million worth of crypto assets drained from the platform. However, more than the hack, the methodology behind it garnered widespread attention.The exploit took place due to a smart contract vulnerability
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A number of blockchain protocols hire auditors to look for weaknesses, but token re-issuances are infrequent. Hainsworth said that as “an enterprise and institutional-focused blockchain,” the company has made security issues a priority and conducts regular audits of new releases. Chia engaged Trail of Bits, a respected security audit firm,
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There is no evidence that the vulnerability was ever exploited by attackers, meaning no user funds are believed to have been impacted. Original Source
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Within two hours of the Tree of Alpha’s initial tweet, the Coinbase Support Twitter account announced that, due to technical reasons, Coinbase was disabling trading on its new Advanced Trading platform. While the service would still be accessible, users would be able to cancel existing orders but not place new
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The Polygon team promised an explanation and here it is. A few weeks ago, the Ethereum Layer 2 network hard-forked their blockchain, seemingly without explanation. As usual, NewsBTC got to the bottom of the case and presented all of the available information. The only piece missing was a promised official
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