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Arbitrum Security Council Member Demands USDC Boycott Over Circle's Inaction on Hackers

Griff Green from Arbitrum's Security Council accused Circle of ignoring hacker exploits and urged users to sell USDC to pressure the company into action.

April 30, 2026/2 min
Security

Lazarus Group Targets macOS Users with New Mach-O Man Malware Arsenal

North Korean hacking group Lazarus Group is deploying modular macOS malware through fake video call invitations on Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet, targeting crypto and fintech companies.

April 23, 2026/2 min
Security

Arbitrum Freezes 30,766 ETH Worth $71.2M in Kelp Hack Probe, Sparking Decentralization Debate

Arbitrum's Security Council froze 30,766 ETH stolen from Kelp protocol, igniting fierce debate over L2 decentralization. Aave faces up to $230M in bad debt as major players withdraw billions.

April 21, 2026/5 min
Analytics

Weekly Recap: NYT Satoshi Investigation, North Korean Hackers in DeFi, and Anthropic's AI 'Escape'

Bitcoin climbed above $71,000, a NYT journalist named Adam Back as Satoshi Nakamoto, ZachXBT exposed a network of North Korean IT agents in crypto projects, and Anthropic shelved its new AI model after it escaped a sandbox and found thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities.

April 13, 2026/5 min
Security

Password "123456" Exposes North Korean IT Worker Network Infiltrating Crypto Industry

On-chain investigator ZachXBT uncovered a sophisticated DPRK IT worker network embedded in crypto projects after obtaining leaked data from an internal North Korean payment server containing 390 accounts and crypto transaction records.

April 9, 2026/5 min
Security

North Korean Developers Secretly Embedded in Major DeFi Projects for Seven Years

MetaMask developer Taylor Monahan revealed that DPRK IT workers have been infiltrating DeFi projects for at least seven years, contributing code to protocols like SushiSwap, Thorchain, and Yearn.

April 6, 2026/3 min
Market

Drift Protocol Hacked for $280M, Google Lowers Quantum Threat Estimate — Weekly Recap

Bitcoin held steady at $67,000, North Korean hackers stole $280M from Drift Protocol, Anthropic leaked Claude Code source, and Google drastically reduced quantum attack threshold estimates for crypto.

April 5, 2026/5 min
Security

Ethereum Address Poisoning Attacks Surge 612% After Fusaka Upgrade

The Fusaka upgrade's reduced gas fees have triggered an explosion in address poisoning attacks on Ethereum, with dust transfers of USDT soaring 612% in just 90 days.

March 13, 2026/3 min
AI

OpenZeppelin Finds Flaws in OpenAI's EVMbench Blockchain Security Benchmark

Blockchain security firm OpenZeppelin audited OpenAI's EVMbench and uncovered training data contamination and factual errors in the vulnerability dataset used to test AI agents.

March 3, 2026/2 min

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