Crypto Hacks

A new phishing campaign is striking at the heart of the crypto. X, which has long been considered the digital town square where developers, traders, and investors exchange ideas and shape narratives, the platform is now under siege.

Circle is exploring ways to make USDC transactions reversible in cases of fraud or hacks while keeping settlements mostly final. The plan involves its new Arc blockchain, aimed at institutions, to add fraud protection without fully breaking blockchain rules.

Social media platform X revealed on Friday that it dismantled an elaborate bribery operation allegedly driven by users tied to crypto-related scams.

Binance co-founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao has raised urgent alarms about North Korea’s escalating use of impersonation to infiltrate cryptocurrency firms, following new findings by the ethical hacker collective Security Alliance (SEAL) that identified 60 fake IT worker profiles tied to North Korean hacking groups.

Yala’s Bitcoin-collateralized stablecoin YU has suffered its biggest stress test to date, after an exploit attempt over the weekend sent its price crashing to $0.2046—a staggering 80% devaluation that has shaken investor confidence and raised urgent questions about the project’s cross-chain security and liquidity depth.

Apple’s all new iPhone 17 is introducing a major security enhancement aimed directly at crypto users, making signing operations safer against some of the most common and dangerous forms of attack.

Decentralized exchange Bunni has suffered a $2.3 million exploit on the Ethereum blockchain, exposing persistent vulnerabilities in DeFi protocols and underscoring renewed concerns around smart contract security.

Iran’s cryptocurrency flows have fallen sharply in 2025 following a series of destabilizing events, including renewed conflict with Israel, a $90 million hack targeting the country’s largest exchange, and Tether’s unprecedented freeze of dozens of wallets linked to Iran.

Two MIT-educated brothers accused of stealing $25 million through a first-of-its-kind Ethereum blockchain exploit are fighting with federal prosecutors to omit their Google search history as a crucial evidence of their case.

Apple is urging users to immediately update their devices in order to patch a zero-click vulnerability that has allowed attackers to silently compromise iPhones, iPads, and Macs—posing a serious threat to cryptocurrency users whose wallets and private keys may be at risk.