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Cyber Insurance for Crypto Firms: What’s Covered, What’s Not, and How to Lower Your Premiums
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (1322+ words) This guide breaks down exactly what cyber insurance for crypto firms covers, what it explicitly excludes, where the hidden traps are, and how to reduce your premiums by 20% to 50% through security improvements that insurers actually reward. Cyber insurance, sometimes called…...
Step Finance closure follows major SOL hack and token crash
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (665+ words) Step Finance, a decentralized finance portfolio tracker on'Solana, is closing down its operations with immediate effect. The decision follows a'major security breach'at the end of January that led to a significant loss of funds and a collapse in the value…...
Step Finance Hack: $40M Stolen, Platform Shuts Down Permanently
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (1569+ words) Over time the team expanded. SolanaFloor became one of the most-read media and data outlets covering Solana NFTs and ecosystem news. Remora Markets pushed into tokenized real-world assets, offering users exposure to equity-style instruments on-chain. The STEP token, once trading…...
Figure Technology Data Breach: Hackers Dump 2.5GB Stolen Records
1+ week, 5+ day ago (677+ words) We recently identified that an employee was socially engineered, and that allowed an actor to download a limited number of files through their account." The attack vector was not a sophisticated blockchain exploit or a zero-day vulnerability in Figure's infrastructure....
Did signature phishing rise 207% as January losses hit $6M?
2+ week, 5+ day ago (889+ words) Blockchain security firm Scam Sniffer has reported a sharp resurgence in signature phishing, warning that attackers drained $6.27 million from 4,700 wallets in January alone. The figure represents a 207% jump in losses compared with December, and stands out against an overall decline…...
Did Step Finance Treasury Wallets Hack Trigger $30M SOL Loss?
3+ week, 5+ day ago (224+ words) Earlier today several of our treasury wallets were compromised by a sophisticated actor during APAC hours. This was an attack facilitated through a well known attack vector. Immediate remediation steps have been taken, and we are working closely with top…...
How Unstoppable domains may handle $10% of risky domains?
1+ mon, 22+ hour ago (696+ words) The debate over how to'police misuse on blockchain-based naming systems'has sharpened as more web3 naming projects confront a core limitation: decentralized domains are designed to resist removal, even when'used for harmful purposes. Against that backdrop,'Unstoppable domains'has filed a U.S. patent application…...
How did the matcha meta hack lead to $17 million in losses?
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (427+ words) Several security firms flagged the incident as it unfolded, including Peckshield, which described it as a security breach. Matcha Meta confirmed the situation later in the day. In a post on X at 9:47pm, the project said the incident stemmed from…...
How did the usdt laundering case move over $1 billion?
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (669+ words) The unsealing of a criminal case in the Eastern District of Virginia has drawn attention to a major usdt laundering case involving Miami-based Jorge Figueira, a national of Venezuela and Spain. Court filings allege he ran a money laundering conspiracy…...
Did the nomad bridge hack ftc case change crypto security views
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (655+ words) The nomad bridge hack ftc dispute is widening after several US crypto trade associations criticised a Federal Trade Commission complaint that linked a major 2022 breach to the absence of a "kill switch" in the underlying software. The complaint concerns Nomad,…...