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Trap Door malware targets crypto and AI developers via open-source packages
11+ hour, 40+ min ago (465+ words) Cybersecurity firm Socket has issued a warning about a new malware campaign dubbed Trap Door. The attack specifically targets software developers working in cryptocurrency, decentralized finance (De Fi), and artificial intelligence (AI) sectors. According to a blog post from Socket,…...
Turtle tightens bridge controls after $292 M Layer Zero exploit
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (327+ words) Institutional confidence around cross-chain infrastructure weakened sharply after the $292 million Layer Zero-linked exploit exposed deeper bridge-security risks. Liquidity allocators also started reassessing how weaker verifier configurations can quietly amplify systemic counterparty exposure across De Fi ecosystems. Turtle has tightened its…...
Rakurai Confirms Protocol Security Following Completed Hashlock Audit
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (350+ words) Rakurai, a high-performance Solana validator client built to optimize block production, transaction scheduling, and validator profitability, has confirmed the security of its core codebase following a completed Hashlock audit. The attached final report rates the Rakurai system "Secure" after an…...
Verus bridge exploiter returns $8. 5 M after bounty offer
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (284+ words) The attacker behind the Verus bridge exploit has returned 4, 052 Ether, worth about $8. 5 million, to the project's team wallet. The return came after Verus offered a 1, 350 ETH bounty for the recovery of most of the stolen funds. The exploiter retained 1, 350 Ether,…...
Jasper Vault Partners With Safe Pal for Multi-Chain De Fi Options
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (320+ words) Jasper Vault, a peer-to-peer options protocol, has announced a partnership with cryptocurrency wallet platform Safe Pal. The collaboration integrates Jasper Vault with Safe Pal's hardware wallet infrastructure, allowing users to store and access their digital assets securely while trading De…...
Community dev releases Gasetta, neovest tools for Neo N3
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (444+ words) Community developer isleepcode, known for the neocity blockchain visualization project, released two new open-source tools for Neo N3 in May. Within four days, they launched Gasetta, an AI-powered tracker for Neo core development on Git Hub, and neovest, a trustless token…...
Cardano Reveals Strategy for Quantum Computing Threats
1+ week, 2+ day ago (383+ words) Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson recently outlined how the project plans to handle the risks from quantum computing in the future. Speaking on the Gokhshtein News Network, he said Cardano is working on solutions before the threat becomes real. Most experts…...
Node-ipc attack steals crypto developer credentials via npm
1+ week, 2+ day ago (234+ words) Three poisoned versions of node-ipc went live on the npm registry on May 14, according to the blockchain security firm Slow Mist. Attackers hijacked a dormant maintainer account and pushed code designed to siphon developer credentials, private keys, exchange API secrets,…...
AI Agents Commit Arson and Crime in Virtual World Study
1+ week, 3+ day ago (319+ words) Traditional benchmarks are good at what they measure: short-horizon capability on bounded tasks," Emergence AI noted. They are not built to reveal the things that emerge only over time, such as coalition formation, evolution of constitution, governance, drift, lock-in, and…...
AI Recovers 5 BTC After 11 Years, Coin DCX CEO Warns of Risks
1+ week, 3+ day ago (418+ words) A story that first seems like a miracle for one Bitcoin holder has sparked a serious warning from the CEO of Coin DCX, one of India's largest crypto exchanges. The story spread fast across the crypto community. It caught the…...