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OpenSea Discord Hacked, NFTs Stolen Using Fake YouTube Site
OpenSea has suffered a security breach on its main Discord channel, allowing hackers to promote a fake YouTube partnership with the NFT plat...
Redditor Issues Warning After Phone’s Predictive Text Guessed His Seed Phrase
An IT professional from Germany has warned fellow Reddit users after discovering that his mobile phone’s predictive text feature enabl...
Aussie Crypto Project Sportemon Go Token Collapses Leaving Investors Fuming
Australia-founded crypto NFT project Sportemon Go has ceased trading on its native token SGOX, leaving investors disgruntled, to say the lea...
Elon Musk Buys Twitter Promising to Eradicate Crypto Spam Bots
It’s official, Elon Musk has bought Twitter for US$44 billion and will be taking the social media giant private. Despite various blue ...
Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Instagram Compromised in $2.8 Million NFT Phishing Scam
Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC) Instagram account has been hacked in a phishing scam resulting in an exploit of US$2.8 million worth of NFTs...
US Senator Proposes Laws to Make Rug Pulls a Crime
Under new legislation filed in the US state of New York, lawmakers intend to confirm fraudulent rug pulls as a crime along with other crypto...
$34 Million ‘AkuDreams’ NFT Project Locked Permanently by Smart Contract Error
An error in a smart contract has led to NFT project AkuDreams locking up US$34 million worth of Ethereum. The project was hit by an exploit ...
Hacker Exploits DeFi Protocol ‘Zeed’ for $1 Million But Fails to Take the Funds
After the decentralised finance (DeFi) protocol ‘Zeed’ was exploited for US$1 million this week, the hacker destroyed the contra...
AUSTRAC Releases Guide to Detect and Prevent Illicit Crypto Activity
The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) published two guides this week with hopes of helping Aussies detect and pre...
Commonwealth Bank Issues Scam Alert Over False Crypto Platform Partnership Report
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) issued a scam alert this week to notify the public about a false article circulating on social medi...
MetaMask Issues Phishing Attack Security Alert for iPhone Users
Software-based crypto wallet MetaMask has warned its users on Apple devices that their assets may be at risk from an iCloud-related phishing...
ETH Privacy Tool Tornado Cash Starts Blocking Sanctioned Addresses
Tornado Cash is apparently using Chainalysis oracles to block access from US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) addresses. The blockade...