Vulnerability

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U.S. Cyber Authorities Investigate 'Binance Trust Wallet' iOS App for Vulnerabilities
The wallet has been the victim of multiple cyber attacks during 2023.
Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Shell Game
'Bypass' Attack in Coldcard Bitcoin Wallet Could Trick Users Into Sending Incorrect Funds
Bitcoin hardware wallet Coldcard is fixing a flaw that could trick users into sending bitcoin on the mainnet when they meant to use its testnet.
Shell Game

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Flaw in Bitcoin SV Multisig Wallet Puts Funds at Risk
Bitcoin SV scrapped Bitcoin’s multisignature design and created its own. The insecure design is causing problems for some BSV users.
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Buggy Code in This Compound Finance Fork Just Froze $1M in Ethereum Tokens
Some $1 million in Ethereum tokens is locked in a new DeFi app after its developers made changes to the protocol’s contracts.
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'High' Severity Bug in Bitcoin Software Revealed 2 Years After Fix
A previously undisclosed bug in Bitcoin Core could have let attackers steal Lightning Network funds, delay transfers or split the network had it not been patched in 2018.
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Blockfolio Quietly Patches Years-Old Security Hole That Exposed Source Code
The security vulnerability, which appeared in older versions of its application, could have allowed a bad actor to steal closed source code and possibly inject their own code...
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Polkadot founder Gavin Wood
Amberdata Discovers 'RPC Call' Bug in Parity Ethereum Client
A new code release of the Parity ethereum client was released on Thursday to patch a security vulnerability found by blockchain startup Amberdata.
Polkadot founder Gavin Wood

Bitcoin Cash successfully split into two blockchains, again.
Bitcoin Cash's Scheduled Hard Fork Tripped Up By Software Bug
The bitcoin cash network forks after a bug emerged in the cryptocurrency's code during an upgrade, leading developers to put together a hotfix.
Bitcoin Cash successfully split into two blockchains, again.

Virgil Griffith
Take Two: Ethereum Is Getting Ready for the Constantinople Hard Fork Redo
The world's second largest blockchain by market capitalization is gearing up for a hard fork its tried to activate before called Constantinople. This time, developers are conf...
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