Crypto news has taken a dark turn with reports of “wrench attacks,” brutal physical assaults targeting cryptocurrency holders to steal their private keys or seed phrases, surging in frequency and violence. A detailed analysis shared by Haseeb Qureshi reveals that these real-world crimes are accelerating alongside Bitcoin valuations, particularly hitting Europe and Asia hardest while testing the limits…
A new wave of small but widespread wallet drains across Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains is making headlines in crypto news, with onchain sleuth ZachXBT reporting that “hundreds” of wallets have been hit in a still-unexplained exploit. The pattern points to a broad, automated attack targeting blockchain users across multiple networks, and may be linked to December’s high‑profile…
In one of the most alarming reports of the year for the crypto news and blockchain community, cybersecurity firm Hacken revealed that Web3 losses soared to nearly $4 billion in 2025, with North Korean-linked hackers responsible for more than half. The findings underscore growing concerns about the security of blockchain technology, the vulnerabilities within decentralized systems, and the need for immediate regulatory action….
Brazil’s burgeoning crypto market has come under attack from a dangerous new WhatsApp worm that specifically targets crypto wallets, exchange logins, and banking credentials, a major warning now flashing across crypto news and putting the crypto pur community on high alert. How the Attack Works: Social Engineering and Propagation The campaign, uncovered by Trustwave’s SpiderLabs, uses the viral power of…
Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried the once-prominent figure in crypto news and blockchain technology has declared from prison that his single worst decision during FTX’s multibillion-dollar collapse was handing control of the troubled crypto exchange to new CEO John J. Ray III, just before its bankruptcy. Bankman-Fried, who led FTX from trading darling to crypto pur cautionary…
South Korea has reported a record-breaking surge in suspicious cryptocurrency transactions in 2025, flagging 36,684 cases between January and August alone more than the combined totals from 2023 and 2024. This unprecedented growth underscores mounting concerns over crypto-fueled money laundering, cross-border remittance schemes, and the use of stablecoins in complex financial crimes. Suspicious Transaction Reports…
Crypto address poisoning scams are on the rise, with more than $1.6 million stolen from unsuspecting users in just the past week exceeding the total reported lost in all of March 2025. This increasingly common form of blockchain-based fraud relies on contaminating a user’s wallet transaction history, causing costly copy-paste errors that result in major…
A cybercrime syndicate known as “GreedyBear” has propelled cryptocurrency theft to an unprecedented level, stealing over $1 million from unsuspecting users through a complex web of fake wallet browser extensions, malware strains, and deceptive scam websites. Security researchers warn this represents a new era of large-scale, diversified crypto attacks, with GreedyBear leveraging advanced techniques to…
A crypto user has suffered a devastating $908,551 loss in an advanced phishing attack more than 15 months after unwittingly signing a malicious ERC-20 token approval. This security lapse, which allowed scammers to siphon funds in a single transaction, underlines the critical importance of routinely managing wallet permissions for anyone active in DeFi and Web3….
In a shocking revelation, Arkham Intelligence has unveiled what is now confirmed as the largest cryptocurrency hack in history a 2020 breach that resulted in the theft of 127,426 Bitcoin (BTC), worth roughly $3.5 billion at the time and a staggering $14.5 billion at current market prices. The unprecedented digital heist targeted China-based mining pool…
