Scams & Cybercrime News

Solana-based DeFi platform Step Finance disclosed a treasury wallet breach that saw over $27 million in SOL moved onchain, sending its STEP token down more than 90%.

TRM Labs says $35 billion in crypto was sent to scammer addresses globally last year as fraudsters scaled their operations with AI and businesslike efficiency.

A wallet linked to an alleged theft of US government-seized crypto launched a Solana memecoin on Pump.fun that later crashed 97%, raising tokenomics red flags.

A researcher uncovered a 149 million-credential dump from infostealer malware, including 420,000 Binance logins, exposing growing risks to crypto users.

Matcha Meta urged users to revoke one-time approvals for SwapNet’s router contract after a smart-contract vulnerability saw around $13.3 million stolen on the Base blockchain.

Saga’s US dollar-pegged stablecoin has dropped to $0.75, while the protocol's total value locked has fallen by around 55% over the past 24 hours.

A third-party e-commerce breach exposed order data, enabling phishing attempts without compromising Ledger wallets or self-custody systems.

A security researcher claims Ethereum’s recent network surge could be linked to address poisoning attacks that are exploiting low gas fees on Ethereum.

South Korea’s customs agency charged three suspects over a more than $100 million crypto-linked remittance scheme using WeChat Pay and Alipay, per Yonhap.

Rising crypto wealth is increasing the stakes of physical coercion. “Wrench attacks” show how digital assets can become real-world targets.

That free cafe WiFi can look mighty tempting, but it could also be a trap. Here's what to look out for.

Security failures don’t just drain funds, they often destroy trust, leaving most hacked crypto projects unable to recover despite fixing the technical flaws.

The crypto user was reportedly deceived by an attacker impersonating Trezor support, tricked into revealing their hardware wallet seed phrase.

The apparent shutdown follows years of scrutiny of one of crypto’s largest fraud marketplaces.

Group-IB found a ransomware dubbed DeadLock that is exploiting Polygon smart contracts to rotate proxy addresses to evade takedowns.