Never a dull week in blockchain security! Algo Capital looses $2 million after CTO’s phone gets hacked. The train-wreck that is FairWin has come to its expected end with the contract now sitting empty. High-severity vulnerabilities reported in Cosmos Tendermint protocol and multiple popular Ethereum smart contracts. A number of great security tools and research articles were also published this week including the long-awaited Smart Contract Security Verification Standard.
Hacks
Algo Capital Loses Crypto Funds After CTO’s Phone Is Hacked - up to $2 million were stolen from Algo Capital’s hot wallets after CTO’s phone was compromised.
How we’re resolving the issues with the ENS short-name auctions - an input validation vulnerability in the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) smart contract allowed an attacker to claim a number of highly sought-after names. This one has a happy ending where the attacker returned all of the stolen ENS domain names.
Crime
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