Articles in: Security

The Seed Flaw That Broke Air-Gapped Wallets

A 2021 firmware bug cut wallet entropy from 128 bits to about 40 and cost owners $130M. What it means for hardware wallet security and how to check yours.

Aug 25, 2026  ·  8 min read

Fake AML Checkers Are Emptying Wallets: How to Recognise One

Scammers now clone compliance services. A real crypto AML check needs only your public address - the fake one asks you to connect and sign. How to tell.

Aug 22, 2026  ·  7 min read

How to Find and Remove a Mac Crypto Miner

Attackers abused macOS Screen Sharing to install Monero miners. How to spot a Mac crypto miner, clear its autostart entries and close the door behind it.

Aug 19, 2026  ·  9 min read

Pirated Films Hide Crypto Stealing Malware

Fake pirated copies of a new blockbuster carry crypto stealing malware that hunts wallets and browser data. How the disguise works and how to shut it down.

Aug 19, 2026  ·  9 min read

Inside a $165M Crypto Ponzi Scheme

A $165M crypto Ponzi scheme promised 25% a month, paid old investors with new money and ended in a deportation flight. Here is how the pattern works.

Aug 19, 2026  ·  9 min read

Crypto Job Scam Playbook: How a Fake LinkedIn Recruiter Cost One Company $11.8 Million

A crypto job scam cost one firm $11.8 million after an employee took a fake coding test. How the LinkedIn pipeline works and what actually stops it.

Aug 17, 2026  ·  13 min read

Crypto Phishing: Scams and How to Protect Yourself

Hyperliquid users lost $550,000 to a search ad. The main crypto phishing schemes, and how to check a site before you ever connect a wallet to it.

Aug 17, 2026  ·  8 min read

Hardware Wallet Data Breach: SafePal and Trezor Leaks

SafePal exposed data on 39,798 buyers and Trezor on almost 14,000. What leaked, why it matters more than it looks, and how to spot the fake support email.

Aug 17, 2026  ·  3 min read

Crypto Wrench Attacks Just Got Easier: 678,000 French Tax Records Are for Sale

A hacker is selling French tax records with incomes and home addresses - in the country with the most wrench attacks on crypto holders.

Aug 16, 2026  ·  9 min read

A Phone Left in the Car: How London Police Cracked a Crypto Millionaire Kidnapping

A jury has convicted five men over the abduction of two young crypto investors held for 52 hours in east London. The case broke on a phone the kidnappers never noticed - and the numbers say attacks like this are up a third year on year.

Aug 5, 2026  ·  3 min read

594 BTC in 25 Minutes: How One Line in a Firmware Build Emptied Hundreds of Cold Wallets

No device was hacked and no phishing link was clicked - a build error left Coldcard seeds with ~40 bits of entropy for five years, and an attacker simply calculated the private keys.

Aug 3, 2026  ·  11 min read

The Wrench, Not the Hack: Why Attacks on Crypto Holders Jumped by a Third

Hacking a wallet is hard - pressuring its owner is easy. Why wrench attacks on crypto investors jumped by a third, and what the EU's DAC8 has to do with it.

Jul 25, 2026  ·  10 min read