Binance links $6.3 billion security incident to compromised laptop

Binance says a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop may have enabled an attacker to submit unauthorized withdrawals in a security incident with an estimated impact of $6.3 billion. The cryptocurrency exchange says it has frozen approximately $3 billion in affected assets on-chain and pledged to cover all losses. Withdrawals remain suspended while Binance overhauls its withdrawal … The post Binance links $6.3 billion…

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Binance hit by $6.3 billion theft in what could be the biggest crypto heist on record

About $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency was stolen from Binance in what might be the biggest crypto hack in history. “Binance’s initial investigation suggests that the security incident may involve a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop, which allowed an attacker to gain access to a service container and submit unauthorized withdrawal transactions,” the exchange said in a security update published early on October 30. T…

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In May 2017, the WannaCry cryptoworm spread across the internet, compromising more than 200,000 computers in at least 100 countries. The National Audit Office called it the largest cyberattack ever to hit the NHS in England. At least 80 of 236 hospital trusts were infected or disrupted, an estimated 19,000 appointments were cancelled, five hospitals diverted ambulances, and more than 1,200 pieces of diagnostic equipm…

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php2shell raised fears of mass exploitation. A week of testing by our research team found that working exploits had to be fitted to each target’s exact PHP setup. Systems that share one build, such as network appliances, are the exception: one tuned exploit can reach every device that runs it.Key takeawaysThe five vulnerable PHP sites we exposed to the internet were not compromised, and public proofs-of-concept (PoCs…

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