This Week in Hacks
Vesper Finance suffered an oracle manipulation attack
Vesper Finance, a DeFi ecosystem for crypto, suffered an oracle manipulation attack, where the attacker created a Uniswap liquidity pool on VUSD, a low-liquidity stablecoin project in beta.
Rari Capital Fell Victim to oracle manipulation attack
Rari Capital, a yield-maximising platform, suffered an oracle manipulation attack on Fuse Pool 23. The attacker drained the pool by adjusting the price of VUSD.
SQUID Fell for $3.38 Million
$SQUID, a fan token of the popular Korean Netflix series Squid Game, rug pulled investors for $3.38 Million through Tornado Cash.
The coin plummeted 99.99% after reaching its peak value of $2,861.80.
“More than 36,000 investors were defrauded in the crypto heist. According to CoinMarketCap, people were reported to be facing issues selling their $SQUID tokens during the price surge before the rug pull took place. The project deleted its social media handles.”
BXH experienced an exploit on the BSC Network
BXH, a decentralised trading platform, suffered an attack on the BSC network. Deposit and withdraw services were suspended for security reasons.
Chivo wallet was hacked by hackers
Chivo wallet, an El-Salvador government-led wallet to promote Bitcoin initiative’s, setting-up process was hacked by hackers.
The main cause of the issue is reported to be a faulty registration process. Residents claim that they were unable to open their accounts because their DUI number, a unique identification number, was used without consent.
More than 2 Million people have downloaded the wallet.
Vulnerability Writeups
→ C.R.E.A.M. Finance Post mortem: Flash Loan Exploit by CREAM Finance team.
→ Replaying Ethereum Hacks - Rari Fuse VUSD Price Manipulation by C Michel.
→ CREAM Finance Oracle Attack PoC by BlockSec Team.
DeFi Security
Top 10 Rules of DeFi Safety | How to Avoid getting Your Crypto Stolen by RugDoc.
DeFi in Numbers
The TVL (Total Value Locked) in DeFi hits a new all-time high of $236 Billion.
More From Editors Desk
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