The FBI is seeking potential victims of a malware campaign involving eight Steam games that allegedly infected 8,000 devices, accessed 80 crypto wallets, and stole over $220,000. Zyaire Dontaevious Zamarion Wilkins was arrested in connection with financing and marketing the infected games.
US lawmakers introduce legislation to create a DOJ-led task force coordinating federal, state, and local investigations into cryptocurrency theft, scams, and digital asset crimes, amid over $11 billion in reported crypto-related losses in 2025.
North Korea-linked hackers stole about $2.06 billion of the $3.4 billion lost in crypto hacks in 2025 and are moving from phishing to physical infiltration, CertiK’s new report finds.
Federal prosecutors charged the trio with a multi-million dollar crypto theft scheme targeting victims across California.
Marlon Ferro, aka “GothFerrari,” broke into victims’ homes to steal hardware wallets when his co-conspirators couldn’t hack them remotely.
The plaintiff says Coinbase froze traceable assets from a 2024 DAI phishing theft but refused to return them without a court order.
Apple announced John Ternus will become CEO by Sept. 1, 2026, with Tim Cook moving to executive chairman. The leadership transition coincides with a major security crisis: cybersecurity researchers discovered 26 fraudulent crypto wallet apps impersonating MetaMask, Ledger, Trust Wallet, and Coinbase, linked to a malware campaign called SparkKitty. American musician G. Love lost 5.9 Bitcoin (~$436,000) after downloading a fake Ledger app, highlighting the immediate challenge facing Ternus.
Kelp DAO lost $292 million in a hack linked to North Korean state-backed actors, marking the largest crypto exploit of 2025. The incident, involving a configuration failure in LayerZero's infrastructure, has reignited industry debates over centralized asset freezing.
Hackers stole over $290 million in cryptocurrency from Kelp DAO, a yield-generating protocol, over the weekend. LayerZero, whose bridge was exploited in the attack, accused North Korea's TraderTraitor hacking group by Monday, citing preliminary indicators. This marks the largest crypto theft of 2026, following April's $285 million hack of crypto exchange Drift. The attackers exploited Kelp's security configuration that lacked multi-verification requirements for transactions.
Hackers stole over $290 million in cryptocurrency from Kelp DAO over the weekend, making it the largest crypto theft of 2026 so far. LayerZero, whose bridge was exploited in the attack, accused North Korea's TraderTraitor hacking group, citing preliminary indicators. The attackers exploited a security configuration that did not require multiple verifications for transactions. Kelp DAO has pushed back against LayerZero's blame.
