Aztec Hit by Second $2.1M Exploit in a Week as SlowMist Flags Ongoing Risk

SlowMist Reports $2.19M Theft from Deprecated Aztec Connect Contract

Crypto Approval Phishing Costs Billions as New Tools Fight Back

Deprecated Aztec Connect Contract Exploited, $2.1M Lost

Raydium Exploit Highlights $22.5M Wave of Legacy DeFi Contract Thefts

Raydium Reports $1.34 Million Exploit on Legacy AMM V3 Program

Anthropic's Claude Mythos AI Goes Public, Stirs DeFi Security Debate

AI-Powered Attacks Drain $36.7M from Unverified DeFi Contracts, Chainalysis Finds

Aave Proposes Stricter Risk Framework After KelpDAO Exploit

Yuga Labs Recovers 68 NFTs Worth $500K After Flooring Protocol Exploit

DeFi Hacks Keep Big Banks on the Sidelines Despite Blockchain Back-Office Interest

XRP Ledger Proposal Targets Flash Loan Attacks With New Liquidity Pool Safeguards

Aave Overhauls Asset-Listing Standards After $230M rsETH Exploit

DxSale Loses $7.3 Million in Exploit Targeting 2021 BNBChain Pools

XRPL Proposal Targets Flash Loan Attacks to Boost DeFi Security

XRP Ledger Proposal Targets Flash Loan Attacks, Network Architecture Called 'Structurally Immune'

OpenZeppelin Co-Founder Warns DeFi Is Unsafe, Urges Exit From Aave, Maker, Compound

AI Agents Can Spot DeFi Exploits but Struggle to Stop Them, a16z Study Finds

OpenZeppelin Distances Itself From Co-Founder's 'DeFi Unsafe' Claim

Top Security Exec Warns AI Is Now 'Superhuman' at Hacking DeFi

OpenZeppelin Founder Warns DeFi Is 'Unsafe' and Questions Auditing Practices

Base Launches MCP Gateway for Agent Tokenization and AI-Driven Commerce

Uniswap Phishing Site Drains $400K as FBI Reports Record Crypto Fraud Losses

Wallet Module Exploit Hits 86 Wallets; Squid Says Core Protocol Unaffected

Polymarket says user funds safe after $700,000 admin wallet breach

Map Protocol’s MAPO Token Plunges 96% After Quadrillion-Token Mint Via Cross-Chain Bridge Exploit

DeFi Exploits Surge in 2026, Costing Protocols Millions

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A fungal long non-coding RNA from Magnaporthe oryzae translocates into rice cells to sequester a host microRNA, facilitating infection and revealing a widespread RNA-based pathogen-host interaction mechanism.

Fungal RNA Hijack Study Sparks DeFi Security Warnings

Fungal lncRNA hijacking mechanism mirrors hidden DeFi attack vectors, suggesting undiscovered MEV-like exploits in crypto networks.

Echo Protocol Bridge Exploited on Monad, $816K Stolen in Admin Key Attack

Kraken Drops LayerZero for Chainlink CCIP Across Wrapped Asset Suite