Crypto phishing can start with an email sent from a company’s legitimate domain. On September 9, 2026, 347,149 subscribers to Trezor’s mailing list received an email with the subject line “Critical Security Alert: STM32 Entropy Vulnerability.” It claimed that a microcontroller flaw could cause the wallet to generate predictable backups and urged users to check …

Dirty crypto refers to funds whose transaction history is linked to illicit or high-risk activity. According to the Chainalysis Crypto Crime Report 2026, illicit cryptocurrency addresses received at least $154 billion in 2025, up 162% from the previous year. Stablecoins accounted for 84% of that volume: criminals use them for many of the same reasons …

Approve, Permit and WalletConnect are common DeFi mechanisms that can give a contract permission to interact with your assets. Crypto security usually starts with protecting your seed phrase: keep it offline, never enter it on random websites, and never share it with anyone. But that alone is not enough if you approve a permission or …

17 серпня 2026 року Reuters опублікувало матеріал про справу російського ІТ-фахівця Юрія Бєлєнького. Після запиту російського Слідчого комітету Binance передала відомості про його акаунт і перекази, а слідство отримало дані про транзакції, про які раніше не знало. Ознак злому чи витоку бази тут немає: інформацію надала сама криптобіржа у відповідь на запит російських силовиків. На …

What is a passphrase and why does a hardware wallet owner need one? Start with the basic setup: a standard hardware wallet generates a 12- or 24-word seed phrase. The classic Ledger setup and most modern configurations use 24 words. This is enough as long as the seed does not leak and nobody physically forces …

From “trust, but verify” to “do not trust — verify”. $14 billion. That is how much crypto scammers received in 2025 according to confirmed on-chain data from Chainalysis. The real figure is higher: analysts expect the total to exceed $17 billion as new wallets that were not previously flagged as fraudulent continue to be identified …

What is a VPN, and what does it actually do? VPNs have become a familiar privacy tool, but their capabilities are often misunderstood. Some people turn one on only to access a blocked website, others expect complete anonymity, and some install the first free VPN they find and use it for their primary accounts. A …

On July 30, 2026, a series of thefts began from Bitcoin wallets whose seeds had been created on vulnerable versions of Coldcard firmware. During the first major incident, 1,082.65 BTC was drained from 1,196 addresses in just 41 minutes. The attackers did not need physical access to a Coldcard, phishing, or a transaction signed by …

A hardware wallet firmware update often feels like a minor thing: people buy a hardware wallet so it can sit in a drawer and not cause problems. Most of the time, that is exactly what happens — until the app suddenly says that a firmware update is available. That is where users tend to split …