A weekly, independent newsletter to capture the latest security news, tools, events, vulnerabilities, and threats in the cryptocurrency landscape by @iphelix
BlockThreat - Defending DeFi in the Age of AI Offensive Tooling
AI changes the timeline, but does it change the game? A reality check on offensive AI tooling, human audits, and defense before hype and panic harden into bad security decisions. ๐งต
BlockThreat - Week 21, 2026
$7.7M was stolen across 11 incidents this week.
10+ hacks a week is the new baseline.
This weekโs BlockThreat focuses on three attack vectors DeFi projects and security auditors should prioritize immediately.
Staying current in DeFi security means tracking:
294 Feeds
48 Chatrooms
1124 X accounts
13 Newsletters
8 Incident Repos
100+ News Stories
500+ Posts, Research Articles and Whitepapers
50+ Incident Alerts and Post-mortems
Every week.
You could hire a full-time analyst to read it all, filter the noise, connect the dots, and tell your team what actually matters for DeFi security.
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@Giveth@litecoin ๐ Multiple ecosystem security and incident reports show effects of AI in security
๐ฃ Latest supply chain, phishing, and malware campaigns
And much more in this week's edition.
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BlockThreat - Week 17, 2026
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๐ $24M stolen across 15 DeFi incidents this week
๐ช @litecoin hit with multiple infinite mint exploits
๐ธ Surprising rise in signature and oracle misconfiguration compromises
Another rough week. Hacks aren't slowing down. $24M stolen across 15 incidents. Signature forgery, private key theft, new phishing tactics, and two Litecoin infinite mint hacks we'll cover in detail.
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Over the past 7 years and 355 of weekly posts, @blockthreat continues to deliver high quality, curated threat intelligence on:
- Latest blockchain security research and tooling
- Major DeFi incidents, post-mortems, and indicators
- Phishing and Social Engineering tactics
- Industry news, threat actor profiles, and much more
- Actionable tips that cuts through the noise
It has become a trusted resources that 13,000+ auditors, defenders, on-chain sleuths, DeFi/CeFi teams and others keep coming back to year after year.
And more in a complete roundup of this weekโs hacks, phishing and malware campaigns, research, tools, and other essential threat intelligence:
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BlockThreat - Week 16, 2026
Never a dull day in crypto. 17 incidents with $329M in losses
๐ฐ๐ต TraderTraitor stole $292M from KelpDAO
๐ Multiple .fi crypto domains compromised
๐ฆ Kraken hit by ScatteredSpider
๐คก Hyperbridge made a bad joke
๐คฎ Rhea ate some bad tokens
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BlockThreat - Q1, 2026
๐ธ The busiest "bear market" quarter in DeFi security history: $192M stolen across 122 DeFi incidents.
๐ 50% increase in incident count and a new all-time record in incident count.
See the full report for more emerging threats, evolving attack patterns, and the security trends defenders and auditors should be tracking right now:
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