Blockchain Threat Intelligence

A weekly, independent newsletter to capture the latest security news, tools, events, vulnerabilities, and threats in the cryptocurrency landscape by @iphelix

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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. 🧵

[Blockchain Threat Intelligence @blockthreat]

More here:

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BlockThreat - Week 21, 2026

$7.7M was stolen across 11 incidents this week.

10+ hacks a week is the new baseline.

This week’s BlockThreat focuses on three attack vectors DeFi projects and security auditors should prioritize immediately.

[Peter Kacherginsky @iphelix]

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.

... or you could subscribe to @blockthreat

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@Giveth @litecoin 🔖 Multiple ecosystem security and incident reports show effects of AI in security
🎣 Latest supply chain, phishing, and malware campaigns

And much more in this week's edition.

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BlockThreat - Week 17, 2026

💙 Support @blockthreat on @Giveth security round

📈 $24M stolen across 15 DeFi incidents this week
🪙 @litecoin hit with multiple infinite mint exploits
💸 Surprising rise in signature and oracle misconfiguration compromises

[Peter Kacherginsky @iphelix]

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.

The new @blockthreat edition is locked and loaded for the morning release.

[Peter Kacherginsky @iphelix]

🚨 BlockThreat is now LIVE in the Ethereum Security Quadratic Funding round on @Giveth🛡️

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.

[Peter Kacherginsky @iphelix]

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[Blockchain Threat Intelligence @blockthreat]

And more in a complete roundup of this week’s hacks, phishing and malware campaigns, research, tools, and other essential threat intelligence:

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[Blockchain Threat Intelligence @blockthreat]

BlockThreat - Week 16, 2026

Never a dull day in crypto. 17 incidents with $329M in losses

🇰🇵 TraderTraitor stole $292M from KelpDAO
📃 Multiple .fi crypto domains compromised
🏦 Kraken hit by ScatteredSpider
🤡 Hyperbridge made a bad joke
🤮 Rhea ate some bad tokens

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BlockThreat - Week 15, 2026

Enjoy a bit of peace and quiet before the next storm rolls in.

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[Blockchain Threat Intelligence @blockthreat]

I hope it inspires you to learn more about your adversaries, their capabilities, tactics, and best way to defend yourself.

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BlockThreat - Week 14, 2026

📈 $290M stolen, 14 hacks

🇰🇵 DPRK executes largest hack this year. @DriftProtocol lost $285M in a multi-sig hijacking attack

🐛 Multiple supply chain attacks. Axios package with 100M downloads compromised by DPRK

☢️ Uranium Finance hacker arrested

[Blockchain Threat Intelligence @blockthreat]

Left to Right Continued
- CryptoCore (Sapphire Sleet, UNC1069)
- TraderTraitor (Jade Sleet, UNC4899)
- AppleJeus (Citrine Sleet, UNC4736)

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For up to date Top 10 Attack Vectors,

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BlockThreat - Q1, 2026

💸 The busiest "bear market" quarter in DeFi security history: $192M stolen across 122 DeFi incidents.

📈 50% increase in incident count and a new all-time record in incident count.

[Blockchain Threat Intelligence @blockthreat]

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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