Refrigeration cyberattacks hit European retailers again, Patch Tuesday forecast
AI agents, botnets and security updates rounded up for the week.
AI agents, botnets and security updates rounded up for the week.
An attacker accessed part of Chainstack's production environment on October 31, 2026, gaining access to customer account information, email addresses, and password hashes.
Hackers stole more than $46 million from Brazil's largest crypto exchange in an incident that suspended deposits and withdrawals.
Chainalysis detects AI-driven attack exposing user IDs, names, and emails but not passwords or investigation data.
The FBI confirmed TraderTraitor state-sponsored hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance on or about October 29, 2026.
On October 29 attackers moved about $6.36 billion from Binance wallets; issuers later froze part of the funds.
TRM and Chainalysis blame North Korea's TraderTraitor, while Binance says it has not identified who is responsible and will cover losses.
Binance reports freezing about $3 billion, denies a private-key leak, and says it will cover losses.
Tracing firms suspect North Korea’s TraderTraitor, which Binance has not confirmed; about $2.8 billion, mostly stablecoins, has been frozen.
The exchange froze about $3bn, paused withdrawals, and says customer funds are covered; three firms blame TraderTraitor.
TRM and Chainalysis attribute the October 29 theft to North Korea’s TraderTraitor; Binance has not named a culprit.
Binance will cover user losses, and close to $3 billion has already been frozen on-chain.
TRM tracked $6.36 billion across ten chains in about 20 minutes; roughly $3 billion is frozen and $2.4 billion remains movable.
Binance froze withdrawals, says about $3 billion is frozen on-chain, and pledges to cover the losses.
Binance says it will cover losses; a preliminary laptop compromise and multi-billion-dollar freezes remain under investigation.
Binance blames a compromised DevOps laptop for unauthorized withdrawals and says SAFU will cover losses.
Assets moved across 20 blockchains in about 20 minutes; Binance says customer losses will be covered.
Dutch police seized dozens of servers in Limburg and recovered data on more than 3,000 customers; follow-up is underway.
Prosecutors say the host ignored abuse notices, offered to move infrastructure after law-enforcement requests, and took unhosted Bitcoin payments.
German, Dutch and UK agencies assisted; the operator said it could rebrand and resume within about a day.
Prosecutors say the host kept a forum online after child-exploitation notices and took unhosted bitcoin.
Prosecutors say Chui Kok Wa and five others stole more than $516,695 from 74 cryptocurrency wallets.
The U.K. sanctioned Cryptomus and related crypto platforms accused of laundering funds tied to Russian cybercrime.
Leaked chats show Silent Ransom Group recruiting U.S. operatives to physically infiltrate law firms and extort them.
Weekly ThreatsDay digest: OFAC sanctions Tren de Aragua ATM jackpotting network, blockchain malware dead drops surge, plus cache-poisoning and EDR-evasion research.
OFAC sanctioned 10 people over a Ploutus ATM-jackpotting scheme that US officials link to Tren de Aragua.
Bitget says suspected North Korea-linked hackers stole $351.6 million from hot and warm wallets.
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