Blockaid

Blockaid

2026-10-13 02:56:55

Blockaid co-founder says onchain security incidents have been hitting new monthly highs

Web3 security platform Blockaid is seeing a sharp rise in attack activity, according to co-founder Ido Ben-Natan. In a post on X, Ben-Natan said the number of onchain cybersecurity incidents has continued to set record highs month after month since the company released its first-half report in August. He said attacks on onchain infrastructure offer the highest returns for hackers when the goal is financial gain, and warned that the pattern could worsen as AI agents gain access to larger pools of capital. Fortune separately reported that Ben-Natan described Blockaid as being at its busiest point ever, citing a major increase in hacking activity as one reason. In a separate report, Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik said he expects trading crypto through AI agents, rather than by manually clicking through interfaces, to become the norm by 2028.

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LayerZero

2026-10-09 13:07:43

LayerZero and Blockaid launch Bridge Sentinel for cross-chain message screening

LayerZero has partnered with Blockaid to roll out Bridge Sentinel, a security-focused network for cross-chain messaging. Operated by Blockaid, the system is structured as a Decentralized Verifier Network, or DVN. Its role is to screen cross-chain messages before they are verified, using real-time threat intelligence to identify fake source events, malicious counterparties, and the movement of stolen funds. The launch adds a security check ahead of message validation rather than after the fact. Asset issuers using LayerZero’s Omnichain Fungible Token, or OFT, standard can choose to include Bridge Sentinel in their DVN configuration. The announcement, reported by Odaily, centers on giving issuers an optional security layer tied to LayerZero’s existing cross-chain infrastructure.

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Onyx

2026-10-06 21:36:26

Onyx Treasury Moves 620 Million XCN as Ethereum Treasury Balance Falls to About 1.89 Million

According to The Defiant, the Onyx treasury moved 620 million XCN tokens in a transfer tied to a migration proposal the project had previously promoted publicly. After the transfer, only about 1.89 million XCN remained in its Ethereum treasury contract. The large movement took place as Blockaid issued an exploit alert. The report, cited by ChainCatcher, links the transaction directly to the earlier migration plan and notes the sharp reduction in the treasury contract’s remaining XCN balance. No further details were provided in the brief on the destination of the tokens or on any additional steps tied to the migration.

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Base

2026-10-04 10:02:41

PeckShield says losses in Base vault exploit have widened to about $6 million

Losses tied to a vault exploit in the Base ecosystem have risen to about $6 million, according to blockchain security firm PeckShield, which said the amount is roughly equal to 1,783 wstETH. The update follows an earlier alert cited by Foresight News from Blockaid, which said it had detected an ongoing attack against an unnamed vault on Base. Blockaid said a new contract had been added to the vault’s whitelist, after which the attacker borrowed aBaswstETH from the vault and sent the resulting aTokens to the contract. At the earlier stage of the incident, about $2.02 million had already been drained from the vault across roughly four transactions. The latest figure from PeckShield indicates the losses have since expanded materially. No additional details on the identity of the vault were provided in the source material.

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Blockaid

2026-10-04 09:34:54

Blockaid says unnamed vault on Base is under attack, with about $2.02 million drained

Blockaid said it detected an active exploit involving an unnamed vault on Base. According to the security firm, a new contract was added to the vault’s whitelist, after which the attacker borrowed aBaswstETH from the vault and sent the resulting aTokens to that contract. The reported loss has reached about $2.02 million so far, across roughly four transactions. Blockaid also said the attack was still ongoing at the time of its post. No further details on the identity of the vault were disclosed in the source material.

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Base

2026-10-04 09:40:56

Blockaid flags ongoing vault exploit on Base with about $2.02 million stolen

A vault on Base is under attack, according to monitoring by security firm Blockaid cited by ChainCatcher. The attacker reportedly added a newly deployed contract to the vault whitelist, then borrowed aBaswstETH from the vault and moved the assets to an attacker-controlled contract. Blockaid said the exploit was still ongoing at the time of the report. So far, about four transactions have led to losses of roughly $2.02 million. No additional details about the vault, the attacker, or any mitigation steps were disclosed in the source brief.

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Ethereum

2026-09-25 08:35:45

Blockaid warns of ongoing attack on Limit Break on Ethereum, with about $1.7 million in NFTs stolen

Blockaid said Limit Break on Ethereum is facing an ongoing attack tied to Limit Break Payment Processor V2. According to the security firm, the attacker is impersonating NFT holders and buying already approved NFTs at a zero price. So far, roughly three transactions have resulted in the theft of NFTs worth about $1.7 million. Blockaid urged users who previously approved Payment Processor V2 as an NFT Operator to revoke that approval immediately. It added that canceling listings or changing the Master Nonce does not remove the permission, meaning affected users may remain exposed unless the operator approval itself is revoked. The alert focuses on authorization risk tied to previously granted permissions rather than listing status alone.

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Fetch.ai

2026-09-20 01:05:02

Fetch.ai Ethereum contract attack causes about $2.01 million in losses

Fetch.ai’s Ethereum contract is under an ongoing attack, according to monitoring data from Blockaid. The security firm said the incident was still unfolding at the time of its disclosure, with total losses estimated at about $2.01 million. Of that amount, roughly $1.56 million in FET was stolen from a token conversion contract, while another $452,000 in NTX was maliciously minted. Blockaid said the attacker exploited a valid conversion authorization signature in the conversionIn function of TokenConversionManagerV3. Using that signature, the attacker was able to drain the remaining FET inventory held in the converter. The same attacker wallet then went on to mint a large amount of NTX from the NuNet deployer account. The disclosure points to two separate asset impacts within the same incident: stolen FET and newly minted NTX. No additional remediation details, recovery measures, or final loss figures were provided in the source at the time of publication.

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