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Bitget TradFi Chief Growth Officer Xie Jiayin issued an update on the platform's security incident, stating that the withdrawal time will be announced before noon tomorrow. The security team has identified the hacker's attack path and methods, and has grasped the details of how the attacker bypassed security measures, coming very close to tracing the source of the attack. The incident investigation by third-party security teams Mandiant and SlowMist is still ongoing, with a detailed report pending from the security team.On-chain tracking confirms that approximately $387.5 million has been transferred to the hacker's address, previously estimated at $351.6 million. This revision includes ZEC and TRX, and no other unauthorized transfers have been found. Xie Jiayin stated that the stolen funds at the platform level will be fully covered by the Bitget User Protection Fund, ensuring that user assets are not subject to any losses.Bitget has officially launched a fund recovery bounty program, offering a 5% bounty for voluntarily freezing the attacker’s funds and a 5% bounty for voluntarily recovering funds. The bounty also applies to assistance already provided. The platform has published the attacker's address, a real-time tracking dashboard, and a submission portal, with relevant information also available for submission through Bybit's Lazarus bounty platform.

According to Cointelegraph, blockchain security company SlowMist stated that its investigation has not linked the recent security warning caused by the iPhone Safari attack to confirmed cryptocurrency theft incidents.SlowMist told Cointelegraph that it has not independently confirmed any victims affected by the specific Safari attack samples it analyzed, and the strongest technical evidence it possesses covers iOS versions 18.4 to 18.6.2. The company stated that the reported impact range of "iOS 13 to 26.5" should be regarded as a preliminary assessment, and it tends to avoid claiming that iOS 26.5 is affected until reproducible technical evidence is obtained.SlowMist pointed out that the Safari attack reused the previously disclosed DarkSword exploit chain technology, which is independent of another investigation involving malicious components embedded in App Store applications called FomoPeek. The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) disclosed DarkSword in March, describing it as an iOS exploit chain used by multiple threat actors since November 2025.

Malicious iOS application FomoPeek has been found to contain multiple kernel exploit modules that can bypass Apple's sandbox and access sensitive wallet data from other applications, and is linked to a theft incident involving nearly $580,000 in cryptocurrency assets. Blockchain security company SlowMist stated that the application is distributed through the Apple App Store. The company noted that the affected versions were released on September 9 and September 12, and the application contains two malicious modules that can gain higher privileges and access Keychain data and files from other applications.Version 1.3, released on September 17, has removed the related malicious components. SlowMist and the OKX security team investigated and found that the related attack framework includes 8 types of attack methods, supporting iOS versions 12 to 18.7.2 and 26 to 26.1. On-chain analysis shows that a hacker address related to the incident received approximately 580,000 USDT, and the funds were subsequently transferred through multiple addresses and services, with some flowing to FixedFloat, KuCoin, and cce.cash.

The Chief Information Security Officer of the blockchain security company SlowMist, 23pds, stated that attackers are exploiting the Darksword vulnerability to bypass iOS security mechanisms through Safari, gaining control of devices and extracting private keys and other data from self-hosted cryptocurrency wallets. This vulnerability has been used in attacks targeting users in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Malaysia, and Ukraine. The Google Threat Intelligence Group previously disclosed that Darksword initially only affected iOS versions 18.4 to 18.7.23pds noted that attackers have adapted it to iOS 26.5, but this assessment has not yet been officially verified. Attacks typically begin with social engineering, where users click on malicious links sent via social media or messaging applications, potentially granting Root access to the device and extracting wallet data. Users should promptly update their mobile systems and avoid visiting website links sent by strangers; additionally, three investors have lost nearly 1.8 million dollars in Bitcoin due to downloading fake wallet applications from the official Apple App Store and have filed a lawsuit against Apple.

SlowMist released a security warning stating that it has recently received multiple reports of FomoPeek users' assets being stolen. After a joint investigation with the OKX security team, it was found that some affected users had previously installed or used FomoPeek versions 1.1 to 1.2, which contained malicious code. SlowMist stated that there are modules in FomoPeek unrelated to normal business, one of which includes a kernel exploit framework targeting the iOS system, supporting eight different attack methods that can automatically select the exploitation method based on device model and iOS version. Affected systems include iOS 12 to 18.7 and iOS 26 to 26.1. If the exploitation is successful, the application may break through the iOS sandbox and access and decrypt Keychain data, leading to the leakage of private keys, mnemonic phrases, login credentials, and other sensitive files. In addition, FomoPeek also connects to hidden servers unrelated to its public services and can receive remote commands. SlowMist indicated that its analysis of captured plaintext traffic shows that the related attack functions are currently enabled and will run automatically on a regular basis. SlowMist recommends that users who have installed or used FomoPeek versions 1.1 to 1.2 immediately check for any anomalies in their assets, generate new private keys and mnemonic phrases on trusted devices that have never installed the application, and transfer assets to new accounts as soon as possible, while also upgrading to the latest iOS version and not continuing to use or reinstall FomoPeek.

According to SlowMist's security alert, the AtomicQueue contract of ether.fi was exploited due to the lack of access control in the solve() function, resulting in approximately 15.45 ETH being stolen.The attacker created malicious requests using updateAtomicRequest(), forcing the victim's address to act as the solver. Subsequently, AtomicQueue called the victim's finishSolve and executed want.transferFrom, abusing the victim's existing ERC-20 authorization to transfer funds. SlowMist has privately disclosed the attacker’s address and the vulnerability contract address to the ether.fi team.

According to SlowMist's monitoring, the GebProxyActions contract suffered a loss of approximately 5.9436 ETH due to a lack of caller access control. Affected users previously called GebProxyActions.quitSystem directly instead of through a DSProxy delegated call, resulting in ownsSAFE[safe] being set to the GebProxyActions contract.The attacker directly called GebProxyActions.quitSystem(manager, safe, dst), bypassing the safeAllowed check of GebSafeManager and transferring the collateral to themselves.

SlowMist announced that a new recruitment scam targeting Web3 practitioners has recently been discovered. Attackers impersonate recruiters, luring victims to install an AI meeting software called "Relay," which is actually an information-stealing malware.This malware targets both macOS and Windows users and can steal sensitive information such as browser credentials, cryptocurrency wallet-related data, Keychain data, Telegram sessions, and more. SlowMist has completed sample analysis and disclosed how this attack chain operates. SlowMist reminds that when participating in online interviews or recruitment processes, one should be cautious about installing unfamiliar software, avoid running unverified applications, and pay attention to unusual installation requests or system password prompts.

According to official news, OKX, in collaboration with Elliptic, SlowMist, and OttoSec, has released the "Web3 Security and Risk Control Report for the First Half of 2026." The report points out that the focus of Web3 attacks is gradually shifting from smart contract code to more complex scenarios such as signature processes, user devices, operational infrastructure, and AI Agents.Data shows that in the first half of 2026, the OKX risk control system intercepted over 5.7 million high-risk transactions, including approximately 2.41 million transactions related to hacking and theft, about 1.48 million transactions related to phishing, and around 990,000 transactions related to fraud. The OKX Web3 on-chain intelligence label library currently has over 1 billion labels, covering more than 420 chains, and has integrated capabilities such as address screening, transaction monitoring, and sanction address control into infrastructures like DEX and Exchange OS.In addition, in terms of user protection, OKX has intercepted over 7 million visits to risky websites, completed over 200,000 device risk assessments, identified over 60,000 high-risk apps, and intercepted or alerted on over 4 million high-risk signature operations. The report also introduces the "risk control pre-positioning" design in scenarios such as Exchange OS, Outcomes, RWA, and Agentic Wallet.

SlowMist issued a security alert, detecting a coordinated malicious npm supply chain attack. The attackers utilized fake trading bot repositories and DeFi-themed npm packages to deploy JavaScript information stealers, targeting npm users, DeFi developers, and trading bot users.This attack involved 30 malicious npm packages, among which stake-math@3.5.4 appeared as a locked dependency in the donoaccestag/forex-mt5-trading-bot repository. This repository presented approximately 2300 highly homogeneous bulk-generated forks, mostly concentrated under the poly-stocks account, with signals being exceptionally clear. The sensitive data that attackers could steal is extensive, including cryptocurrency wallet libraries, browser cookies and saved passwords, browsing history, developer credentials, shell history, password manager libraries, private keys, mnemonic phrases, and API tokens exposed in source code.SlowMist recommends that developers immediately remove the affected npm packages, audit package.json and package-lock.json, and check CI logs for any of the 30 malicious packages; consider any system that has executed npm install as potentially compromised, rotate all exposed wallets, private keys, npm tokens, cloud credentials, SSH keys, and API tokens, and rebuild the affected environment from a clean image.

SlowMist has issued a security alert, detecting an active npm supply chain attack targeting @redhat-cloud-services related packages. Currently, over 31 packages have been confirmed affected, with a weekly download volume of approximately 116,000 times, and stolen credentials exist in more than 300 GitHub repositories. This attack method is highly similar to the previous "Shai-Hulud" npm attack, including credential theft, creation of malicious repositories, and automated secret leakage. New suspicious repositories continue to emerge, indicating that the attack is still ongoing, and developers are still being continuously infected.Potential harms include: theft of GitHub/npm tokens, leakage of AWS/GCP/Azure cloud credentials, collection of SSH keys and Kubernetes secrets, leakage of local environment and wallet data, creation of malicious repositories and persistence operations, and even potentially destructive actions after tokens are revoked. It is recommended to immediately remove or downgrade affected @redhat-cloud-services package versions, conduct a comprehensive audit of CI/CD workflows and dependency installations, rotate all GitHub, npm, cloud service, SSH, and wallet-related keys, retain logs, and rebuild exposed developer machines or Runners from clean images while maintaining a high level of vigilance.

According to SlowMist monitoring, the ONTR token contract has an access control vulnerability due to the onlyOwner modifier, resulting in a loss of 49.4801 WETH, worth approximately $98,000. The attacker (0xe806...b760) exploited this vulnerability by calling transferOwnership() to set the attacker contract as the owner when the owner was address(0) through permission checks, then called desertJasper() to add hidden balances to the queue, and subsequently called glenFlash() to execute ashBud(), directly increasing the address balance by 1e30 basic units without increasing the totalSupply. The attacker transferred the inflated tokens to PancakePair (0xd46d...83fd) and exchanged them for WETH through swap().

According to the blockchain security organization SlowMist (@SlowMist_Team), a highly complex npm worm named "Mini Shai-Hulud" is spreading through well-known developer projects such as TanStack, UiPath, and DraftLab, as monitored by their threat monitoring system MistEye. Attackers hijack GitHub credentials to publish malicious packages disguised as legitimate updates, embedding a hidden script router_init.js that runs silently in CI/CD environments like GitHub Actions, specifically designed to steal CI/CD keys, cloud infrastructure keys, and cryptocurrency wallet information, using GitHub's own infrastructure for data exfiltration.SlowMist has synchronized relevant threat intelligence (IOC) with clients and recommends that projects using the affected packages immediately check their CI/CD pipelines for the presence of the router_init.js file, rotate all exposed GitHub, cloud service, and cryptocurrency credentials, and continuously monitor for abnormal background activities in the development environment.

According to the threat intelligence released by the SlowMist security team, its threat intelligence system MistEye has received community feedback regarding an active social engineering attack targeting cryptocurrency users.The attackers contact target users under the pretext of project collaboration, luring them to use a counterfeit "Harmony Voice" software (domain: harmony-voice[.]app) for so-called real-time translation, which is actually malware. SlowMist has synchronized the relevant threat intelligence (IOC) to its corporate clients.

According to SlowMist monitoring, the scammers who obtained 50 million USDT through a "transfer record poisoning attack" began to transfer the funds within 30 minutes after receiving them.The scammer first exchanged 50 million USDT for DAI via MetaMask Swap, then converted all DAI into 16,690 ETH, and finally deposited all the funds into the mixing service Tornado Cash. Previously, it was reported that a user suffered a loss of approximately 50 million dollars due to a "transfer record poisoning attack."

ChainCatcher message, the blockchain security agency SlowMist stated that it has detected an attack on the token SIL created by Andre Cronje four years ago.

ChainCatcher news, SlowMist founder Yu Xian tweeted that the hacker of the UXLINK project may have been targeted by the Inferno Drainer phishing gang.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, KiloEx announced that its partner SlowMist has prepared two audit plans:Complete audit by SlowMist before KiloEx goes live again: This audit is expected to take about 45 days to ensure comprehensive security guarantees.Preliminary permission audit by SlowMist: SlowMist will first audit the permission mechanism of the protocol to prevent similar attack incidents from occurring. KiloEx will decide whether to go live again based on the results of the preliminary permission audit, and then SlowMist will continue with a comprehensive audit of the protocol logic and economic model. The required time is still being assessed, but it will be significantly shorter than 45 days.KiloEx understands the community's urgent feelings about going live again, so it has decided to choose plan two—starting with the initial permission audit. Once the audit results are out, KiloEx will announce the timeline for going live again as soon as possible.

ChainCatcher message, according to the official announcement from SlowMist, the team has detected potential suspicious activities related to the $MIN token (BSC chain) and reminds users to stay vigilant and pay attention to the safety of their funds.