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One Compromised Laptop Opened a Path to Binance's $6.3 Billion Loss

A compromised employee laptop became the starting point for a reported $6.3 billion theft from Binance. Disclosures say the attackers reached an internal service container that could initiate withdrawals, then gained approval authority over a hot wallet through additional compromise points and an Ethereum…

Daily Cyber News2026-11-03Audio briefing selected

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Linux cluster trust gap can hand attackers control of hosts

Exposed LXD and Incus management interfaces can let remote attackers impersonate trusted clients and control clusters or managed virtual machines. The certificate-checking process proved ownership of one certificate but trusted other attacker-supplied certificates in the same chain. An attacker could…

Compliance2026-10-30

Third-party script breach drains funds and halts Polymarket trading

Polymarket temporarily halted trading after a compromised third-party service distributed cryptocurrency-draining JavaScript through its website. The malicious script used authenticated sessions to liquidate positions or transfer user assets. Approximately $2.5 million was traced through a suspected…

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