ChainCatcher message, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit has issued a notice regarding multiple recent fraud cases involving impersonation of former and current Upbit employees. The scammers showcase forged work IDs on social media, falsely claiming to be "employees of Upbit three years ago," and approach victims under the pretext of "providing business model consulting." Additionally, there are scammers impersonating current employees, spreading false information about coin listings.An Upbit representative stated, "Photos of employee IDs have never been made public; all published employee IDs are forged," and emphasized that all information related to trading support is only released through official announcements. They urged users to remain vigilant and report suspicious activities through official channels.

ChainCatcher News, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the UAE-registered crypto market maker CLS Global has agreed to plead guilty, admitting to providing "wash trading" services for the undercover law enforcement-created virtual project NexFundAI during July-August 2024, executing self-trades across multiple wallets through algorithms to fabricate trading volume to attract investors.Company employees admitted in a video conference: "This is wash trading, and we have done this for many clients." If the court approves the plea agreement, CLS Global will pay a fine of $428,059 and forfeited cryptocurrency, and will be banned from participating in the U.S. cryptocurrency market. The company has over 50 overseas employees, primarily providing crypto-related services to U.S. investors.

ChainCatcher message, CertiK Alert posted that the Hologram team has confirmed that the Holoworld AI X account has been compromised. Users are advised to be cautious about security and not to interact with this account.

ChainCatcher news, Slowmist has released the "2024 Blockchain Security and Anti-Money Laundering Annual Report." In 2024, a total of 410 security incidents occurred, with losses reaching up to $2.013 billion. Compared to 2023 (a total of 464 incidents, with losses of approximately $2.486 billion), the losses decreased by 19.02% year-on-year.From the project track perspective, DeFi remains the most attacked area. In 2024, there were a total of 339 DeFi security incidents, accounting for 82.68% of the total security incidents, with losses reaching up to $1.029 billion. Compared to 2023 (a total of 282 incidents, with losses of approximately $773 million), the losses increased by 33.12% year-on-year.From the ecosystem perspective, Ethereum had the highest losses, reaching $465 million. The second was BSC, with losses of $87.35 million. In terms of incident causes, contract vulnerabilities led to the most security incidents, totaling 99, resulting in losses of approximately $214 million. The second most common cause was account hacks. With the support of InMist intelligence network partners, in 2024, SlowMist assisted clients, partners, and publicly hacked incidents in freezing funds totaling over $112 million.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, the Web3.0 security company CertiK has recently released the "Hack3d: 2024 Annual Security Report."The report shows that in 2024, the total losses in the Web3.0 sector due to security incidents exceeded $2.363 billion, with a year-on-year increase of 31.61%. A total of 760 security incidents occurred throughout the year, with phishing and private key leaks being the two main attack methods, causing losses of $1.05 billion and $855 million, respectively. Losses from phishing attacks accounted for nearly 50% of the total losses for the year, making it the biggest threat to industry security.