ChainCatcher news, according to a post by WatcherGuru, an American YouTuber discovered that the Taliban frequently trades Meme coins and is subject to rug pulls.

ChainCatcher News, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a lawsuit against two men from Beverly Hills and Ventura County, accusing them of conducting a "rug pull" scam through multiple NFT projects, involving more than $22 million. 23-year-old Gabriel Hay and Gavin Mayo are charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and stalking harassment among other offenses.It is reported that the two launched several NFT and digital asset projects, including Vault of Gems, Faceless, and Sinful Souls, between May 2021 and May 2024, deceiving investors through false advertising and misleading roadmaps. After a project manager exposed their identities, the two also harassed and intimidated him and his family.If convicted, the two defendants face up to 20 years in prison for each count of wire fraud and conspiracy, and up to 5 years for stalking harassment. The case is currently being investigated by the Baltimore field office of the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

OKLink released the November 2024 Security Report, which indicates that on-chain security incidents across the network have resulted in a total loss of approximately $203 million. Phishing scams alone accounted for 64.80% of the total losses, amounting to about $131 million, with no significant Rug Pull incidents reported. REKT incidents accounted for 22.06% of the losses, totaling approximately $45 million.On November 13, a user copied an incorrect address from contaminated transaction history, resulting in a loss of $129 million. An hour later, the attacker returned all the assets. On November 15, the v1 liquidity pool contract of the Aptos ecosystem project Thala was attacked due to a security vulnerability, causing a loss of $25.5 million. Subsequently, Thala negotiated with the attacker to recover all user assets through a $300,000 bounty.OKLink reminds everyone to carefully verify the receiving address when performing on-chain operations. Some users have lost over $100 million by copying incorrect addresses from contaminated transaction records. It is essential to double-check the recipient's address when conducting on-chain operations and avoid the habit of directly copying addresses from transaction records or chat logs. Additionally, learn to use Web3 on-chain tools to mitigate risks. OKLink provides tools for on-chain address queries, token authorization checks, and large transfer monitoring, ensuring on-chain security and keeping you informed of market trends, helping you overcome on-chain anxiety.

ChainCatcher message, SlowMist issued a security alert, the AI social aggregation platform OceansGallerie on the SUI network is at high risk, suspected of a Rugpull, please users remain vigilant.

ChainCatcher news, on-chain detective ZachXBT posted on X stating: "The SCALE, NTD, TPU, and OPSEC projects are all linked to the same person, Zopp0, who uses numerous KOLs shown in leaked messages to deceive traders. Zopp0 secretly pays others to promote OPSEC while participating in key decisions as an owner in private Telegram chats, including discussions about the lack of technical research. Earlier this year, I reported several KOLs promoting these AI GPU-related scams, as these scams dropped 90% in a single day. I have been monitoring these messages since April of this year, but ultimately never published them because when I previously warned people about the danger signals, I had to deal with angry token holders and well-paid KOLs. I believe now is a better time, as three of these projects have conducted Rug Pulls."

ChainCatcher news, on-chain detective ZachXBT posted on X stating: "The SCALE, NTD, TPU, and OPSEC projects are all associated with the same person, Zopp0, who utilizes multiple KOLs to harvest inexperienced traders.Zopp0 participates in key decisions behind the scenes as the owner of the OPSEC project, while paying others to act as 'spokespersons' and discussing technical shortcomings in private Telegram groups. Back in March 2024, ZachXBT privately questioned Zopp0, but he downplayed the concerns.Earlier this year, I reported several KOLs promoting these AI GPU-related scams, as these scams dropped 90% within a day. These KOLs include: CryptoGodJohn, TheCryptoKazi, Luke Belmar, Alex Becker, CryptoStasher, Crypto_TomTom.Since April 2024, I have been monitoring these messages, but ultimately never published them. I believe now is a better time, as three of these projects have conducted Rug Pulls."

ChainCatcher news, two men pleaded guilty in a U.S. court for a "Rug Pull" scam involving three Solana NFT projects in 2022, with amounts reaching $400,000. One has been convicted, while the other admitted to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering.The case involves the NFT projects "Undead Apes," "Undead Lady Apes," and "Undead Tombstone." The scammers used false statements to inflate project prices and attract investors. The projects raised nearly $400,000 in a short period. In April 2022, after minting 632 "Undead Tombstone" NFTs, the scammers suddenly shut down all project social accounts and cut off contact with the community, completing the "Rug Pull."

ChainCatcher news, the Scroll ecosystem stablecoin project Essence Finance is suspected to have undergone a Rug Pull, with its stablecoin CHI dropping 93.94% to $0.06 in the past 6 hours, and over $20 million in collateral is suspected to have been removed. The last post from its official X was on September 11. The project's audit report is from FEI Protocol V2.

ChainCatcher news, the Solana ecosystem Memecoin SHAR launched last night, reaching a market cap of over $50 million, and then plummeting to a market cap of $3 million, a drop of 95%.On-chain detective ZachXBT tweeted that the Meme token SHAR on Solana involves a conspiracy group and KOL manipulation.In response, crypto KOL 0XSun stated, "I did accept a collaboration for this project, but the reason I chose to collaborate was that after reviewing the materials initially, I felt this project was relatively reliable and had profit opportunities, rather than just for promotional fees. Moving forward, on one hand, I will contact CLS and some friends who may have information about the project party to try to get the project party to compensate for the losses, and on the other hand, I will also try to avoid such collaborations. In the future, for any paid promotional collaborations, I will clearly state this to ensure transparency."Previous news reported that according to Lookonchain monitoring, an insider sold 500 million SHAR (50% of the total supply) in a single transaction for 19,620 SOL ($3.38 million), causing the SHAR price to plummet by 96%.

ChainCatcher news, according to Beosin Alert monitoring and early warning, as of September 25, the total loss in the Web3 sector due to hacker attacks, phishing scams, and project Rug Pulls in Q3 2024 has reached $730 million. Among them, there were 23 major attack incidents, with a total loss of approximately $430 million; 3 project Rug Pull incidents, with a total loss of about $4.24 million; and total losses from phishing scams amounting to approximately $295 million.In terms of the types of attacked projects, the highest losses were incurred by CEX, with 3 attacks on CEX causing approximately $297 million in losses, accounting for about 40.6% of all attack losses.In terms of losses by chain, Ethereum remains the chain with the highest loss amount and the most attack incidents. 21 attacks and phishing incidents on Ethereum caused losses of $348 million, accounting for about 47.6% of the total losses.Regarding attack methods, there were 5 private key leakage incidents in Q3, resulting in losses of $305 million, accounting for about 41.7% of the total attack losses, making it the most prevalent type of attack.In terms of the flow of funds, only about $16.9 million of the stolen funds have been frozen or recovered. The vast majority (approximately 78.9%) of the stolen funds are still stored in the attackers' on-chain addresses.Compared to the same period in 2023, the total losses due to hacker attacks, phishing scams, and project Rug Pulls in Q3 2024 have slightly decreased to $730 million (the figure for Q3 2023 was $889 million). Factors such as the decline in cryptocurrency prices in Q3 2024 have had some impact on the reduction of the total amount, but overall, the situation in the Web3 security sector remains grim. Among the more than twenty attack incidents in Q3, 18 were still due to contract vulnerabilities, suggesting that project parties should seek professional security companies for audits before going live.

ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by blockchain security audit company Beosin Alert, shows that in July 2024, the loss amount from various security incidents significantly increased compared to June. In July 2024, there were over 20 typical security incidents, with total losses from hacker attacks, phishing scams, and Rug Pulls reaching $286 million, an increase of approximately 56.3% compared to June.Among these, attack incidents accounted for about $271 million, an increase of approximately 92.2%; phishing scam incidents accounted for about $12.1 million, a decrease of approximately 67.6%; and Rug Pull incidents accounted for about $3.58 million, a decrease of approximately 13.1%.The largest hacking incident in July came from the Indian exchange WazirX, with losses of about $230 million, accounting for 85% of the total amount from attack incidents that month. The second largest attack incident was LI.FI, which lost about $11.6 million due to a contract vulnerability. This month also saw multiple phishing scams and rug pull incidents exceeding one million dollars, and users need to remain vigilant.

ChainCatcher message, according to Cyvers Alerts monitoring, the project @ETHTrustFund_ on the Base chain (the account has been deactivated) experienced a Rug Pull, resulting in losses exceeding 2 million dollars (including 477 ETH and BRETT worth 488,000 dollars).

ChainCatcher message, Slow Mist published a security report in the crypto field on social platforms for last week (July 1 - July 7), with total losses exceeding 9 million dollars. The specific types of incidents and losses are as follows:Account Theft:Interlay (loss unknown);Sydney Sweeney (loss unknown);Information Leakage:Authy (loss unknown);Evolve Bank & Trust (loss unknown);Security Vulnerability:Bittensor Wallet (loss 8 million dollars)Rug Pull:Impersonating TRUMP (MAGA) (loss 957,552 dollars);Reentrancy Attack:MintRisesPrices (loss 59,000 dollars).

According to ChainCatcher news, monitoring and early warning from Beosin Alert shows that in the first half of 2024, the total losses in the Web3 field due to hacker attacks, phishing scams, and project rug pulls reached 1.54 billion USD. Among them, there were 78 major attack incidents, with 43 stemming from contract vulnerabilities, resulting in total losses of approximately 1.193 billion USD; there were 64 project rug pull incidents, with total losses of about 119 million USD; and phishing scams accounted for total losses of approximately 232 million USD.In the first half of 2024, there were 3 security incidents with losses exceeding 100 million USD. The total loss in May reached 450 million USD, making it the month with the highest losses in the first half of 2024.In terms of the types of attacked projects, the highest losses were from CEX, with 4 attacks on CEX causing approximately 392 million USD in losses, accounting for 32.8% of all attack losses.Regarding losses by chain, Ethereum remains the chain with the highest losses and the most attack incidents. 32 attack incidents on Ethereum resulted in losses of 470 million USD, accounting for 39.4% of the total losses.In terms of attack methods, there were a total of 22 private key leakage incidents in the first half of the year, causing losses of 894 million USD, which accounted for about 75% of the total attack losses, making it the most prevalent attack type.In terms of fund flow, approximately 470 million USD (39.3%) of the stolen funds were frozen or recovered. This proportion has significantly increased compared to 2023.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, famous rapper Curtis James Jackson III, known as "50 Cent," claims that his X account and website have been hacked. The hackers used his account to promote the meme token GUNIT and conducted a sell-off, scamming $300 million from victims.It is reported that the hackers leveraged 50 Cent's large following (approximately 12.9 million fans) to attract more investors and inflate the price, then executed a rug pull.

ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by blockchain security audit company Beosin Alert, the total loss from various security incidents in May 2024 increased compared to April. In May 2024, there were over 27 typical security incidents, with a total loss of 154 million USD due to hacker attacks, phishing scams, and Rug Pulls, an increase of about 52.5% compared to April. Among them, attack incidents accounted for about 54.51 million USD, an increase of about 3.7%; phishing scam incidents accounted for about 97.4 million USD, an increase of about 754%; and Rug Pull incidents accounted for about 2.04 million USD, a decrease of about 94.5%.This month, there were 2 hacker attack incidents with losses exceeding 10 million USD: the gaming platform Gala Games lost 22.5 million USD due to private key leakage, and Sonne Finance lost 20 million USD due to a contract vulnerability. This month saw a significant increase in phishing scams, with multiple phishing incidents resulting in losses exceeding 1 million USD, including one address poisoning scam with a loss of 72 million USD. The number of crypto crime cases continued to rise this month, with several cases involving amounts exceeding 100 million USD.

ChainCatcher message, according to monitoring by Shield, the address 0xbA2b...6Ba0C has conducted multiple Rug Pulls involving fraudulent token pools of Scroll, ZKS, Ultiverse (ULTI), and EigenLayer (EIGEN), stealing approximately $420,800 worth of WETH.