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Malicious Chrome Extension ”Bull Checker” Bypasses Solana Security, Drains User Wallets

Decentralized exchange aggregator Jupiter has issued a warning to users about a malicious Chrome extension called “Bull Checker” that has successfully bypassed Solana security measures and drained the wallets of several users. According to an Aug. 20 post by Jupiter’s pseudonymous founder Meow, the extension targets Solana users on Reddit and is falsely promoted as a tool to view specific meme coin holders. Bull Checker Extension Able To get Past Solana Drainer Checks Meow said the extension was able to bypass Solana simulation checks to “appear normal.” He subsequently urged his followers to immediately remove the browser add-on if they installed it.  Over the past few days, our team and mods headed by @0xSoju & @0xYankee have spent endless hours trying to find out the root cause of some attacks on Solana DeFi users. With the help of @offside_labs, @blowfishxyz & others, we have identified a malicious extension called "Bull… ht...

Breaking: Ankr confirms exploit, asks for immediate trading halt

The decentralized-finance protocol said it is working with exchanges to immediately halt trading of its BNB staking rewards token, aBNBc. BNB Chain-based decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Ankr has confirmed it has been hit by a multi-million dollar exploit on Dec. 1. The attack appeared to be first discovered by on-chain security analyst PeckShield at approximately 12:35 am UTC on Dec. 2.  Within an hour of the attack, Ankr confirmed on Twitter that the aBNB token has been exploited and that they’re working with exchanges to immediately halt trading of the compromised token. Our aBNB token has been exploit ed, and we are currently working with exchanges to immediately halt trading . — Ankr (@ankr) December 2, 2022 The attacker was purportedly able to mint 20 trillion Ankr Reward Bearing Staked BNB (aBNBc), a reward-bearing token for BNB staked on the protocol. According to a Twitter post from on-chain Analysis firm Lookonchain, the exploit er has since used services such a...