8 stories about Vulnerability from across the crypto press, curated and summarized daily. Most recent: Oct 29, 2026.
Bitcoin Core has publicly disclosed three flaws identified with help from a language-model scan that could crash nodes running on Windows and Mac. They are the first bugs disclosed under new rules for vulnerabilities considered easy to rediscover, rather than keeping them secret for a long embargo.
The XRP Ledger was patched to fix a critical integer-overflow bug, dormant since 2015, that could have let an attacker mint spendable XRP beyond the token's total supply. Researchers demonstrated the exploit, prompting an emergency software release.
A critical flaw in the Zilliqa Ledger app allows attackers to reconstruct users' private keys using onchain data. Users are urged to stop using the app until a fix is available.
A security flaw called 'Ill Bloom' could expose thousands of crypto wallets to theft. The issue stems from weak recovery phrase generation, potentially affecting multiple blockchains. Coinspect, a blockchain security firm, discovered the vulnerability.
Frontier AI models have evolved into bug-finding tools, uncovering vulnerabilities across the tech world—and now in crypto too. A recent discovery in Zcash's code highlights how AI is becoming a key asset in cybersecurity.
The price of Zcash cratered following the disclosure of a serious vulnerability for the privacy coin. Can ZEC make a comeback anytime soon?
A security researcher discovered a critical vulnerability in Zcash that could have enabled unlimited counterfeit coin creation. The bug was fixed within days, and findings suggest that actual exploitation of the bug is unlikely. ZEC's price dropped 31% on the news.
Zcash disclosed a flaw that allowed undetectable counterfeiting of its privacy coin, ZEC, causing its price to drop 38%. The vulnerability has sparked renewed debate about the risks of privacy-focused cryptocurrencies.