On March 22nd, Google issued an emergency security update for its Chrome browser as 3.2 billion users were potentially at risk of being attacked. This update highlighted a single security vulnerability that could have a big impact on everyone, but specifically crypto users.
Not much is publicly known at this stage about CVE-2022-1096 other than it is a “Type Confusion in V8.” This refers to the JavaScript engine employed by Chrome. The security flaw includes the open-source Chromium Project and it’s possible this update comes as a response to users reporting their crypto ‘hot wallets’ being hacked through a browser.
Earlier this week, Arthur Cheong, the founder of DeFiance Capital and a known crypto whale announced via Twitter that his crypto wallet had been hacked causing him to lose over $1.5 million USD in tokens and NFTs.
Found out the likely root cause for the exploit, it’s a targeted social engineering attack. Received a spear-phishing email that really seems to be sen
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