Stories tagged “Hardware Wallets.”
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Hardware wallet sales in Russia have more than doubled in the first half of 2026, according to data from two major retailers, as the country prepares to introduce new crypto rules.
Ledger, a hardware wallet maker, says the recent Coldcard exploit should serve as a warning for the cryptocurrency industry. The company argues that independently certified hardware random number generators are essential for securely creating wallet recovery phrases.
A firmware bug in Coldcard wallets led to the theft of over $130 million in Bitcoin. The bug caused the devices to generate seeds from a software pseudo-random generator instead of the hardware chip, effectively shrinking the search space from 128 bits to roughly 40 on ol…
Hardware wallet manufacturers Trezor and Foundation have warned of a surge in phishing attempts targeting users of their devices, following the disclosure of a Coldcard firmware exploit. Scammers are chasing users' recovery phrases and pushing malicious downloads.
A large-scale hack of the Coldcard Bitcoin wallet has resulted in potential losses of over $114 million. The attack targeted the wallet's offline storage, allowing attackers to drain funds.
Major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ether, fell despite improving macro conditions, as a widening exploit of Coldcard hardware wallets drained nearly $89 million from thousands of addresses.
A five-year-old bug in Coldcard's seed-generation process has exposed a weakness in how hardware wallets are independently tested, according to Kraken's chief security officer. The flaw allowed attackers to exploit weak seed phrases generated by affected devices, impactin…
Binance founder Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao is warning crypto owners not to place blind faith in hardware wallets, following an exploit that drained tens of millions of dollars in Bitcoin from users. The exploit, which occurred due to a firmware build error in a March 2021 Coldca…
Over $70 million in bitcoin was stolen from nearly 1,200 Coldcard hardware wallets due to a firmware flaw that allowed attackers to recreate private keys offline. The attack did not require physical access to the devices.
A software bug in popular hardware wallet Coldcard led to the theft of nearly 600 bitcoin worth roughly $38 million, prompting questions about security and whether managing private keys has become too risky for everyday investors.