Certik’s latest report reveals that malicious actors stole digital assets worth $753 million in 155 security incidents during the third quarter. Although the security incidents were 27 fewer, the value of stolen digital assets increased by 9.5%. The Q3 losses bring the total value of digital assets stolen by cybercriminals in 2024 to approximately $2 billion.

While Web3 players continue to strengthen their security systems, the Certik report asserts that the rising loss level indicates hackers are becoming more sophisticated. Phishing was identified as the most costly attack vector in the quarter, with $343,099,650 stolen in 65 incidents.

Commenting on this attack vector and prevention measures that Web3 platforms can take, the Certik report said:

These attacks typically involve bad actors posing as legitimate entities to trick users into revealing sensitive information, such as login credentials. To prevent falling victim to these attacks, users should be wary of unsolicited messages asking for private information, double-check website URLs and email addresses, and enable two-factor authentication (2FA).

Private key compromises were the next most costly vector, with $324.4 million lost in just 10 incidents. Across the remaining top ten attacks, losses ranged from $39.6 million due to code vulnerability exploits to approximately $175,000 lost after hackers breached access controls.

When assessing losses by chain, the report data indicates the Ethereum network accounted for just over half of the total losses, with $387.8 million siphoned in 86 incidents. The Bitcoin network accounted for the next highest value loss of approximately $238 million.

Meanwhile, the report indicates that out of the digital assets lost during the period, the total dollar value of funds returned was $30.9 million, bringing the adjusted total losses to $722 million.

免责声明：本文章仅代表作者个人观点，不代表本平台的立场和观点。本文章仅供信息分享，不构成对任何人的任何投资建议。用户与作者之间的任何争议，与本平台无关。如网页中刊载的文章或图片涉及侵权，请提供相关的权利证明和身份证明发送邮件到support@aicoin.com，本平台相关工作人员将会进行核查。