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CoinDCX Confirms $15.99 Million Loss From Retired Wallet Sweep Failure
CoinDCX confirmed it absorbed a $15.99 million USDT loss after an automated sweep from retired TRON deposit addresses failed.
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Initia Exploit Forces Layer 1 and Rollups Halt After MoveVM Theft
Initia paused its Layer 1 and all rollups on October 23, 2026, after a MoveVM exploit allowed an attacker to mint unbacked bridged assets worth roughly $2.7 million.
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Dune Market Data Feeds Deliver Real-Time Onchain Trade Data Across 200+ Venues
Dune Analytics released real-time normalized trade feeds covering spot and perpetuals markets on October 22, 2026. The service aggregates data from more than 200 decentralized venues across 12 blockchains.
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PHP2Shell Vulnerabilities Trigger PHP Emergency Patches for CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619
PHP issued out-of-cycle patches on October 21, 2026, for two critical remote code execution flaws in the core engine. All versions from 5.4 onward require updates.
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LiteLLM Supply Chain Attack Compromises Version 1.107.0 on PyPI and Docker
Attackers published malicious LiteLLM 1.107.0 packages to PyPI and Docker on October 21, 2026, installing credential-stealing malware that activated on Python startup.
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OpenAI Decisions API Reaches General Availability for Structured Decisions with GPT-6 Luna
OpenAI made the Decisions API generally available on October 22, 2026, introducing a dedicated endpoint that uses GPT-6 Luna for rapid structured outputs in classification, routing, and scoring tasks.
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RedotPay Acquires BTCBOX to Expand Compliant Crypto Services in Japan
RedotPay has acquired Japan-registered BTCBOX to shift its Japan operations to a licensed entity, halting non-compliant services for local users.
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Microsoft Azure Key Vault Post-Quantum Cryptography Advances with Project Tessera
Microsoft announced Project Tessera on October 13, 2026, bringing post-quantum features to hardware security modules tied to Azure Key Vault and Managed HSM services.






