Weekly overview 📆 of the events that happened in the cybersecurity world. Top-5 most interesting news and research from the past week.

📍HTTPS Threats: 314% increase compared to 2020
📍Microsoft 365 usernames and passwords are stolen through phishing emails with QR codes
📍Software Supply Chain is targeted by North Korean Lazarus APT
📍Ranzy Locker ransomware threat hit 30 companies: warning by FBI
📍DeFi Protocol Cream Finance has lost $130 million in recent cyberattack

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👻Are you ready for Halloween?

Hacken has prepared something interesting for you - a 🎃Horror Story Contest🎃

📝Task: Share your real-life story on how you lost crypto (it must be connected to cybersecurity somehow).

📄Rules:
📍Follow our TG channel
📍Be a part of our TG chat
📍Follow Hacken on TW
📍Like and retweet this post on TW
📍Tag 3 friends
📍Write your story below the TW post with hashtag #hackenhalloweenstory
(❗️Important. Winners will be selected from Twitter.)

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🎉3 Winners with most exciting (and horrible) stories will be selected!
🏆 Prize: 500 HAI for each winner

📅Start: Oct 29, 5 PM UTC
📅End: Nov 2, 5 PM UTC

Results will be announced during the week after end of contest.

Olá, folks! 👋
HackenProof will host a networking party for fans of crypto, ethical hacking, and cybersecurity, and we gladly invite everyone here (who will find themselves in Lisbon next Tuesday).

📅Time: 6pm-9pm 02.11
📍Location: Cheers Irish Pub in Lisbon

Format: free, and the drinks are on us 🍻

📝Register

If you also know someone who would want to be there and have a fun time with crypto-hacker clan, do share the link with them too 🙂

💫Hacken is pleased to introduce our new client - Arata, an NFT-based online video game, Anime Content Incubator, Video streaming platform, and NFTs marketplace for anime lovers.
Hacken specialists have performed the smart contract audit for Arata.

🛡Results: well-secured project, only 2 low severity issues detected

📄Audit details

Blockchainhackers VII is coming - 📅 9 November 2021, Lisbon

🧑‍💻Top event for blockchain developers, security engineers, ethical hackers, and DeFi enthusiasts
Don't miss!

📄Details and registration links

❗️Important update regarding 1ART Farming❗️

Hacken and ArtWallet teams are currently introducing changes to 1ART farming. Farming will be on pause for a small period of time.

Why: we need to improve the farming mechanism and switch to Binance Smart Chain Network.

We apologize for this inconvenience. We'll keep you informed about all further details. Monitor our announcements.

All already farmed tokens will be available for claiming on BSC network soon.

Hacken team is pleased to make a very important announcement.

Our CEO Dyma Budorin 😎 has been invited to participate in the panel discussion that will take place during the BreakPoint Conference by Solana in Lisbon.

You will be able to find valuable insights into the Solana ecosystem, the reasons behind its rapid growth, and global trends.

👉Find more info about the topic in the agenda

🤝Hacken is partnering with Ferrum Network, a deflationary cross-chain Blockchain as a Service DeFi company that specializes in adding token utility and advisory services to projects across the crypto space.

This partnership will allow Hacken to reach many innovative startups and established organizations.

📄Partnership details

⚙️We remind you about the upcoming HackenAI update. Don't forget to ❗️WRITE DOWN YOUR SEED PHRASE❗️ to log in again.

Welcome our new client - MT Pelerin, the Swiss innovative company that is actively integrating blockchain solutions into the financial world through its 2 main products Bridge Protocol and Bridge Wallet. MT Pelerin also assists digital asset projects in bringing their solutions to the market

🔍Hacken has performed a smart contract audit for this project

🛡Results: well-secured project, 0 issues detected after the second audit

📄Audit details

🤝Welcome our new partner - Icetea Labs, the company that incubates innovative projects and assists them in the implementation of decentralized solutions

🛡Hacken will act as a strategic security partner of Icetea Labs by providing security audit services to the projects from the Icetea Labs ecosystem

📄Partnership details

Hacken is announcing one of the most expected online events devoted to NFTs - GeckoCon by CoinGecko. Hacken CEO Dyma Budorin 😎 is an invited speaker

📍Dyma's session topic: Keeping your NFTs secure
📅When: 19 November 2021 (Day 3) at 1:15 PM EST (UTC -5)

A very important event for Hacken since we are rapidly expanding our presence in the NFT world. Don't miss, it's your opportunity to find valuable insights into NFTs🤩

📄Conference details

🎟Get 80% off by applying your unique promo code: DJG98Q

💫Hacken team is ready to share with our community the results of our work performed in October 2021. It was a great month for Hacken.

🦾Successful launch of Hacken Scout, amazing 100X demonstrated by ArtWallet during IDO, and many new cooperations and partnerships.

🎯Now Hacken is focused on achieving even greater results for the last 2 months of 2021.

📊View October infographics

Weekly overview 📆 of the events that happened in the cybersecurity world. Top-5 most interesting news and research from the past week.

📍FBI warning: Ransomware groups are tying their attacks to major events in the financial world
📍Google is tripling bounty for Linux kernel bugs
📍Call center attacks: the growing threat to consumers
📍Members of the Labour Party affected by a cyber incident
📍DDoS attacks have been added to extortion tactics by HelloKitty ransomware

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👻Exciting Halloween celebrations have ended. It's was a crazy weekend for crypto enthusiasts. As an element of entertainment, Hacken organized a special Horror Story Contest for our community.

🏅And now we are ready to introduce the winners. So, welcome:

@CryptoSnake98 (bit.ly/305EGlE)
@Uthnake (bit.ly/3ERn77V)
@ylJF5q6DWbYPNwW (bit.ly/3BNshjg)

🥳Our congratulations! Thank you for your participation, you created the atmosphere of Halloween for our team.

🏆Attractive rewards are waiting for you. To get them please send us a message in TW (@hackenclub).

🔗Blockchainhackers VII is coming

📍Tomorrow, Lisbon will become the global DeFi security center. We have invited top speakers representing famous blockchain security vendors.

3 professional presentations, panel discussion, and, of course, the networking time during which all participants will be able to put their questions to speakers. It'll be a great event for DeFi enthusiasts.

📄Event agenda and tickets

⚙️We remind you about the upcoming HackenAI update. Don't forget to ❗️WRITE DOWN YOUR SEED PHRASE❗️ to log in again.

⏰Reminder

🔥Solana Breakpoint 2021 is in the active phase. Very soon will begin the special panel discussion in which Hacken CEO Dyma Budorin will be among the panellists.

Don't miss this chance to get valuable insights into Solana.

👉More info in agenda

⏰One of the most expected ethical hackers meetups planned for Autumn 2021 - Blockchainhackers VII - is starting in a few hours. Please be prepared and have your tickets ready.

🦾Top speakers from Hacken, Certik, Halborn, and Kudelski Security are looking forward to sharing with you valuable DeFi security insights.

👉Agenda&Tickets

Hacken team is pleased to introduce our new client from the NFT world - CryptoDragons🐲. The project is developing the Dragons metaverse for NFT enthusiasts where they can organize the first NFT battles and enjoy other forms of engagement while getting income.

🔎Hacken has performed the smart contract audit for CryptoDragons.

🛡Results: well-secured project, all detected issues have been fixed.

📄Audit details