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Microsoft has flagged a sophisticated new attack where hackers are exploiting the BNB blockchain to hide malicious code. Compromised websites quietly pull instructions from the chain, then trick visitors into running them on their Windows machines — using fake CAPTCHA prompts as the lure. It's a reminder that decentralized infrastructure cuts both ways.
Meanwhile, crypto exchange Bybit is fighting back after suffering one of the largest hacks in financial history — one point five billion dollars stolen earlier this year. The company has filed suit against North Korea and the Lazarus Group, and has already secured a preliminary injunction freezing some of the stolen assets. Whether that freeze holds in practice is another question entirely, but the legal move signals that exchanges are done absorbing these losses quietly.
And shifting gears — Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has addressed the curious case of GTA six's physical edition, which ships as little more than a code inside a box. His explanation is straightforward: the company's business is now well over ninety percent digital. The pre-orders, he says, have been exceptional. Physical media isn't dead, but it's clearly just packaging at this point.
Stay curious, stay skeptical. Tech Beat out.
