More than $ 3.1 billion has been lost from Crypto so far in 2025 due to problems that include smart contract errors, weakness in the face of control over arrival, withdrawal of rug and fraud, according to a report issued by Auditor Security Auditor Hacken.
This number for the first half of 2025 It exceeds a total of $ 2.85 billion in 2024. While Beetbility’s penetration of $ 1.5 billion in the first quarter of 2025 may be external, the broader encryption sector continues to face major challenges.
Distribution of losses is still largely consistent with the directions observed in 2024. The exploits of control over access were the main driver of losses, which represents about 59 % of the total. Smart weaknesses contributed to about 8 % of the losses, stolen $ 263 million.
With the ripening of the encryption space, the attackers focused on the use of encryption defects to targeting human weaknesses and at the level of the operation. These advanced technologies include blind signature attacks, special major leaks and elaborate clinic campaigns.
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This sophisticated scene highlights the decisive security vulnerability: Control of access to encryption remains one of the most underdeveloped and high -risk areas, despite the increasing technical.
Smart contracts and smart contracts show weaknesses
The operational security disadvantages were responsible for the majority of the losses, stolen $ 1.83 billion through DEFI and CEFI platforms. The prominent accident in the Q2 was CETUS HACK, where $ 223 million was drained in just 15 minutes, which represents the worst quarter of Defi since early 2023 and stopped a five -quarters -quarters trend of exploitation losses.
Before that, the Q4 2024 and Q1 2025 witnessed the dominance of arrival control failure, as it overwhelmed most of the errors. However, this quarter has seen losses of control control in Defi to only 14 million dollars, the lowest level since Q2 2024, despite the high exploits of the smart contract.
The CETUS attack took advantage of a gap in the surplus in the liquidity account. The striker used a flash loan to open small sites, then swept 264 swimming pools. If the overall value monitoring (TVL) is performed with automatic tension, it is possible to save up to 90 % of the funds, according to Hackeen.
AI poses an increasing threat to encryption security
AI and LLMS models are deeply integrated into both WEB2 and Web3 ecosystems. While this integration provokes innovation, it also expands the surface of the attack, which leads to the introduction of new and advanced security threats.
Artificial intelligence exploits increased by 1025 % compared to 2023, with 98.9 % of these attacks linked to unsafe application programming facades. In addition, five weaknesses and artificial intelligence (CVES) has been added to the list, and 34 % of Web3 projects now publish artificial intelligence agents in production environments, making it an increasing target for attackers.
Traditional cybersecurity parties, such as ISO/IEC 27001 and the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), CSF, is not equipped to counter AI risks such as typical hallucinations, immediate injection and data poisoning. These frameworks must develop to provide comprehensive governance that includes the unique challenges offered by artificial intelligence.
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