Security Threats to Blockchain Networks – 3 – Smart Contracts
Smart Contract Risk and How to Mitigate It: A Deep-dive
The strengths of smart contracts are also the source of its weaknesses, and will always...
$30M Stolen From Grim Finance
DeFi protocol Grim Finance said about $30 million was stolen by hackers exploiting a reentrancy vulnerability in their platform. A security flaw in the...
How a $1B Flash Loan Led to the $182M Beanstalk Farms...
Understanding how flash loans and governance work in DeFi to demystify the Beanstalk Farms Hack
The only way to understand how the Beanstalk Farms decentralized...
The $160M Wintermute Hack: Inside Job or Profanity Bug?
Getting to the bottom of the exploit that led to one of the biggest hacks in the history of decentralized finance.
In order to understand...
The Top 4 Supply Chain Security Risks of Blockchain Smart Contracts
Code reuse is considered best practice in software engineering. Reusing high-quality, secure code can speed development processes and often results in higher-quality code than...
Qubit Finance Hacked for $80 Million
Qubit Finance, a major decentralized digital finance platform, was hacked for $80 million in cryptocurrency. The largest crypto-hack so far this year was initially...
Introduction to Blockchain Layers 0, 1, and 2 Security
What Are Blockchains Layers 0, 1, and 2?
A blockchain is a complex, multi-layered system. Bitcoin, the original blockchain, maintained a distributed and decentralized digital...
BNB Chain Halted After Suspected Hack, $536M Compromised
BNB Chain has been halted after one of the biggest BNB holders started displaying erratic on-chain behavior, suggesting a hack.
At around 17:30 UTC the...
Security Threats to Blockchain Networks – 6 – Wallet Attacks
Wallet Attacks: A Deep-dive
Wallets are a logical target for cyber-attacks, along with the emerging institutions that hold custody of them on users’ behalf. While...
$320M DeFi Hack
Wormhole, one of the largest bridges between Solana and other blockchains, has been hacked 120k wETH, or about $320M — making it the second...
Potential $600M FTX Hack
In the midst of the FTX meltdown, the once 2nd largest exchange appears to also be facing one of the largest crypto hacks of...
Blockchain Security
Recent advances in Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) / Blockchain have significant implications for the global economy and financial services FinTech and Decentralized Finance (DeFi)...
How the Big Binance Bridge Hack Will Change the way People...
$566M worth of BNB was stolen from Binance’s cross-chain bridge BSC Token Hub, but how they responded to the hack will be the most...
$3.3M Hack of Profanity’s Vanity Ethereum Addresses
Ethereum custom addresses created via the Profanity tool have been hacked. Almost $3.3 million stolen from several custom ETH addresses. Attackers took advantage of...
How Blockchain Security Differs From Traditional Cybersecurity – 2 – Smart...
This article is the second in a four-part series discussing the differences between traditional IT security / cybersecurity and blockchain security. Check out the...
