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  • Reentrancy attack variants and a practical callback test matrix

    Attack classes

    Reentrancy attack variants and a practical callback test matrix

    Callbacks become dangerous when another reachable operation can use unfinished accounting. A reentrancy attack review must cover shared state, downstream consumers and the actual protection in the deployed version.

    12 min read

  • Smart Contract Audits Pricing Explained

    DeFi Security Alliance

    Smart Contract Audits Pricing Explained

    Compare audit prices only after matching scope and retest terms. Our three-page source check separates published price bands from quote-only models and provides a downloadable brief for comparing offers.

  • AI and blockchain: a 2,000-case alert exercise

    Blaize

    AI and blockchain: a 2,000-case alert exercise

    A reproducible synthetic alert exercise explains the base-rate problem, followed by evidence requirements for AI-assisted security reviews and controls on response authority.

  • 5 Most Common Vulnerabilities You Need to Know in 2022

    DSA

    5 Most Common Vulnerabilities You Need to Know in 2022

    The blockchain industry is making big steps toward achieving security for all participants, however, it's still not a done deal just yet. Hackers come up with new ways to exploit vulnerabilities and steal funds. Sadly, this lowers the trust in blockchain technology.

  • Smart Contract Audit RFP: Scope and Comparable Deliverables

    Audit process

    Smart Contract Audit RFP: Scope and Comparable Deliverables

    Comparable quotes begin with the same code boundary and requested evidence. A smart contract audit RFP should make scope differences and fix-review terms visible before price determines the decision.

    12 min read

  • Honeypot Token Detection: How Checkers Work and the Four Contract Patterns That Beat Them

    Token risk

    Honeypot Token Detection: How Checkers Work and the Four Contract Patterns That Beat Them

    Every honeypot token detection service answers with a simulated trade, not with a statement about the token. A checker buys and sells against one live pair at one block, then reports what happened to that trade. This guide takes the method apart, names the four contract patterns that survive it, and reports our own run of 150 tokens through two public checkers on September 4, 2026.

    16 min read

  • MiCA Security Obligations: Entity Scope, DORA and Audit Evidence

    Personas and market

    MiCA Security Obligations: Entity Scope, DORA and Audit Evidence

    Security duties depend on the entity and activity being regulated. MiCA security obligations connect to DORA and operational controls, so a smart contract audit can support technical evidence without establishing authorization or full compliance.

    11 min read

  • DeFi Hack Post Mortem: Evidence, Recovery and Repair

    Operations

    DeFi Hack Post Mortem: Evidence, Recovery and Repair

    A credible DeFi hack post mortem connects a verified timeline, the violated security property and evidence that the repair was checked. Recovery amounts and audit coverage need separate records; an incident archive cannot fill gaps in either.

    12 min read

  • Understanding Crypto: Why Do Investors Need Expert Opinion

    Contract Checker

    Understanding Crypto: Why Do Investors Need Expert Opinion

    Whether you're a shrimp or a whale, if you're swimming in this ocean, you have to learn how to keep yourself safe. Contract Checker offers you the most secure environment. The cryptocurrency world is fast-paced and full of new notions. The industry abounds with innovative solutions aimed at decentralizing control and ownership of digital assets, ranging from initial coin offerings (ICOs) to decentralized exchanges.

  • Solidity Static Analysis: Triage Findings by Impact and Confidence

    Tooling

    Solidity Static Analysis: Triage Findings by Impact and Confidence

    Treat scanner output as a set of claims to investigate. Solidity static analysis triage should preserve the reported impact and confidence, then establish reachable behavior before a finding is fixed, suppressed or sent to an auditor.

    12 min read

  • Oracle Manipulation Attack: Spot, TWAP, Chainlink and Pull Oracles Compared

    Attack classes

    Oracle Manipulation Attack: Spot, TWAP, Chainlink and Pull Oracles Compared

    An oracle manipulation attack rarely breaks the oracle. It moves the venue the oracle reports, or reads a price the protocol should never have trusted, then borrows against the result. This comparison sizes spot reads, Uniswap TWAPs, Chainlink push feeds and pull oracles by what an attacker has to control, and carries our own survey of every Chainlink feed parameter published on four networks.

    16 min read

  • The Complete Guide to Smart Contract Auditing - Benefits and Risks

    SolidProof

    The Complete Guide to Smart Contract Auditing - Benefits and Risks

    Decentralized finance (DeFi) offers lucrative opportunities somewhat unavailable in the traditional centralized system. In this blockchain-based environment, almost anyone can use smart contracts to launch financial applications without a central authority's approval.

  • Security State Of DeFi And Risk Mitigation Ideas

    QuillAudits

    Security State Of DeFi And Risk Mitigation Ideas

    "DeFi," sounds like no alien term now. We are in a time where decentralized finance has engraved its significance as a blockchain-based alternative for financial systems and scaling its adoption rate at an incredible pace.

  • Tokenomics Audit: Report Scope and a Scan of 16 Firm Sites

    Personas and market

    Tokenomics Audit: Report Scope and a Scan of 16 Firm Sites

    A useful tokenomics audit tests economic assumptions and connects them to the rules a token actually enforces. Request reproducible scenarios and a findings report with explicit limits. Our scan found an explicit service offer on 1 of 16 readable member sites, showing why topic mentions need a closer check.

    12 min read

  • Securing the Future: Web3 Security and Auditing in the Age of Decentralized AI

    PaladinAI

    Securing the Future: Web3 Security and Auditing in the Age of Decentralized AI

    As the digital landscape evolves, the focus on Web3 technology and its integration with Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly prominent. This new era, marked by the decentralization of AI, is not just redefining our interaction with technology but also raising critical questions about security and auditing.

  • Web3 Security Engineer: Hiring Scope, Public Salaries and External Review

    Personas and market

    Web3 Security Engineer: Hiring Scope, Public Salaries and External Review

    Define the security decisions that need a permanent owner before choosing a job title. A Web3 security engineer, an audit manager and a security platform developer can have different responsibilities, so salary evidence must preserve role and location.

    12 min read

  • How to spot hidden mint functions

    SOLIDPROOF

    How to spot hidden mint functions

    A token can create unauthorized balances without exposing a function named mint. Follow every path that writes balances or changes the implementation, then test the accounting rules those paths must preserve.