Blockchain Security – DIGIT INFO

5 smart contract vulnerabilities: How to identify and mitigate them

Explore five critical smart contract vulnerabilities that pose risks to blockchain systems. Learn how to spot and neutralize these threats for secure and resilient DApps.

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Telegram trading bots are hot, but don’t trust them for custody — Security firms

There are still too many unknowns over how various Telegram trading bots store private keys, blockchain security firms told Cointelegraph.

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Redditor’s hacked Bitcoin is a lesson on the hidden dangers of paper wallets

“My Bitcoin was taken. How?” A Reddit user thought they were following best practices until two days ago when their Bitcoin wallet was completely cleaned out.

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ChatGPT can’t beat human smart contract auditors yet: OpenZeppelin’s Ethernaut challenges

While ChatGPT-4 can’t compete with human auditors yet, OpenZeppelin noted it was not optimized to do so, and AI models trained for this purpose would likely be more accurate.

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Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin’s Address Sells Trillions of Airdropped Tokens, Causes Illiquid Coin Prices to Plummet

On March 7, onchain observers noticed that Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, had allegedly sold billions and trillions of airdropped ERC20 tokens, resulting in a gain of an estimated $700,000 in value. The market liquidity of the airdropped tokens was shallow, and the relatively unknown ERC20 tokens plummeted in value after Buterin reportedly sold […]

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BonqDAO protocol suffers $120M loss after oracle hack

An oracle hack allowed the exploiter to manipulate the price of the AllianceBlock token, leading to an estimated $120 million loss, according to Peckshield.

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Why DeFi should expect more hacks this year: Blockchain security execs

One reason is that “hackers have gotten smarter, gained more experience, and learned how to look for bugs,” according to the founder of a crypto auditing firm.

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No ‘respite’ for exploits, flash loans or exit scams in 2023: Cybersecurity firm

The industry is likely to see “further attempts from hackers targeting bridges in 2023,” while users are urged to be warier of their private keys.

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$62M crypto stolen in Dec was the ‘lowest monthly figure’ in 2022: CertiK

The month of December had the smallest figure for cryptocurrencies stolen in 2022 with around 23 major incidents according to CertiK.

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$100M drained from Solana DeFi platform Mango Markets, token plunges 52%

The platform’s treasury was drained of over $100 million worth of cryptocurrency after an attacker manipulated price data of its native token to take out loans against their holdings.

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