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Blockchain-based systems are airtight. That said, hacking some of them can’t be called an impossible feat. Alarming news about crypto scammers draining the smart contracts of funds keeps scaring away cautious investors. Can’t the developers just secure each potential entry point to guarantee zero successful hacking attacks in
Read as Hacken auditors provide their professional take on reentrancy - a smart contract bug older than Solidity itself.
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IDO is the abbreviation for initial decentralized exchange offering. Simply, it is the crowdfunding method used by crypto projects and startups. They raise funds by releasing a coin, also referred to as an IDO token, in the decentralized liquidity exchange platform. IDO tokens cover any asset with definite value. IDO
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One of the smartest moves a company can make to validate its cyber security defenses is hiring a third-party provider of penetration testing services. If any cracks are revealed, external pentesters are more likely to find them than your in-house pentest experts. The Definition of Penetration Testing Services Penetration testing
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During the last two weeks, you probably started to hear more frequently about DNS hijacking. In this article, we will define what DNS hijacking is and how to prevent it. Let's start by understanding what DNS is and its importance. The essential function of a Domain Name System
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What is Dapp? A decentralized app is an open-source software application that operates on a blockchain or P2P network of computers. Although dapps look and feel like regular applications, the way they work is entirely different as they are built on decentralized protocols without any need to involve Big Tech
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During last months, there have been a lot of talks about web/mobile wallet security. In this article, we will briefly cover more specific risks, which are actual, according to recent exploits. So, let's take a look at the main risks: Wallet app keeps your private keys/seed
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The first quarter of 2022 saw an unprecedented spike in the number and duration of DDoS attacks related to Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. When used by hacktivists, they can be viewed as a powerful weapon in cyber warfare. Still, not all DDoS attacks have political overtones. This
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The Bitcoin fever is a real magnet for thieves who come up with many ways to steal crypto. It turns out that Bitcoin stealers target not only big companies but individual users with modest amounts in their crypto wallets. Chainalysis recently revealed that $3.8 billion of crypto assets were
The article by Hacken's Smart Contract Auditor on the most common smart contract vulnerabilities & how to prevent them.
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Big Idea Definition: Penetration Testing is a proactive cybersecurity measure aimed at identifying internal and external vulnerabilities of a software application by trying to breach existing security controls. What’s so special about Penetration Testing? Penetration Testing follows the steps of a potential attacker but does not deal any harm.
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Smart Contracts are the foundation for the world of decentralized applications. These self-executing contracts are made up of code that initiates one or a series of functions when specific pre-defined parameters are satisfied. Once deployed, they are designed to be autonomous, eliminating the need for a middleman or centralized infrastructure.