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CertiK audited a total of over 3700 projects to date and reported on many incidents. In this report, you will learn about
5/18/2022
HACK3D: The Web3 Security Quarterly Report - Q2 2022
Reports
CertiK audited a total of over 3700 projects to date and reported on many incidents. In this report you will learn about: The most lucrative hacks in Q2 2022...
7/6/2022
Revisiting The Redemption Flashloan Attack
Analysis Reports
Redemption suffered from a massive coordinated flash loan attack resulting in the loss of approximately 4 million 2OMB tokens, or $1,600,000 in equivalent, at the peak of the attack.
7/4/2022
British Army Twitter & YouTube Hack
Analysis Reports
The British Army became an unlikely victim of a hack to promote NFTs with their official Twitter and YouTube accounts being compromised.
7/3/2022
Crema Finance Exploit
Analysis Reports
On 02 July 2022 08:08 PM +UTC, Crema Finance was hit with the first of multiple malicious flashloan attacks. Each flashloan targeted a different liquidity pool on the platform, with ~$8.8m drained.
7/3/2022
Revisiting The Day of Defeat Rugpull
Analysis Reports
On May-05-2022 +UTC, approximately $1.35M worth of assets were stolen from the DoD token with two EOAs involved.
7/3/2022
Starstream / Algora Incident
Analysis Reports
On 07 April 2022, the Starstream Treasury was exploited leading to a total loss of ~$15m.
7/2/2022
Revisiting DecentraWorld
Analysis Reports
On May-24-2022 05:48:30 PM +UTC, the DecentraWorld token price dropped over 97%. DecentraWorld project was identified as rugpulled, leading to a little over >$1M USD loss (~3127 BNB).
7/1/2022
June Stats Graphic
Infographics
The June Stats Graphic shows datas of hacks in June, 2022.
6/30/2022
What is Web3? | Bite Size Blockchain
Videos
Bite Size Blockchain A new CertiK series giving users bite-size tips and info to stay informed and safe in the #crypto space. Episode 2: What is Web3? Check it out to learn what #Web3 is, how it will change the internet, the benefits, use of #NFT's, and more! https://www.certik.com/resources
6/29/2022
Twitter Hacks on the Rise
Analysis Reports
Twitter hacks related to Web3 accounts have been on the rise, growing more popular due to the fact that they can be done remotely, that they are not easily detectable, and are surprisingly easy to do. Protect yourself.
6/29/2022
Fortress Loans Incident Analysis
Analysis Reports
An attacker was able to manipulate the project’s oracle allowing them to borrow a number of different tokens with inflated collateral and swap them leading to a drain of ~$3M (1,048.1 ETH and 400,000 DAI).
6/29/2022
Revisiting FEI Protocol Incident
Analysis Reports
On 30 April 2022, Fei Protocol announced that they were aware of and looking into an exploit on various Rari Fuse pools, that turned out to be a common re-entrancy attack.
6/27/2022
Harmony Incident Analysis
Analysis Reports
A bridge exploit occurred on Harmony’s Horizon bridge amounting to the loss of approximately $97M.
6/24/2022
What Can We Learn from the Luna/Terra Crash?
Blogs
On May 7th 2022, in one of the biggest upsets in crypto history, the Luna/Terra ecosystem came crashing down. This article will take you through what happened in the Luna/Terra crash, the lessons to be learned from it, and what users and web3 projects can do to help better protect themselves from the fallout of such upheavals going forward.
6/23/2022
Pragma Incident Analysis
Analysis Reports
In total, ~$1.5m was removed from the Pragma Treasury and the Risk Free Value wallet by core members of the team before sending it to a Binance hot wallet on FTM.
6/21/2022
WCEF 2022: Blockchain Security Insights and Best Practices
Videos
WCEF 2022: Blockchain Security Insights and Best Practices Monier Jalal, VP of Marketing at CertiK, discusses: -Highlights of the most impactful hacks in 2022 -Overview of common vulnerabilities -Development best practices
6/21/2022
LV Metaverse (LV PLUS) Incident Analysis
Analysis Reports
On Tuesday, June 21st, 2022, the LV Metaverse (LV PLUS) was rugpulled, causing a loss of around $1.5M USD.
6/21/2022
Inverse Finance 02 April 2022
Analysis Reports
On Apr-02-2022 11:04:09 AM +UTC, Inverse Finance, which enables users to borrow assets against their tokens, was exploited, leading to ~$14.5M worth of asset loss.
6/21/2022
Whale Loans Incident Analysis
Analysis Reports
On 20 June, Whale Finance experienced two separate exploits on the project's stablecoin AMM contracts which has led to ~$12k in losses.
6/20/2022
What is the Skynet Trust Score? | Bite Size Blockchain
Videos
Introducing the Skynet Trust Score The Skynet Trust Score is an updated version of the Security Score that users are currently familiar with on CertiK's Security Leaderboard. Check out our new video and blog explaining it: https://certik.com/resources/blog/6QngchVV4Yuzt2P3uputor-introducing-the-skynet-trust-score
6/17/2022
Inverse Finance Incident Analysis
Analysis Reports
On 16 June 2022 a threat actor exploited Inverse Finance with a flash loan attack which netted them to ~53 bitcoin or $1.1 million, and ~10,000 tether (USDT).
6/16/2022
5 Tips to Spot a Fake KYC Certificate
Blogs
Here are 5 simple indicators for determining whether a KYC certificate is fake or unreliable
6/15/2022
BNB Chain Revelation Hackathon Frontier Technologies | w/ CertiK's VP of Marketing, Monier Jalal
Videos
Announcing Revelation, a global hackathon by BNB Chain; a 50-day event packed with online workshops, in-person meetups, and $10 million in prizes and seed funding for the best competing teams. This event also kicks off BNB Long-term Grants and BNB GrantDAO, a long-term community grant initiative supporting multi-chain innovation. The dawn of MetaFi and Web3 is upon us, and the BNB Chain community is venturing into a new frontier.
6/14/2022
A Buyer's Guide to Web3 Security
Reports
Understanding web3 security can be confusing for newcomers. On the one hand, the practices of decentralization that web3 is built on making it fundamentally more secure that its web2 predecessors.
6/13/2022