Merlin DEX Hack Analysis
In April 2023, Merlin DEX,a decentralized exchange (DEX) built on ZkSync, suffered a hack during a Liquidity Generation Event for its MAGE token, resulting in an estimated loss of $1.8 million from the protocol.
SushiSwap Hack Analysis
On April 9, 2023, SushiSwap suffered a security breach which led to a loss of over $3.3 million. The attack exploited a flaw in the RouteProcessor2 contract of SushiSwap's router processor. The fallout was felt across several major chains that had previously authorized the RouteProcessor2 contract.
SafeMoon Hack Analysis
Safemoon suffered an attack in which the SFM/BNB pool was drained, resulting in a loss of $8.9M worth of ‘locked LP’. The attack was carried out by exploiting a vulnerability in the new Safemoon contract that allowed anyone to burn SFM tokens from any address, thus inflating the price of SFM tokens in the pool.
Kokomo Finance Hack Analysis
Kokomo Finance has taken off with approximately $4 million worth of user funds, leaving users unable to withdraw their funds. Wrapped Bitcoin deposits were rugged, with almost $2M of tokens still remaining in the project’s pools on Optimism.
Dexible Hack Analysis
The Dexible hack affected a total of 17 user accounts, with the majority of losses coming from a single address belonging to BlockTower Capital, a prominent investment firm.
Platypus Finance Hack Analysis
On February 17, 2023, Platypus Finance was hacked, resulting in a loss of approximately $8.5 million worth of assets. In this hack analysis, we will delve into the details of the attack, the vulnerability that was exploited, and the impact it had on the platform and its users.
Jimbo’s Protocol Hack Analysis
Jimbo's Protocol is a decentralized finance (DeFi) system built on the Arbitrum chain. The protocol uses a semi-stable floor price for its ERC-20 token, $JIMBO, backed by a treasury of Ether (ETH). However, despite its pioneering efforts to maintain on-chain liquidity and price floors, Jimbo's Protocol recently faced a Flash loan attack.
Zunami Hack Analysis
Zunami is a decentralized protocol operating in the Web3 space, specializing in issuing aggregated stablecoins like UZD and zETH. These stablecoins are generated from omnipools that employ various profit-generating strategies. Recently, the protocol was exploited, resulting in a loss of $2.1M.
Web 2.0 Security vs Web 3.0 Security: An Innovative Adaptation?
Web 3.0 is a semantic web where it promises to establish information in a better-existing way than any current search engine can ever attain. Web 3.0 promotes four concepts which mainly are authenticity, i.e, every piece of information existing on the internet is a fact or derived from a fact. Integrity, willingness to abide by moral principles, and ethical values. Transparency, the data present on the internet is accessible for every user to witness. Lastly, Confidentiality which is achieved by Blockchain technology, where every user’s identity is anonymous, making it secure.
How Can a VPN Protect You From Spying?
VPN uses a private network that helps users mask their surfing history on the internet, hackers even advertisers can’t steal the data and use it for their means.
