This analysis examines the 42M attack on the GMX protocol. We provide details of the vulnerability with a working reproduction of the attack scenario.
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In this blog, we describe reentrancy attacks in the ERC-777 standard. ERC-777 is a standard for fungible tokens with a hook for transferring – learn more here.
Flash loans enable borrowing without collateral and repaying within a single transaction. While effective, they also introduce security risks – learn more here.
A cross-chain reentrancy attack is an exploit that targets smart contract function calls. Learn about this vulnerability to keep your code safe from attackers.
A read-only reentrancy attack manipulate a smart contracts to extract value. Let's take a closer look at this vulnerability and how to prevent it.
Learn how manually guided fuzzing combines stateful, white-box testing with flows and invariants to test complex smart contracts more efficiently.
Safe Smart Accounts are the most audited and battle-tested smart contracts on Ethereum securing over $100 billion in assets. The Safe Social Recovery Module is a…
This research article reviews how cross contract reentrancy attacks work, an attack example, and guidance on how to prevent cross contract reentrancy attacks.…