BlockThreat - Week 12, 2021
ElasticDAO | Vesper Finance | BT Finance | PancakeSwap | Immunefi
Multiple projects fixed critical vulnerabilities after getting responsible disclosures from Sam, Dedaub team, and others. In many cases these disclosures were facilitated using Immunefi which provides an excellent service to the community by connecting security researchers and various smart contract projects. It was an otherwise quiet week so we can finally enjoy a few fun research papers from Vitalik, Jimmy Song, and others.
News
Immunefi launched a whitehat scholarship program to help sponsor up and coming security researchers.
Crime
Chinese authorities arrested a SIM swapping ring targeting exchange users.
Vulnerabilities
ElasticDAO fixed an infinite minting vulnerability after it was reported by samczsun and Tina Zhen. About $4.4M worth of ETH and EGT tokens were saved as a result of the responsible disclosure. Additional vulnerability details are available here.
Dedaub reported yield skimming vulnerabilities in Vesper Finance and BT Finance DeFi apps.
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