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Resources
Blog posts, research, and guidance from the Zokyo team.
A Practical Guide to Fuzzing Solana Smart Contracts with Honggfuzz
Hands-on guide to fuzzing a Solana Vault using Pinocchio and Honggfuzz to uncover edge-case bugs and verify invariants.
BetterBank Exploit: Incident Overview
Statement on the BetterBank exploit: what happened, what we found in audit, and lessons for stronger security.
Prompt Injection in DeepSeek Chat Enables XSS and Account Takeover
Prompt injection in DeepSeek Chat enables XSS, letting attackers steal user tokens and hijack accounts via malicious file uploads.
Private Proofs of Innocence: Privacy With Accountability
Private Proofs of Innocence brings privacy with accountability, blocking flagged funds while protecting honest users.
The Definitive Guide to the Solana Development Stack
A thorough guide to Solana's account model, efficient token architecture, and modern SDK stack for scalable dApps.
Control AI for Smart Contracts
Can we trust AI to write secure smart contracts? This article explores how to detect and stop backdoors in AI-generated Solidity code.
The Growth of AI in the Landscape of Warfare
How AI and LLMs automate military attack chains, highlighting use cases, ethical dilemmas, and perils for the future.
Formal Verification: Securing ERC-4626 Vaults with Certora Prover
Learn how to formally verify an ERC-4626 vault using Certora Prover to mathematically prove contract correctness.
The Art of Writing Security Reports
Learn to write clear security reports that get vulnerabilities fixed and maximize payouts. Strong findings and PoCs matter.
Read-Only Reentrancy Attacks: Understanding the Threat
Exploring read-only reentrancy attacks, a specific type of reentrancy vulnerability, including the basics and how to prevent it.
Signature Malleability: Risks, Attacks, and Solutions for Smart Contracts
Ensuring signatures are correctly handled by smart contracts is critically important, as mishandling can lead to severe vulnerabilities.
A Complete Guide to Reentrancy Attacks
Understanding the nuances of reentrancy attacks is essential for any developer or auditor aiming to build secure decentralized applications.
Zokyo Navigates Solana into the ADGM Framework
Zokyo supports the Solana Foundation in its successful tokenized setup under the 2023 DLT Foundations Regulations of the ADGM.
Web3: A Promising Frontier Fraught with Deception
A key lesson in Web3: there is no easy passive income. If something seems too good to be true, it almost certainly is.
Safeguarding Private Keys: Best Practices for Web3 Wallet Security
This article explores methods and best practices for securely storing private keys in Web3 crypto wallet applications.
Penpie Post-Mortem: Analysis of the $27M Reentrancy Exploit
The Penpie platform suffered a devastating reentrancy attack that led to the loss of $27 million in client funds.
AI in Crypto & Smart Contract Security
Exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and smart contract security, written by Shantanu Sontakke, security researcher at Zokyo.
Bug Bounty Programs: Where Have We Come From and Where Are We Now?
A discussion about the current landscape of threats against our industry and the evolution of bug bounty programs.
Chainlink VRF Security Considerations
Generating true randomness on a blockchain is challenging. We explore security considerations when using Chainlink VRF.
Navigating the Wild West: Preparing for the Challenges of Smart Contract Audits
Security audits are essential, even for the most skilled developers. Audits bring fresh perspectives that may not be obvious to the original authors.
Design: Push vs Pull Pattern in EVM
Beyond Solidity syntax, developers must understand architectural implications of smart contracts including gas consumption and operational efficiency.
Ensuring Consistency: The Role of Invariant Testing in Cybersecurity
Invariant testing ensures smart contracts maintain their core properties under all conditions, protecting millions in managed value.
Exploring AI Attacks: The Top 10 Vulnerabilities in Large Language Models
As LLMs become integral to applications from chatbots to financial services, their vulnerabilities become prime targets for malicious actors.
Flash Loan Attacks: Implications and Attack Avoidance
DeFi possesses unique characteristics that leverage Ethereum capabilities, resulting in novel attack vectors like flash loan exploits.
ShidoGlobal and Zokyo Strategic Partnership
Long-term smart contract auditing and integration of Mamoru.ai for advanced, ongoing threat detection and proactive intelligence.
Threat Modeling for Web3: A Comprehensive Guide [Part 1]
Web3 represents a paradigm shift in digital infrastructure. Threat modeling is an essential tool for addressing security concerns.
Under the Hacker's Hood: JSON Injection in NFT Metadata
Unraveling the complexities of JSON Injection, its impact on NFT metadata, and actionable strategies to shield against it.
Unlocking Security: The Power of Penetration Testing
Penetration testing plays a vital role in safeguarding crypto wallets used to store and manage digital assets.
When Web2 Meets Web3: Understanding Subdomain Takeovers
Diving into subdomain takeovers: how these vulnerabilities arise in both Web2 and Web3 realms, and how attackers exploit them.
Zokyo, FailSafe, and Mamoru: A Collective Approach to Web3 Security
Zokyo, FailSafe, and Mamoru unite to establish formidable measures for safeguarding digital assets and transactions.
Zokyo Joins Forces with Linea
Ecosystem partnership with Linea, a cutting-edge Layer 2 zk-Rollup platform by Consensys, to enhance secure deployment.
More Than $22M Stolen from Web3 Platforms in October
In October 2023, a series of advanced hacks resulted in a loss of $22.54 million across the blockchain sector.