ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, blockchain security audit provider Zellic has acquired the smart contract auditing platform Code4rena. This is its first acquisition, aimed at providing clients with more comprehensive security review services.The CEO of Code4rena stated that it will continue to operate independently.

ChainCatcher news, blockchain security company FuzzLand announced the completion of a $3 million seed round financing, led by 1kx, with participation from HashKey Capital, SNZ, and Panga Capital. FuzzLand stated that this funding will help accelerate the development of automated solutions for smart contract analysis using dynamic analysis and distributed computing software.

ChainCatcher news, OKLink 2023 Annual Security Incident Review, the blockchain ecosystem has publicly reported over 520 security incidents in 2023, with losses exceeding $1.7 billion, a decrease of about 54% compared to $3.728 billion in 2022. This decline is attributed to the improvement of the global regulatory framework and breakthroughs in on-chain security technology. Among these, there were 485 security incidents related to DApps, DeFi, and NFTs, 8 incidents involving exchanges, 10 incidents related to public chains, 9 incidents concerning wallets, and 14 incidents of other types.Significant security incidents with large losses include: in March, the Ethereum lending protocol Euler Finance was hacked, resulting in a loss of approximately $197 million; in June, the Atomic wallet was hacked, with losses exceeding $100 million; in September, Mixin Network was attacked, resulting in a loss of $200 million; in November, the Poloniex trading platform was stolen approximately $125 million due to private key leakage.In addition, social media platforms such as Twitter and Discord have become hotspots for scams and phishing incidents, with a total of 519 such incidents occurring in 2023. For example, in September, Ethereum founder Vitalik's Twitter account was hacked, leading to the theft of over $690,000 in assets.

ChainCatcher news, blockchain security company De.Fi announced on social media that it has received investment from OKX Ventures, with the specific amount not disclosed yet.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 security startup Blockaid, co-founded by two former Israeli military cyber intelligence personnel, has raised $33 million in funding, which is divided into two rounds—$6 million in seed funding and $27 million in Series A funding.Ben-Natan stated that seed round investors include Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, and Cyberstarts. The three investors, along with co-lead investors Ribbit Capital and Variant, also participated in the Series A funding.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, blockchain security company Quantstamp has launched a new service "Economic Utilization Analysis" to combat flash loan attacks, which was developed in collaboration with researchers from the University of Toronto. The company stated that this new service can detect commonly used attack paths by attackers through automated tools before the protocol is attacked.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, blockchain security company De.Fi announced the launch of an antivirus tool on the zkSync Era mainnet. This antivirus tool can protect users from common malicious crypto attacks, such as phishing, smart contract vulnerabilities, and blind signing. Users only need to connect their wallets or scan the smart contract address on the De.Fi platform to access these security tools.De.Fi stated that zkSync Era users can instantly revoke any potential risks associated with tokens, NFTs, or transaction vaults built on zkSync. The service claims to continuously scan and monitor over 30,000 smart contracts deployed on the zkSync Era blockchain to detect new threats and vulnerabilities in real-time.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, blockchain security company Forta Network has upgraded its scam detection service, adding malicious URL data, new types of threats, and a smart contract scanner to address the latest types of cryptocurrency attacks.The service will go live on Tuesday, covering seven Ethereum Virtual Machine chains supported by Forta, including Ethereum, Polygon, and BNB Chain. The previous version focused only on on-chain data, such as smart contracts involved in fraudulent activities.

ChainCatcher news, the blockchain security audit company SolidProof officially stated that in response to the Rug Pull incident of the DeFi project Kannagi Finance on zkSync Era, it has collaborated with Kyber Network to establish a special task force to thoroughly investigate the situation.SolidProof stated that it did not audit the Vault contract related to this incident, which was audited by SolidityFinance.ChainCatcher previously reported that according to DeFiLlama data and community feedback, the DeFi project Kannagi Finance on zkSync Era experienced a Rug Pull, and its official Twitter account has been deactivated.

ChainCatcher news, OKLink released the 2023 H1 Blockchain Security Situation Data Report: During H1, global blockchain ecosystem projects suffered losses of approximately $724 million due to security incidents. Among them, REKT (projects being attacked) remains the main category of monitored security incidents, but the losses compared to the same period in 2022 decreased by 70.18%. Compared to REKT incidents, social media scams and phishing attacks targeting ordinary investors in the blockchain ecosystem were more frequent in 2023 H1, with multiple well-known projects' official communities on Twitter, Discord, etc., suffering multiple attacks. Here, the OKLink security team reminds users to remain vigilant when participating in related projects, not to click or authorize suspicious links casually, and to contact the official team promptly if any issues are discovered.

ChainCatcher news, the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the Government Blockchain Association (GBA) have collaborated to create a dynamic alliance for blockchain assurance and standardization. This alliance will study the blockchain field and its various solutions, while gathering opinions and making recommendations to the United Nations, providing practices and guidance for different industries that are using or considering the use of blockchain.The relevant industries targeted by the alliance include artificial intelligence, communication infrastructure, digital identity, economic development, environmental management, and supply chain.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, a new report from blockchain security company De.Fi shows that in May 2023, losses due to rug pulls and scams exceeded $54 million. This amount is about half of the $101.5 million loss in April, indicating that users and developers have taken better security measures. However, no people or funds were recovered in May, while $2.2 million was recovered in April. Ten BNB Chain ecosystem projects were attacked, resulting in losses of over $37 million, while projects on Ethereum were attacked the least, just slightly above $2 million. Among the top 10 cases, Fintoch suffered the highest loss of $31.7 million due to a smart contract vulnerability. Due to a rug pull, Jimbo Protocol on Arbitrum lost $7.5 million, and Deus Finance on BNB Chain lost $6.2 million due to a smart contract vulnerability.There were 12 rug pull incidents with a total loss of $37 million, 9 vulnerability attacks caused losses of $8.8 million, 5 flash loan attacks caused losses of $8.9 million, and there were 2 exit scams with a loss of $177,000. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, blockchain security agency CertiK and Alibaba Cloud announced a partnership to provide blockchain security services for cloud-based Web3 projects. Web3 developers can leverage CertiK's end-to-end security solutions and Alibaba Cloud's infrastructure to accelerate the development process and secure applications and smart contracts. Developers and enterprises will be able to use the services and tools provided by CertiK and deployed on Alibaba Cloud for code auditing, risk assessment, team verification, background checks, and more. (Source link）