The numbers tell a stark story: $1.42 billion lost across 149 documented incidents in 2024 due to smart contract vulnerabilities, with access control ...

A $26 million exploit of the offline computation protocol Truebit stemmed from a smart-contract flaw that allowed an attacker ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Smart contracts are talked about quite a lot. What is often ignored, however, is their ...

Learn why smart contract audits are essential for bridge security. Know how independent evaluations detect vulnerabilities ...

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Technical weaknesses in smart contracts, such as reentrancy and flash loan exploits, have led to substantial financial losses in the crypto space. Targeted security solutions, like SphereX and GoPlus, ...

Smart contracts have emerged as an integral part of the Web3 ecosystem, but smart contract vulnerabilities have led to millions in lost user funds, highlighting the pressing need for smart contract ...

DeadLock, a ransomware group that first emerged in July 2025, has made news again, and this time it is for abusing Polygon ...

Update (25 July, 2025 at 3:00 PM UTC): This article has been updated to add commentary by Shantanu Sontakke, security engineer at web3 security firm Zokyo Smart-contract developers and auditors told ...

A ransomware operation known as DeadLock has been observed abusing Polygon blockchain smart contracts to manage and rotate ...