CVE-2022-36061

Elrond go is the go implementation for the Elrond Network protocol. In versions prior to 1.3.35, read only calls between contracts can generate smart contracts results. For example, if contract A calls in read only mode contract B and the called function will make changes upon the contract's B...

Adaptive Plan-Execute Framework for Smart Contract Security Auditing

Large Language Models LLMs have shown great promise in code analysis and auditing; however, they still struggle with hallucinations and limited context-aware reasoning. We introduce SmartAuditFlow, a novel Plan-Execute framework that enhances smart contract security analysis through dynamic audit...

Federated Learning-Enhanced Blockchain Framework for Privacy-Preserving Intrusion Detection in Industrial IoT

Industrial Internet of Things IIoT systems have become integral to smart manufacturing, yet their growing connectivity has also exposed them to significant cybersecurity threats. Traditional intrusion detection systems IDS often rely on centralized architectures that raise concerns over data...

An Empirical Analysis of EOS Blockchain: Architecture, Contract, and Security

With the rapid development of blockchain technology, various blockchain systems are exhibiting vitality and potential. As a representative of Blockchain 3.0, the EOS blockchain has been regarded as a strong competitor to Ethereum. Nevertheless, compared with Bitcoin and Ethereum, academic researc...

HChain: Blockchain Based Large Scale EHR Data Sharing with Enhanced Security and Privacy

Concerns regarding privacy and data security in conventional healthcare prompted alternative technologies. In smart healthcare, blockchain technology addresses existing concerns with security, privacy, and electronic healthcare transmission. Integration of Blockchain Technology with the Internet ...

DMind Benchmark: toward a Holistic Assessment of LLM Capabilities across the Web3 Domain

Large Language Models LLMs have achieved impressive performance in diverse natural language processing tasks, but specialized domains such as Web3 present new challenges and require more tailored evaluation. Despite the significant user base and capital flows in Web3, encompassing smart contracts...

Blockchain Technology: Core Mechanisms, Evolution, and Future Implementation Challenges

Blockchain technology has emerged as one of the most transformative digital innovations of the 21st century. This paper presents a comprehensive review of blockchain's fundamental architecture, tracing its development from Bitcoin's initial implementation to current enterprise applications. We...

Malware in 0x-smart-contracts

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outsid...

CodeBC: a More Secure Large Language Model for Smart Contract Code Generation in Blockchain

Large language models LLMs excel at generating code from natural language instructions, yet they often lack an understanding of security vulnerabilities. This limitation makes it difficult for LLMs to avoid security risks in generated code, particularly in high-security programming tasks such as...

MAL-2025-3599 Malicious code in 0x-smart-contracts (npm)

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PQS-BFL: a Post-Quantum Secure Blockchain-Based Federated Learning Framework

Federated Learning FL enables collaborative model training while preserving data privacy, but its classical cryptographic underpinnings are vulnerable to quantum attacks. This vulnerability is particularly critical in sensitive domains like healthcare. This paper introduces PQS-BFL Post-Quantum...

Decentralized Vulnerability Disclosure Via Permissioned Blockchain: a Secure, Transparent Alternative to Centralized CVE Management

This paper proposes a decentralized, blockchain-based system for the publication of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVEs, aiming to mitigate the limitations of the current centralized model primarily overseen by MITRE. The proposed architecture leverages a permissioned blockchain, wherein on...

A Comprehensive Study of Exploitable Patterns in Smart Contracts: from Vulnerability to Defense

With the rapid advancement of blockchain technology, smart contracts have enabled the implementation of increasingly complex functionalities. However, ensuring the security of smart contracts remains a persistent challenge across the stages of development, compilation, and execution...

Building Trust in Healthcare with Privacy Techniques: Blockchain in the Cloud

This study introduces a cutting-edge architecture developed for the NewbornTime project, which uses advanced AI to analyze video data at birth and during newborn resuscitation, with the aim of improving newborn care. The proposed architecture addresses the crucial issues of patient consent, data...

SoK: a Survey of Mixing Techniques and Mixers for Cryptocurrencies

Blockchain technologies have overturned the digital finance industry by introducing a decentralized pseudonymous means of monetary transfer. The pseudonymous nature introduced privacy concerns, enabling various deanonymization techniques, which in turn spurred development of stronger...

Proof of Useful Intelligence (PoUI): Blockchain Consensus beyond Energy Waste

Blockchain technology enables secure, transparent data management in decentralized systems, supporting applications from cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin to tokenizing real-world assets like property. Its scalability and sustainability hinge on consensus mechanisms balancing security and efficiency...

Mining Characteristics of Vulnerable Smart Contracts across Lifecycle Stages

Smart contracts are the cornerstone of decentralized applications and financial protocols, which extend the application of digital currency transactions. The applications and financial protocols introduce significant security challenges, resulting in substantial economic losses. Existing solution...

Malicious Code Detection in Smart Contracts Via Opcode Vectorization

With the booming development of blockchain technology, smart contracts have been widely used in finance, supply chain, Internet of things and other fields in recent years. However, the security problems of smart contracts become increasingly prominent. Security events caused by smart contracts...

Clustering and Analysis of User Behaviour in Blockchain: a Case Study of Planet IX

Decentralised applications dApps that run on public blockchains have the benefit of trustworthiness and transparency as every activity that happens on the blockchain can be publicly traced through the transaction data. However, this introduces a potential privacy problem as this data can be track...

Blockchain Application in Metaverse: a Review

In recent years, the term Metaverse emerged as one of the most compelling concepts, captivating the interest of international companies such as Tencent, ByteDance, Microsoft, and Facebook. These company recognized the Metaverse as a pivotal element for future success and have since made significa...