{"id":80386,"date":"2022-04-26T20:23:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T00:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=80386"},"modified":"2022-04-26T20:24:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T00:24:05","slug":"web3-security-attack-types-and-lessons-learned-faizullabhoy-gleason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2022\/04\/26\/web3-security-attack-types-and-lessons-learned-faizullabhoy-gleason\/","title":{"rendered":"Web3 Security: Attack Types and Lessons Learned [Faizullabhoy &#038; Gleason]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/a16z.com\/2022\/04\/23\/web3-security-crypto-hack-attack-lessons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Web3 Security: Attack Types and Lessons Learned<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from a16z.com by Riyaz Faizullabhoy and Matt Gleason<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A good deal of web3 security rests on\u00a0blockchains\u2019 special ability\u00a0to make commitments\u00a0and\u00a0to be resilient to human intervention.\u00a0But the related feature of finality \u2013 where transactions are generally irreversible \u2013 makes these software-controlled networks a tempting target for attackers. Indeed, as blockchains \u2013 the distributed computer networks that are the foundation of\u00a0web3\u00a0\u2013 and their accompanying technologies and applications accrue value, they become increasingly coveted targets for attackers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Despite web3\u2019s differences from earlier iterations of the internet, we\u2019ve observed commonalities with previous software\u00a0security trends. In many cases, the biggest problems remain the same as ever. By studying these areas, defenders \u2013 whether builders, security teams, or everyday crypto users \u2013 can better guard themselves, their projects, and their wallets against would-be thieves.\u00a0Below we present some common themes and projections based on our experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web3 Security: Attack Types and Lessons Learned &#8212; from a16z.com by Riyaz Faizullabhoy and Matt Gleason Excerpt: A good deal of web3 security rests on\u00a0blockchains\u2019 special ability\u00a0to make commitments\u00a0and\u00a0to be resilient to human intervention.\u00a0But the related feature of finality \u2013 where transactions are generally irreversible \u2013 makes these software-controlled networks a tempting target for attackers. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,454],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-in-he","category-the-downsides-of-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80386"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80388,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80386\/revisions\/80388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}