An Introduction to Hacking Blockchain Applications and Smart Contracts

As Blockchain platforms become more developed, companies are beginning to investigate how this emerging technology might improve their business and are beginning to consider the risk implications involved with integration. This two day course is a deep-dive into state of the art methodologies used when developing smart contracts for Blockchain enabled Decentralized Applications (DApps). We focus on the Ethereum Blockchain, Web3.0, and the Solidity language, as these are currently the most used platforms for building decentralized applications. Participants are guided through Solidity and its constructs so that they will be able to identify (and exploit) the most common vulnerabilities on this platform. Since the consequences of insecure smart contracts are so public and costly, often resulting in immediate theft of funds, we focus the course primarily on common vulnerabilities found in this platform and how to prevent them.