{ETHBMC}: A bounded model checker for smart contracts

J Frank, C Aschermann, T Holz - 29th USENIX Security Symposium …, 2020 - usenix.org
The introduction of smart contracts has significantly advanced the state-of-the-art in
cryptocurrencies. Smart contracts are programs who live on the blockchain, governing the …

The blockchain imitation game

K Qin, S Chaliasos, L Zhou, B Livshits, D Song… - 32nd USENIX Security …, 2023 - usenix.org
The use of blockchains for automated and adversarial trading has become commonplace.
However, due to the transparent nature of blockchains, an adversary is able to observe any …

{SmarTest}: Effectively hunting vulnerable transaction sequences in smart contracts through language {Model-Guided} symbolic execution

S So, S Hong, H Oh - … USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 21 …, 2021 - usenix.org
We present SmarTest, a novel symbolic execution technique for effectively hunting
vulnerable transaction sequences in smart contracts. Because smart contracts are stateful …

Security threat mitigation for smart contracts: A comprehensive survey

N Ivanov, C Li, Q Yan, Z Sun, Z Cao, X Luo - ACM Computing Surveys, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The blockchain technology, initially created for cryptocurrency, has been re-purposed for
recording state transitions of smart contracts—decentralized applications that can be …

When gpt meets program analysis: Towards intelligent detection of smart contract logic vulnerabilities in gptscan

Y Sun, D Wu, Y Xue, H Liu, H Wang, Z Xu, X Xie… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Smart contracts are prone to various vulnerabilities, leading to substantial financial losses
over time. Current analysis tools mainly target vulnerabilities with fixed control or dataflow …

Smart contract vulnerability detection model based on multi-task learning

J Huang, K Zhou, A Xiong, D Li - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The key issue in the field of smart contract security is efficient and rapid vulnerability
detection in smart contracts. Most of the existing detection methods can only detect the …

Empirical evaluation of smart contract testing: What is the best choice?

M Ren, Z Yin, F Ma, Z Xu, Y Jiang, C Sun, H Li… - Proceedings of the 30th …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Security of smart contracts has attracted increasing attention in recent years. Many
researchers have devoted themselves to devising testing tools for vulnerability detection …

Cross-contract static analysis for detecting practical reentrancy vulnerabilities in smart contracts

Y Xue, M Ma, Y Lin, Y Sui, J Ye, T Peng - Proceedings of the 35th IEEE …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Reentrancy bugs, one of the most severe vulnerabilities in smart contracts, have caused
huge financial loss in recent years. Researchers have proposed many approaches to …

Blockchain evaluation approaches: State-of-the-art and future perspective

S Smetanin, A Ometov, M Komarov, P Masek… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
The present increase of attention toward blockchain-based systems is currently reaching a
tipping point with the corporate focus shifting from exploring the technology potential to …

Impact and user perception of sandwich attacks in the defi ecosystem

Y Wang, P Zuest, Y Yao, Z Lu… - Proceedings of the 2022 …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Decentralized finance (DeFi) enables crypto-asset holders to conduct complex financial
transactions, while maintaining control over their assets in the blockchain ecosystem …