The AWS outage and recent security breaches reveal how “decentralized” systems depend on centralized providers. This piece examines how advanced persistent threats could exploit that weakness, and what it means for Ethereum’s trillion-dollar vision.

Through this initiative, Certora directly contributes to Solana’s decentralization, resilience, and operational security by operating a high-assurance validator built to rigorous security and reliability standards.

Last year our security footprint expanded across new chains, languages, and infrastructure layers. Our security research team quadrupled in size. And our work drove home the importance of long-term security partnerships. The numbers here tell that story: not just what we secured in 2025, but the momentum that’s carrying Certora and DeFi as a whole into 2026.

On May 2025, Coinbase faced an incident where attackers gained access to sensitive customer data by targeting support contractors. This article looks at what happened, what it shows about operational security, and how Zero Trust principles can reduce similar risks.

After eight months in Web3 security, I’ve learned that most serious incidents don’t come from complex exploits, but from basic OpSec failures like phishing and account compromise. Following a recent minor incident at Certora, I share a practical five-step roadmap to improve security: stronger MFA, properly configured EDR, password management, separating admin accounts, and keeping root accounts cold.

The Compound Finance website was manipulated to redirect to a phishing site hosting a lookalike service. Our industry is learning daily that while the on-chain threat persists, the off-chain threat is formidable and growing.