In 2022, the Forta Foundation awarded grants to ChainSecurity, MixBytes and OpenZeppelin for featuring security monitoring recommendations in written audit reports.
Article by Forta Jan. 4, 20232022 has been an unpredictable ride for everyone, but Web3’s fragility to attacks hasn’t changed. Billions of dollars were hacked once again, and the need to improve security standards remains urgent.
Article by Forta Dec. 29, 2022Zero Trust, or the idea of a positive reputation system, has the potential to revolutionize the world of on-chain security. The current goal of security systems is to identify malicious activity. This approach works well when malicious activity can be identified prior to actions that incur damages (e.g. stealing digital assets). But by implementing such a zero trust system inside of protocols, many of the attacks currently plaguing the ecosystem would be depreciated.
Article by Forta Dec. 20, 2022By integrating natively with ZenGo, a wallet already known for its advanced security features, Forta’s monitoring safeguards now can protect end users. Forta works with wallet providers like ZenGo by combining their data sources with Forta’s on-chain data sources and analytics to surface additional and higher confidence alerts such as scam, phishing, sleep minting (NFT), and token impersonation detection.
Article by Forta Nov. 2, 2022Forta is excited to announce that Aave, one of the largest and most trusted DeFi protocols, is using Forta to monitor critical protocol operations.
Article by Forta Oct. 6, 2022Today, Nethermind and Forta are announcing the deployment of two monitoring bots custom built for anyone to track milestones leading up to the Merge, currently estimated to happen somewhere between 10th-20th September.
Article by Forta Aug. 30, 2022