Solidity smart contract security problems & pitfalls w/San Diego's Swarm.Market

Hello All Crypto & Blockchain Tech enthusiasts,

We have a treat for you this month with a local San Diego company called Swarm Market (https://swarm.market/). We have all heard about vulnerabilities in Smart Contracts. Some combined 100+ Million dollars worth of Ether hasalready been hacked through exploits. The team at Swarm Market is going to discuss the issues surrounding these flaws and talk to us about the problems and pitfalls in security. This will help us understand what to look for when we evaluate different smart contracts and where some of investments may rest. Swarm Market will show us an example of how their platform can help identify threats based on prior code that's been identified as malicious.

Swarm is the first decentralized security marketplace where potential threats are detected in real-time from thousands of specialized experts around the world. Threats come from every angle, threat protection should too.

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Team:

The Swarm Team is composed of InfoSec veterans with decades of experience in government and industry. We’re driven to improve the threat intelligence landscape for ourselves, our clients and the industry at large. By providing robust incentives that align participants’ interest with continued innovation, Swarm will break the mold of today’s iterative threat intelligence offerings.

All Swarm Technologies, Inc. (Co-)Founders are also members of Narf Industries, LLC, a boutique information security firm specializing in tailored solutions for government and large enterprises. Narf operates on the cutting-edge of InfoSec, blockchain and cryptographic research, having recently completed a blockchain-based identity management project for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as well as several cutting-edge partial homomorphic encryption projects on behalf of DARPA.

As a vote of confidence, Narf plans to develop products and services that serve the Swarm market. We expect fierce competition on many fronts, to the benefit of enterprises and defenders everywhere.

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Steve:

Steve previously founded Narf Industries, an information security R&D firm, with marquee clients from DARPA to members of the Fortune 500. He brings over 20 years of experience in Information Security focused development. He previously served in lead roles in a variety of projects for Government and Industry including: software development for advanced incident response, blockchain-based identity management R&D, and development of cutting-edge program analysis tools for DARPA’s CGC. Previously, he competed in several DEF CON Capture The Flags as a member of Sk3wl of R00t.

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Paul:
Paul brings over 10 years of experience in modern software exploitation, program analysis, vulnerability research, reverse engineering, cryptography, and low-level development.

At Narf, Paul has reverse engineered, sinkholed and written bespoke malware disinfection tools for Fortune 100 clients, has conducted cutting-edge research on partial homomorphic encryption as it applies to protecting network signatures and programs and has co-designed a confidentiality system for a public / private hybrid blockchain used for identity management.

Prior to joining Narf, Paul led cutting-edge information security research and development efforts, identified exploitable vulnerabilities in defensive tools as a Vulnerability Analyst for CERT/CC, was a web application security engineer for McAfee and won DEF CON's CTF competition.

Paul holds a BSc in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University and a MSc in Information Technology and Management from Carnegie Mellon University.

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The Nights Agenda:

630pm Doors Will be Open

700pm Intros, Community Topics & Housekeeping

715pm Security Problems and Pitfalls with Solidity Smart Contracts with Swarm Market

745pm Q&A

815pm Group Announcements / 60 seconds per person

900pm $1 Oysters and drinks at Oyster Bar at the corner of 6th and J st.

We sometimes head out for a drink or a bite afterwards. We'll make sure to announcement our plans after the presentation if anything changes.

Thanks and hope to see you all there,

Chris Groshong - CEO CoinStructive.com (https://coinstructive.com/)

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Transportation

Parking is limited and mostly metered: Remember yellow zones are 30 minute parking until 6pm. So get in a bit early and snag a yellow loading zone spot at 530pm.

The trolley is also an option.

Try to AVOID Horton Plaza parking. Chris paid $18 for 3 hours(yikes)

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Tips & Donations

These events are not free for us to put on and any spare bits you can contribute would go along way. If you feel you receive value, please consider donating. This is a 3-5 multi-sig account for the San Diego Bitcoin Group.

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