This Week's Security and Bounties: Potential Extension Hack For Ethereum in VSCode, Code4rena announces $170,000 competitive audit

Security 👾

• Dedaub launches "Security Suite", providing Ethereum-compatible decompilation, monitoring, verification, and transaction simulation for contract analysis and secure testing.
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• Sagey warns of a potential extension hack or honeypot for Ethereum in Microsoft VSCode.
• Arbitrum concludes the Nominee Selection phase for the Security Council election, with 13 candidates advancing.
• TRON DAO addresses vulnerabilities identified by Chain Security, reinforcing its commitment to user asset protection and network security.
• ddimitrov22 reports that Fire Token ($FIRE) was hacked 24 seconds post-launch due to a flaw in the transfer function, with both its Telegram and X profiles deleted.
• Rekt News reports Bedrock DeFi's uniBTC vault mishandled exchange rates, resulting in a $2 million loss.
• Onyx Protocol lost $3.8 million in a hack due to a known CompoundV2 bug, draining $VUSD and causing a temporary depeg.

Bug Bounties 🐞

• Code4rena launches a $170,000 competitive audit for Kakarot, focusing on EVM security and rewarding the identification of rare vulnerabilities.
• Immunefi extends the Shardeum Core II and Ancillaries II Audit Competitions by 2 weeks, featuring new code from previous contests.
• SHERLOCK announces the SYMMIO v0.8.4 Update Contest with total rewards of 26,000 USDC, starting October 2.
• Code4rena opens RSVP for the $20,000 ULTI invitational audit, rewarding the top 5 wardens.
• Code4rena opens RSVP for the $20,000 Ramses Exchange test coverage audit starting October 8.
• Immunefi announces two audit competitions with rewards ranging from $62,500 to $250,000.
• Cyfrin CodeHawks announces the Stakelink competitive audit with a $50,000 prize pool, running until October 17.
• Immunefi announces a new bug bounty for Omron AI, offering $100,000 for finding bugs in their cryptographically verified networks.
• Immunefi announces a $500,000 bug bounty from Kiln Finance for Kiln On-Chain (v2), enabling ETH staking on non-custodial platforms.

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