Crypto Exchange & VASP Security

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Protecting cryptocurrency exchanges, DeFi protocols, and Virtual Asset Service Providers with comprehensive security audits, VARA compliance validation, and 24/7 threat monitoring. From wallet security to smart contract audits.

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Critical Security Threats

Crypto Exchange Attack Vectors

Cryptocurrency platforms face unique, high-stakes threats targeting billions in digital assets.

Critical

Hot Wallet Compromise

Private key extraction, API key theft, signing logic manipulation, and automated withdrawal exploits targeting live trading wallets.

Critical

Smart Contract Vulnerabilities

Reentrancy attacks, integer overflow/underflow, access control bypasses, and logic flaws in DeFi protocols and token contracts.

High

Exchange Order Book Manipulation

Front-running, wash trading, spoofing, and API abuse targeting trading engine logic and market-making algorithms.

Critical

Cold Storage Security Gaps

Multi-sig wallet misconfigurations, HSM integration flaws, and air-gap security bypasses in offline custody solutions.

Critical

Cross-Chain Bridge Exploits

Wrapped asset validation bypass, oracle manipulation, relay attacks, and validator collusion in bridge protocols.

High

VARA Compliance Violations

KYC/AML/CTF control gaps, transaction monitoring failures, audit trail deficiencies, and regulatory reporting errors.

Medium

MEV Exploitation

Maximal Extractable Value attacks, sandwich attacks, and transaction ordering manipulation on blockchain networks.

Critical

DDoS & Infrastructure Attacks

Volumetric attacks, application-layer DDoS, API rate-limit bypasses, and consensus-level network attacks.

Expert Solutions

Comprehensive VASP Security

Exchange Full-Stack VAPT

Complete penetration testing of web platform, mobile apps, APIs, trading engine, and backend infrastructure.

Smart Contract Audits

Security audits for Solidity, Rust, and Move contracts across EVM, Solana, and Aptos ecosystems with formal verification.

Wallet Security Review

Comprehensive audit of hot wallets, cold storage, MPC wallets, and multi-sig architectures with HSM integration testing.

VARA MVA Compliance

Gap analysis and preparation for VARA Minimal Viable Architecture licensing including KYC/AML/CTF controls.

DeFi Protocol Security

Security assessment of DEX, lending, staking, and yield farming protocols with economic attack modeling.

Incident Response

24/7 retainer services for exchange breaches, smart contract exploits, and on-chain forensics investigations.

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