Insecurity Through Obscurity: Veiled Vulnerabilities in Closed-Source Contracts
Duration: 00:19:47
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Type: Talk
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Event: Devcon
Date: Jul 2026
Sen Yang, PhD Student, Yale University
To conceal proprietary business logic and to potentially deter attacks, many smart contracts are closed-source and employ layers of obfuscation. However, we demonstrate that such obfuscation can obscure critical vulnerabilities rather than enhance security. To systematically analyze these risks on a large scale, we present SKANF, a novel EVM bytecode analysis tool tailored for closed-source and obfuscated contracts.
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