MetaMask gives ETH holders an early bull run, especially for those looking to stake their coins. ETH experiences a resurgence of sell pressure as it approaches a key resistance range. Ethereum [ETH] holders now have an extra incentive to keep their funds on MetaMask, as MetaMask staking will act as the new Ethereum staking program, … Read more
Luker Jen Oct 27 · 2 min read Whoo, we’ve been busy this month! We have some Devcon talks, new articles, and community outreach coming your way! Security Laboratory Harvard Psychological Laboratory, 1892 Endo “Quadruple backflip” has landed and was released. We’re looking into introducing the new version of SES into LavaMoat.https://github.com/endojs/endo/pull/1293https://github.com/endojs/endo/releases/tag/ses%400.17.0 Meanwhile, we’re also … Read more
Luker Jen Sep 29 · 2 min read This month, a little news from the Lab and some scams to be aware of… Security Laboratory Manchester Mark 1 Computer, 1948. Endo Big news in Endo is the latest attempt to refactor SES shim’s evaluator into a multilayered scope stack, also referred to as “quadruple backflip”. … Read more
Luker Jen Jul 28 · 4 min read GM, GA, GE, or GN, wherever you are! Here’s the latest from our Security Laboratory, some new bounty program stats, and a few things to help you keep security top of mind! Security Laboratory The FBI Laboratory in the early 1930s in Washington, D.C. Endo CommonJS support … Read more
Luker Jen Jun 29 · 6 min read Get ready for this month’s jam-packed issue, where you’ll find details about our continued progress from the Lab, a not-too-shabby MTTR, our HackerOne bounty program, and more! Make sure you see our deprecation announcement. Security Laboratory Endo Support for “where are my source files” use cases complete! … Read more
Luker Jen Jun 27 · 1 min read June 2022 MetaMask is deprecating two methods available in its API: eth_decrypt and eth_getEncryptionPublicKey. The methods will still exist in the API, and continue to function as they do currently: however, MetaMask no longer recommends they be used. These methods are being deprecated because they are not … Read more
Dan Finlay Jun 15 · 5 min read Researchers from Halborn found a case where user keys could be found unencrypted on disk in rare edge cases, which has been fixed for MetaMask Extension versions 10.11.3 and later Background Security researchers at Halborn have disclosed an instance where a Secret Recovery Phrase used by web … Read more
JS_MetaMask Jun 2 · 3 min read MetaMask has granted a bounty of $120,000 to the United Global Whitehat Security Team (UGWST), including René Kroka and José Almeida, for their responsible disclosure of a critical security vulnerability. There were no known instances of this vulnerability being exploited, and the MetaMask team has already patched the … Read more
MetaMask is the most popular cryptocurrency wallet app and browser extension used to access the Web3 universe. In just a few simple steps, you can unlock this powerful tool and begin exploring the Polygon ecosystem. There are more than 19,000 decentralized applications (dApps) running on Polygon. That list includes DeFi protocols like Aave and Uniswap … Read more
