{"id":626574,"date":"2026-07-09T05:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T05:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/ai-is-shortening-the-shelf-life-of-crypto-security-audits-researchers-warn\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T05:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T05:53:00","slug":"ai-is-shortening-the-shelf-life-of-crypto-security-audits-researchers-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/ai-is-shortening-the-shelf-life-of-crypto-security-audits-researchers-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"AI is shortening the shelf life of crypto security audits, researchers warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/hi-defi-hack-overview-what-happened-and-why.jpg\" alt=\"AI is shortening the shelf life of crypto security audits, researchers warn\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hackers have also been exploiting the codebases of defunct decentralized finance protocols, draining millions of dollars in customer funds.<\/p>\n<p>Blockchain security experts are urging crypto protocols to reaudit their smart contracts as AI tooling is making it easier for hackers to identify vulnerabilities more quickly than ever before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur data argues for continuous review rather than a one-time audit,\u201d TRM Labs head of policy Ari Redbord told Cointelegraph, adding that \u201cattack techniques are moving faster than a single audit from launch day can account for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CertiK reported Monday that <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-hacks-fell-47-percent-in-h1-but-ecosystem-is-no-safer-certik\">hackers stole another $1.32 billion<\/a> in the first half of 2026 and have adopted increasingly sophisticated strategies in response to strengthened security measures across the industry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ai-is-shortening-the-shelf-life-of-crypto-security-audits-researchers-warn\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hackers have also been exploiting the codebases of defunct decentralized finance protocols, draining millions of dollars in customer funds. Blockchain security experts are urging crypto protocols to reaudit their smart contracts as AI tooling is making it easier for hackers to identify vulnerabilities more quickly than ever before.\u00a0 \u201cOur data argues for continuous review rather [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":626575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-626574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}