Smart Contracts Security Course For Beginners

Introduction

The Smart Contract Security course is beginner-friendly and offers an in-depth understanding of the industry practices and real-life issues that developers face when creating smart contracts. This course focuses on all the fundamental concepts related to smart contract security, the integral components of the blockchain and web3 ecosystem, and their common security concerns. It aims to help the course participant master smart contract auditing, development, and security.

Through this course, the students can learn all about smart contract vulnerabilities and the best practices for secure smart contract development with engaging video lessons in each module.

What Will You Gain From This Course?

Following the completion of this course, the students will be able to:

1. Develop a comprehensive understanding of smart contract security concepts, vulnerabilities, and best practices used in developing and working on smart contracts.
2. Gain hands-on experience with smart contracts, developing solutions related to smart contracts, and resolving real-world problems related to smart contracts.
3. Have an in-depth understanding of ethical hacking and its different techniques, identify possible issues in hacking, and mitigate security risks without causing harm.
4. Develop proficiency in the Solidity programming language and learn about its role in developing smart contracts.
5. Conduct security audits, identify issues within the smart contracts, identify vulnerabilities, and devise possible solutions to mitigate these issues in the future.
6. Conduct an in-depth vulnerability analysis to understand the common issues within smart contracts, such as reentrancy attacks, integer overflows, and denial-of-service attacks.

Skills Acquired:

1. Solidity Programming
2. Security Testing
3. Vulnerability Analysis
4. Critical Thinking
5. Logical Reasoning
6. Problem-Solving
7. Ethical Hacking

Who Can Benefit From This Course?

This course is designed for:

1. IT professionals, tech experts, software developers, and Blockchain developers working on blockchain.
2. Blockchain workers seeking ways to gain valuable insights into the security implications of smart contracts.
3. Developers trying to learn about writing more secure code.
4. Security professionals and cybersecurity experts working in cybersecurity or information security roles who want to enhance their expertise by specializing in smart contract security.
5. Blockchain enthusiasts who want to explore blockchain technology by learning more about the underlying security principles and challenges within blockchain.
6. Ethical hackers seeking ways to know more about ethical hacking and want to polish their skills related to smart contract security.

Course Content

7 Modules – Certificate of Completion

Welcome to the Course

This is an introductory section of the course. Through this section, the students will learn about the course, the instructor, and its content. This section includes a message from the instructor, a disclaimer about the course, and a downloadable course presentation.

Ethereum Fundamentals

This is the first official module within this course. It covers some of the most important concepts within Ethereum. The students will explore the fundamentals of Ethereum, public key cryptography, hash functions, data integrity, and anonymity. Apart from these key concepts, the module also includes three demonstrations on topics like hash functions, message signatures, and block mining. Finally, this module ends with a summary and some interactive exercises for hands-on practice.

Smart Contracts Vulnerabilities

The second module of this course is all about vulnerabilities in smart contracts. Within this module, the students will learn more about advanced concepts within smart contracts. The students will get an overview of integer overflow/underflow, precision loss, and reentrancy attacks. This module also includes detailed demos on all these topics. Finally, this module ends with some interactive, hands-on exercises on Ethereum vulnerabilities and other related tasks.

Advanced Smart Contracts Vulnerabilities

The third module of this course is all about advanced smart contracts vulnerabilities. This module starts with a basic overview, but as the module progresses, the students will get to know about flash loan attacks, front-running attacks, price manipulation, and sandwich attacks. Apart from the theory-based learning, there is also a detailed demo session available on flash loans, sandwich attacks, and some hands-on exercises related to flashloan for practice.

Best Practices

The fourth module of this course is all about the best practices that are important for handling smart contract projects. This module explores topics like safe transfer Ether, access control, and NFT vulnerabilities. Apart from these topics, this module includes detailed demos on safe transfer Ether, access control, and detecting NFT vulnerabilities as well. Finally, the module ends with some hands-on exercises to practice all these skills in real time.

Testing Tools

The fifth module of this course covers some of the most important tools that are important for ensuring the security of smart contracts. The module starts with a brief introduction and then quickly dives into different testing styles and tools. The students will learn about Hardhat advanced testing, Foundry, and Fuzz testing. Apart from the theory-based topics, there are detailed demos on each topic where the learner can get to see tutorials on advanced testing techniques and ways to install Foundry and Fuzz testing. The module ends with some interactive exercises that will help the students put all the learned skills to the test.

Auditing Fundamentals

The sixth module of this course is about auditing fundamentals. The students will get to learn about some auditing methodologies along with bug bounties, Catch the Flag (CTFs), and Slither. Apart from the lectures, this module includes a demo session on Ethernaut and Slither, along with some other interactive exercises so the students can easily practice all the learned skills in real-time.

Summary and Final Exam

The closing module of this course gives a recap of the whole course along with the final. This exam is especially important for earning the certificate. The module starts with a summary along with exam details so the students can know what to expect from the exam. Finally, the students can take the exam and earn the certificate.

Description

The Smart Contracts Security course is a comprehensive hands-on learning program. This course aims to help the students get familiar with smart contracts, the possible security issues with smart contracts, and the ways to resolve these issues.

For the convenience of the learner, the course is divided into eight total sections. The first section only offers basic introductory information, a course overview, and information about the instructor. With the help of the introductory section, the learner will get to know more about the overall content included in the training program.

The rest of the seven modules within this course dwell deeper into the fundamental concepts related to smart contracts. The student can expect to learn all about Solidity programming, security testing, vulnerability analysis, best industry practices, useful tools, and much more. To ensure that students get to experience the zero-to-hero journey, this program has a combination of theoretical concepts, demos, interactive exercises, practical projects, and exams.

The course is designed to cater to individuals with a variety of backgrounds and interests, from developers to security professionals and blockchain enthusiasts. By the end of this course, students will gain all the essential skills and an in-depth understanding of industry standards related to the security and development of the blockchain ecosystem.

Meet the Instructor

101 Blockchains

101 Blockchains is a leading online learning platform for blockchain technologies and web3. The platform aims to empower individuals and organizations to gain an in-depth understanding of all things blockchain. This platform offers a wide range of courses, tutorials, and resources that are perfect for beginners, professionals, and experts. The platform has a wide range of engaging content to make complex blockchain concepts easy to grasp for everyone. From the fundamentals of cryptocurrency to advanced blockchain development, 101 Blockchains has courses on all the categories of blockchain.