Candidate Profile

Halborn is a leading cybersecurity firm specializing in providing comprehensive security services, including Advisory and Assurance, across a wide range of blockchain ecosystems. With expertise in identifying and mitigating risks, and a proven track record, we are well-positioned to contribute to the Arbitrum Security Council and help create a secure and resilient space for its growing ecosystem.

Our commitment to advancing blockchain security and enabling digital transformation drives our interest in joining the Arbitrum Security Council. Leveraging our deep technical knowledge, we aim to support Arbitrum in proactively managing vulnerabilities and maintaining the integrity of its network. By contributing our expertise, we seek to help ensure Arbitrum remains secure, scalable, and resilient.

• Halborn has been a trusted cybersecurity partner for multiple leading Layer 1 blockchains, DeFi protocols, and some of the largest financial institutions in the world. Our clients include industry leaders such as Solana, Ava Labs, Polygon, and dozens more across the blockchain space, accounting for over 2,000 completed security assessments.
• We conduct advanced security reviews, combining automated vulnerability discovery tools with thorough manual assessments, ensuring comprehensive coverage for smart contracts, on-chain infrastructure, cloud environments, and more. These security reviews have played a critical role in securing projects in ecosystems such as Ethereum-based, Solana and Cosmos, with full details available in our published reports (https://www.halborn.com/audits).
• Our team has uncovered several Zero-Day vulnerabilities, including the MetaMask "Demonic" Vulnerability (https://www.halborn.com/disclosures/demonic-vulnerability), and "Rab13s" (https://www.halborn.com/disclosures/rab13s-vulnerability-dogecoin), which impacted more than 280 networks. Additional Case Studies with select partners can be found in here: https://www.halborn.com/case-studies.
• Furthermore, we are an authorized CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program. Our "Rab13s" finding has been officially published here: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-30769
• Additionally, we are the authors of the Blockchain Vulnerability Scoring System (BVSS), a comprehensive framework for evaluating blockchain vulnerabilities, which is publicly accessible here: https://www.halborn.com/bvss
• Halborn's team consists of top-tier cybersecurity professionals with decades of experience in offensive security, blockchain infrastructure, and smart contract security across a wide range of ecosystems and languages. For more information, visit: http://halborn.com/

Halborn collaborates with several leading blockchain projects, such as Ethereum, EigenLayer, Cosmos, Optimism, Solana, NEAR, Casper, and Arbitrum itself. There are no conflicts of interest associated with this application.