DeFi Security and Flash Loan Attacks
RCCE students will learn financial engineering attacks and securing decentralized finance protocols. RCCE students will learn to apply industry-standard tools and techniques to identify weaknesses and verify security controls. The course covers practical scenarios ranging from initial setup to final reporting. RCCE students will learn to analyze complex systems and think like an attacker to better defend the organization. This comprehensive course delivers practical knowledge applicable to real-world cybersecurity operations. Starting from foundational concepts, RCCE students will learn through a combination of concept explanation, practical demonstration, and hands-on exercises.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing DeFi Security and Flash Loan Attacks
- Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
- Execute hands-on tasks for application layer — covering DEX interfaces, yield aggregators, wallets.
- Execute hands-on tasks for protocol layer — covering Lending (Aave, Compound), AMMs (Uniswap).
- Execute hands-on tasks for infrastructure layer — covering Oracles (Chainlink), bridges, indexers.
- Execute hands-on tasks for settlement layer — covering Ethereum, Solana, Polygon base chains.
- Execute hands-on tasks for lending protocols
- Execute hands-on tasks for yield optimizers — covering Uniswap, SushiSwap, Curve, Aave, Compound, MakerDAO, Yearn, Convex, Beefy.
- Execute hands-on tasks for smart contract security fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for core vulnerabilities
- Execute hands-on tasks for security principles — covering Reentrancy: recursive call exploitation, Checks-Effects-Interactions pattern.
- Execute hands-on tasks for solidity security patterns
| Module 01 | Course Overview |
| Module 02 | DeFi Ecosystem Architecture |
| Module 03 | Application Layer |
| Module 04 | Protocol Layer |
| Module 05 | Infrastructure Layer |
| Module 06 | Settlement Layer |
| Module 07 | Lending Protocols |
| Module 08 | Yield Optimizers |
| Module 09 | Smart Contract Security Fundamentals |
| Module 10 | Core Vulnerabilities |
| Module 11 | Security Principles |
| Module 12 | Solidity Security Patterns |
| Module 13 | // Reentrancy Guard Pattern |
| Module 14 | Key Takeaway |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice defi security and flash loan attacks by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Lab 2: Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for application layer
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for protocol layer
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for infrastructure layer
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for DeFi Security and Flash Loan Attacks, verifiable through the Rocheston certification portal.
- Full access to all course materials and slide decks
- Hands-on lab access on Rocheston Rose X OS environment
- Access to Rocheston CyberNotes
- Access to Rocheston Zelfire — EDR/XDR SIEM platform
- Access to Rocheston Raven — online cyber range exercise platform
- Access to Rocheston Vulnerability Vines AI