# Web4 Hardbound Attack Catalog Summary

**Version**: 7.7
**Date**: 2026-02-12
**Total Attacks**: 424
**Status**: Comprehensive Coverage through Track GB (Cross-Chain MEV Attacks)

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## Overview

This document summarizes the Web4 Hardbound attack simulation catalog, which has grown from the initial 6 attacks to 424 comprehensive attack vectors across 84 tracks. Each attack includes:
- Attack mechanism and exploitation strategy
- Defense implementations with multiple layers
- Detection probability and damage assessment
- Mitigation recommendations

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## Attack Track Summary

### Foundation Attacks (Tracks 1-6, Attacks 1-6)
**Original attack vectors discovered in early sessions**

| Track | Attack | Focus Area |
|-------|--------|------------|
| 1 | Metabolic State Manipulation | ATP cost gaming |
| 2 | Sybil Trust Farming | Fake identity inflation |
| 3 | ATP Exhaustion | Resource drain attacks |
| 4 | Heartbeat Timing | Chain manipulation |
| 5 | Trust Decay Evasion | Artificial trust maintenance |
| 6 | Multi-Sig Quorum | Voting system gaming |

### Advanced Identity Attacks (Tracks 7-15, Attacks 7-15)
**Identity and trust infrastructure attacks**

| Track | Attack | Focus Area |
|-------|--------|------------|
| 7 | Cross-Team Witness Collusion | Multi-team coordination |
| 8 | Role Cycling | Witness reset exploitation |
| 9 | Sybil Team Creation | Lineage evasion |
| 10 | Witness Cycling | Official API abuse |
| 11 | R6 Timeout Evasion | Stale approval accumulation |
| 12 | Multi-Party Cross-Team Collusion | Complex coordination |
| 13 | Defense Evasion (AP-AS) | Testing defense gaps |
| 14 | Advanced Defenses (AU-AW) | Defense hardening tests |
| 15 | New Mechanisms (AY-BB) | Novel attack vectors |

### Federation and Network Attacks (Tracks BH-CL)
**Cross-system and network-level attacks**

| Track | Attacks | Focus Area |
|-------|---------|------------|
| BH | 16 | Multi-federation vectors |
| BK | 17 | Trust bootstrap/reciprocity |
| BO | 18 | Economic attack vectors |
| BS | 19 | Decay and maintenance attacks |
| BW | 20 | Governance vectors |
| BZ | 21 | Discovery and reputation |
| CD | 22 | Time-based vectors |
| CF | 23 | Governance manipulation |
| CI | 24 | Network partition attacks |
| CJ | 25 | Consensus manipulation |
| CK | 26 | LCT credential delegation |
| CL | 27 | Cascading federation failure |

### Trust System Deep Attacks (Tracks CM-CY)
**Trust mechanics exploitation**

| Track | Attacks | Focus Area |
|-------|---------|------------|
| CM | 28 | Trust graph poisoning |
| CN | 29 | Witness amplification |
| CP | 30 | Recovery exploitation |
| CQ | 31 | Policy bypass |
| CR | 32 | R6 workflow manipulation |
| CS | 33 | Admin binding exploit |
| CT | 34 | Trust economics arbitrage |
| CU | 35 | Identity confabulation |
| CV | 36 | MRH exploitation |
| CW | 37 | V3 value tensor manipulation |
| CX | 38 | Concurrent race conditions |
| CY | 39 | Attack chain combinations |

### Web4 Core Protocol Attacks (Tracks CZ-DJ)
**Protocol-specific vulnerabilities**

| Track | Attacks | Focus Area |
|-------|---------|------------|
| CZ | 40 | Oracle dependency injection |
| DA | 41 | Metabolism desynchronization |
| DB | 42 | Checkpoint replay |
| DC | 43 | Semantic policy confusion |
| DD | 44 | Accumulation starvation |
| DE | 45 | Dictionary entity poisoning |
| DF | 46 | MCP relay injection |
| DG | 47 | ATP recharge frontrunning |
| DH | 48 | Cross-model dictionary drift |
| DI | 49 | MRH scope inflation |
| DJ | 50 | ADP metadata persistence |

### Hardware and Binding Attacks (Track DK-DL, Attacks 51-56)
**Hardware security layer attacks**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 51 | Cross-Layer Attack Chains | Multi-layer coordination |
| 52 | Hardware Anchor Substitution | TPM/SE weaknesses |
| 53 | Binding Proof Forgery | Attestation bypass |
| 54 | Cross-Device Witness Replay | Witness chain abuse |
| 55 | Recovery Quorum Manipulation | Recovery process gaming |
| 56 | Binding Downgrade | Security level reduction |

### Role and Tensor Attacks (Track DM, Attacks 57-61)
**T3/V3 tensor and role boundary attacks**

| Attack | Name | Exploitation |
|--------|------|-------------|
| 57 | T3 Role Context Leakage | Cross-role information leak |
| 58 | Role Boundary Confusion | Permission boundary abuse |
| 59 | T3 Dimension Isolation Bypass | Dimension bleed-through |
| 60 | V3 Veracity Witness Collusion | Veracity score manipulation |
| 61 | Role-Task Mismatch Exploitation | Capability misuse |

### Temporal and Consensus Attacks (Tracks DN, Attacks 62-64)
**Time and consensus layer attacks**

| Attack | Name | Mechanism |
|--------|------|-----------|
| 62 | Clock Skew Exploitation | Time desynchronization |
| 63 | Temporal Ordering Manipulation | Event sequence attacks |
| 64 | Consensus Split-Brain | Network partition exploitation |

### Side-Channel Attacks (Track DO, Attacks 65-66)
**Information leakage attacks**

| Attack | Name | Channel |
|--------|------|---------|
| 65 | Timing Side-Channel | Timing analysis |
| 66 | Error Side-Channel | Error message mining |

### Supply Chain Attacks (Track DP, Attacks 67-68)
**Dependency and build attacks**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 67 | Dependency Confusion | Package hijacking |
| 68 | Build Pipeline Compromise | CI/CD attacks |

### AI/ML-Specific Attacks (Track DQ, Attacks 69-72)
**Agent and model attacks**

| Attack | Name | Vector |
|--------|------|--------|
| 69 | Prompt Injection | Input manipulation |
| 70 | Model Output Manipulation | Output hijacking |
| 71 | Agent Impersonation | Identity spoofing |
| 72 | Training Data Poisoning | Model corruption |

### Emergent Coordination Attacks (Track DR, Attacks 73-78)
**Multi-agent coordination attacks**

| Attack | Name | Pattern |
|--------|------|---------|
| 73 | Bot Farm Coordination | Automated coordination |
| 74 | Human-AI Hybrid Coordination | Mixed attack teams |
| 75 | Emergent Adversarial Behavior | Spontaneous coalitions |
| 76 | Collective Action Gaming | Group strategy abuse |
| 77 | Network Effect Manipulation | Platform dynamics |
| 78 | Information Asymmetry Exploitation | Knowledge advantage abuse |

### Long-Con Trust Exploitation (Track DS, Attacks 79-84)
**Patient adversary attacks**

| Attack | Name | Duration |
|--------|------|----------|
| 79 | Patient Trust Building | Months |
| 80 | Reputation Laundering | Ongoing |
| 81 | Sleeper Cell Activation | Years |
| 82 | Trust Inheritance Exploitation | Generational |
| 83 | Long-Con Betrayal | Strategic timing |
| 84 | Pump-and-Dump Trust | Opportunistic |

### Appeals and Recovery Gaming (Track DT, Attacks 85-90)
**Process exploitation attacks**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 85 | Appeals Process Abuse | Dispute mechanism |
| 86 | Recovery Mechanism Gaming | Recovery exploitation |
| 87 | Forgiveness Exploitation | Redemption abuse |
| 88 | Penalty Mitigation Gaming | Sanction avoidance |
| 89 | Adjudication System Gaming | Decision process |
| 90 | Rehabilitation Narrative Manipulation | Story-based evasion |

### Governance Interface Attacks (Track DU, Attacks 91-95)
**Human-system interface attacks**

| Attack | Name | Method |
|--------|------|--------|
| 91 | Unbundling Cap Evasion | Aggregate burden |
| 92 | SEP Defanging via Delay | Process stalling |
| 93 | Soft Veto via Reasonable Requests | Death by process |
| 94 | Pay-to-Violate | Economic violation calculus |
| 95 | Forum Shopping | Jurisdictional arbitrage |

### Cross-System Attack Chains (Track DW, Attacks 96-99)
**Multi-system coordinated attacks**

| Attack | Name | Scope |
|--------|------|-------|
| 96 | Cross-Federation Identity Pivot | Identity portability abuse |
| 97 | Multi-Layer Reputation Cascade | Layered reputation gaming |
| 98 | Trust Bridge Exploitation | Bridge mechanism abuse |
| 99 | Coordinated Multi-System DoS | Distributed denial |

### Cryptographic Attacks (Track DX, Attack 100)
**🎉 MILESTONE: Attack 100**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 100 | Signature Replay & Key Weakness | Cryptographic primitives |

### Information Cascade Attacks (Track DY, Attack 101)
**Viral misinformation dynamics**

| Attack | Name | Mechanism |
|--------|------|-----------|
| 101 | Information Cascade Propagation | Viral spread manipulation |

### Advanced Persistent Threat Patterns (Track DZ, Attacks 102-106)
**APT-style multi-phase attacks**

| Attack | Name | Phase |
|--------|------|-------|
| 102 | APT Reconnaissance & Mapping | Discovery |
| 103 | APT Initial Compromise | Entry |
| 104 | APT Lateral Movement | Expansion |
| 105 | APT Data Exfiltration | Extraction |
| 106 | APT Persistence & Cleanup | Maintenance |

### Economic Coalition Attacks (Track EA, Attacks 107-110)
**Cartel and coalition dynamics**

| Attack | Name | Strategy |
|--------|------|----------|
| 107 | Coalition Cartel Formation | Market control |
| 108 | Coalition Defection Punishment | Enforced cooperation |
| 109 | Coalition Entry Barriers | Market closure |
| 110 | Coalition Market Manipulation | Price control |

### Behavioral Economics Attacks (Track EB, Attacks 111-114)
**Cognitive bias exploitation**

| Attack | Name | Bias Exploited |
|--------|------|----------------|
| 111 | Anchoring Bias Exploitation | First impression dominance |
| 112 | Loss Aversion Exploitation | Fear of loss (2x) |
| 113 | Hyperbolic Discounting Exploitation | Present bias |
| 114 | Overconfidence Exploitation | Dunning-Kruger effect |

### Social Engineering in Trust Systems (Track EC, Attacks 115-118)
**Human psychology manipulation**

| Attack | Name | Principle |
|--------|------|-----------|
| 115 | Authority Impersonation | Milgram obedience |
| 116 | Social Proof Manipulation | Asch conformity |
| 117 | Urgency/Scarcity Exploitation | Cialdini FOMO |
| 118 | Reciprocity Exploitation | Gouldner norm |

### Regulatory and Compliance Arbitrage (Track ED, Attacks 119-122)
**Legal and regulatory gaming**

| Attack | Name | Mechanism |
|--------|------|-----------|
| 119 | Jurisdiction Shopping | Regulatory fragmentation |
| 120 | Compliance Theater | Appearance vs substance |
| 121 | Standard Capture | Committee manipulation |
| 122 | Reporting Manipulation | Goodhart's Law |

### Emergent System Dynamics (Track EE, Attacks 123-126)
**Complex systems exploitation**

| Attack | Name | Phenomenon |
|--------|------|------------|
| 123 | Complexity Bomb | Exponential state space |
| 124 | Phase Transition Triggering | Critical thresholds |
| 125 | Positive Feedback Amplification | Winner-take-all |
| 126 | Network Topology Exploitation | Hub/bridge capture |

### Future Threats - AI & Hardware (Track EF, Attacks 127-134)
**AI model degradation, quantum, and physical security**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 127 | AI Witness Monoculture | AI diversity collapse |
| 128 | Knowledge Cutoff Exploitation | Stale AI knowledge |
| 129 | Semantic Drift Exploitation | Dictionary entity drift |
| 130 | Compression-Trust Collapse | High-trust compression abuse |
| 131 | Post-Quantum Migration | PQ transition attacks |
| 132 | TPM Firmware Exploitation | Hardware security bypass |
| 133 | Device Theft and Cloning | Physical device compromise |
| 134 | Coercion/Duress Attack | Human coercion |

### Cross-Federation AI Coordination (Track EG, Attacks 135-142)
**AI agent coordination attacks in federated systems**

| Attack | Name | Exploitation |
|--------|------|--------------|
| 135 | Context Window Overflow | Flood AI context, push out critical info |
| 136 | Hallucination Injection | Exploit AI inference gaps |
| 137 | Instruction Conflict | Policy vs system instruction conflicts |
| 138 | Agent Impersonation Chain | Cascading fake agent vouching |
| 139 | Collective Decision Manipulation | AI voting/consensus manipulation |
| 140 | Coordinated Inaction | Trigger bystander effect |
| 141 | Model Capability Mismatch | Route tasks to incapable models |
| 142 | Resource Starvation Cascade | Coordinated resource exhaustion |

### Energy/ESG Gaming (Track EH, Attacks 143-148)
**Environmental and sustainability claims gaming**

| Attack | Name | Exploitation |
|--------|------|--------------|
| 143 | Metabolic State ESG Gaming | False sustainability from dormant states |
| 144 | Carbon Offset Dormancy | Generate credits through fake dormancy |
| 145 | Efficiency Metric Manipulation | Off-ledger work, on-ledger efficiency |
| 146 | Green Washing via Protocol | Protocol features enable greenwashing |
| 147 | ESG Certification Arbitrage | Exploit certification standard differences |
| 148 | Energy Attribution Fraud | Attribute energy consumption to others |

### Privacy/Zero-Knowledge Protocol Attacks (Track EI, Attacks 149-154)
**Cryptographic privacy and ZK protocol attacks**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 149 | ZK Proof Malleability | Modify proofs while maintaining validity |
| 150 | Privacy Deanonymization | Link anonymous transactions to identities |
| 151 | ZK Circuit Backdoor | Hidden trapdoors in circuit design |
| 152 | Witness Extraction | Extract private inputs from proofs |
| 153 | Commitment Grinding | Find favorable commitment openings |
| 154 | Verifiable Computation Forgery | Forge proofs of computation |

### Cross-Blockchain Arbitrage Attacks (Track EJ, Attacks 155-160)
**Multi-chain coordination and bridge attacks**

| Attack | Name | Mechanism |
|--------|------|-----------|
| 155 | Cross-Chain Replay | Replay transactions across chains |
| 156 | Bridge Liquidity Drain | Exploit verification delays |
| 157 | Oracle Price Manipulation | Manipulate cross-chain price feeds |
| 158 | Finality Racing | Exploit different finality times |
| 159 | Chain Reorg Exploitation | Profit from blockchain reorganizations |
| 160 | Merkle Proof Forgery | Forge state proofs for light clients |

### Formal Verification Bypass Attacks (Track EK, Attacks 161-166)
**Attacks on formal methods, proof systems, and verification tooling**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 161 | Specification Gap Exploitation | Gaps between spec and implementation |
| 162 | Model Abstraction Exploitation | Simplifications in formal models |
| 163 | Proof Oracle Manipulation | Corrupt oracles used in proofs |
| 164 | Assumption Violation | Violate implicit proof assumptions |
| 165 | Solver/Prover Exploitation | Bugs in SMT solvers/theorem provers |
| 166 | Proof Replay Attack | Replay valid proofs in wrong contexts |

### Quantum-Safe Migration Attacks (Track EL, Attacks 167-172)
**Attacks during post-quantum cryptographic transitions**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 167 | Algorithm Downgrade | Force classical crypto during PQ transition |
| 168 | Key Transition Window | Exploit key transition periods |
| 169 | Harvest Now Decrypt Later | Store encrypted data for future quantum |
| 170 | Hybrid Signature Mismatch | Exploit partial hybrid verification |
| 171 | PQ Implementation Weakness | Side-channels in PQ implementations |
| 172 | PQ Parameter Weakness | Weak post-quantum parameter choices |

### Cross-Domain Semantic Attacks (Track EM, Attacks 173-178)
**Dictionary Entity and semantic meaning manipulation**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 173 | Cross-Domain Semantic Injection | Inject terms with domain-specific meanings |
| 174 | Meaning Laundering | Clean malicious meaning through translations |
| 175 | Dictionary Entity Corruption | Corrupt meaning mappings |
| 176 | Homoglyph Semantic Attack | Visually similar chars with different meanings |
| 177 | Semantic Context Collapse | Remove context to change meaning |
| 178 | Compression Semantic Loss | Lossy compression corrupts semantics |

### Cross-Ledger Consistency Attacks (Track EN, Attacks 179-184)
**Multi-ledger federation consistency attacks**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 179 | Federation Desynchronization | Force ledger desync |
| 180 | Ledger Partitioning | Deliberate partition creation |
| 181 | Cross-Ledger Replay | Replay operations across ledgers |
| 182 | State Divergence Exploitation | Exploit divergent state windows |
| 183 | Reconciliation Manipulation | Manipulate post-partition reconciliation |
| 184 | Consistency Model Downgrade | Downgrade consistency guarantees |

### Advanced AI Emergence Attacks (Track EO, Attacks 185-190)
**Spontaneous agent coordination and emergent behavior exploitation**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 185 | Emergent Goal Alignment | Agents converge on harmful goals |
| 186 | Implicit Communication Channel | Covert side-channel coordination |
| 187 | Mesa-Optimization Exploitation | Internal optimizer misalignment |
| 188 | Collective Intelligence Subversion | Minority controls collective decisions |
| 189 | Adversarial Self-Improvement | Capability growth to evade oversight |
| 190 | Distributed Emergence | Harm from benign component interactions |

### Hardware Enclave Attacks (Track EP, Attacks 191-196)
**SGX, TrustZone, and TPM exploitation at scale**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 191 | SGX Side-Channel Attack | Cache timing, power analysis |
| 192 | TrustZone Breakout | Escape secure world |
| 193 | TPM Reset Attack | Force reset, forge measurements |
| 194 | Attestation Forgery | Replay/modify attestation quotes |
| 195 | Enclave Memory Corruption | Buffer overflow in enclave |
| 196 | Iago Attack | Malicious OS return values |

### Interoperability Standards Attacks (Track EQ, Attacks 197-202)
**Standards integration and version mismatch exploitation**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 197 | Protocol Version Mismatch | Exploit version differences |
| 198 | Encoding Confusion | Encoding interpretation gaps |
| 199 | Schema Evolution Exploitation | Schema version gaps |
| 200 | Standard Interpretation Divergence | Ambiguous spec exploitation |
| 201 | Bridge Protocol Exploitation | Cross-protocol translation gaps |
| 202 | Extension Conflict | Conflicting extension behavior |

### LCT Lifecycle Attacks (Track ER, Attacks 203-208)
**Attacks on Linked Context Token creation, delegation, and revocation**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 203 | LCT Genesis Manipulation | Backdoor at creation |
| 204 | LCT Delegation Chain Attack | Privilege escalation via delegation |
| 205 | LCT Revocation Race | Use LCT during propagation delay |
| 206 | LCT Zombie Resurrection | Revoked LCT via stale state |
| 207 | LCT Recovery Hijack | Steal identity via recovery |
| 208 | LCT Lineage Forgery | False parent claims |

### Physical Layer Attacks (Track ES, Attacks 209-214)
**Electromagnetic emanations, acoustic cryptanalysis, and side-channel attacks**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 209 | EM Emanation Capture | Extract keys from EM emissions |
| 210 | Van Eck Phreaking | Reconstruct display from EM leakage |
| 211 | Power Analysis Attack | DPA to extract crypto keys |
| 212 | Acoustic Cryptanalysis | Extract keys from CPU sounds |
| 213 | Physical Cache Timing | Prime+Probe with physical access |
| 214 | Cold Boot Attack | Extract keys from cooled RAM |

### Supply Chain Integrity Attacks (Track ET, Attacks 215-220)
**Hardware implants, firmware trojans, and build system compromise**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 215 | Hardware Implant | Insert malicious chip during supply chain |
| 216 | Firmware Trojan | Persistent backdoor in device firmware |
| 217 | BIOS/UEFI Rootkit | Rootkit in SPI flash, survives disk wipe |
| 218 | Supply Chain Interdiction | Modify devices in transit |
| 219 | Counterfeit Component Injection | Inject fake/modified components |
| 220 | Build System Compromise | Backdoor in build pipeline (SolarWinds-style) |

### Insider Threat / Social-Organizational Attacks (Track EU, Attacks 221-226)
**Trusted insider abuse, shadow IT, organizational compromise**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 221 | Privileged Insider Abuse | Abuse legitimate privileged access |
| 222 | Shadow IT Exploitation | Attack via unauthorized IT systems |
| 223 | Credential Sharing Exploitation | Abuse shared credentials |
| 224 | Internal Social Engineering | Manipulate employees to bypass controls |
| 225 | Departing Employee Data Theft | Steal data before leaving |
| 226 | Third-Party Access Abuse | Attack via vendor/contractor access |

### Recovery/Disaster Exploitation Attacks (Track EV, Attacks 227-232)
**Backup poisoning, DR exploitation, recovery process attacks**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 227 | Backup Poisoning | Poison backups to persist through recovery |
| 228 | DR Site Compromise | Compromise disaster recovery site |
| 229 | Recovery Credential Theft | Steal break-glass credentials |
| 230 | Recovery Process Manipulation | Tamper with recovery procedures |
| 231 | Crisis Exploitation | Attack during active incident |
| 232 | Failback Attack | Attack during return to production |

### Geopolitical/Jurisdictional Attacks (Track EW, Attacks 233-238)
**Sanctions evasion, jurisdictional conflicts, regulatory gaps**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 233 | Sanctions Evasion | Use trust network to circumvent sanctions |
| 234 | Jurisdictional Fragmentation | Operate across jurisdictions under thresholds |
| 235 | Data Localization Bypass | Circumvent data residency requirements |
| 236 | Extraterritorial Conflict | Exploit conflicts between jurisdictional requirements |
| 237 | Regulatory Fragmentation Exploit | Exploit gaps between regulatory agencies |
| 238 | Political Pressure Exploitation | Exploit political pressure on regulators |

### ML Model Training/Inference Attacks (Track EX, Attacks 239-244)
**Training data poisoning, model tampering, inference manipulation**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 239 | Training Data Manipulation | Inject biased/malicious training examples |
| 240 | Model Weight Tampering | Modify model weights post-training |
| 241 | Inference Manipulation | Intercept and modify inference requests/outputs |
| 242 | Model Extraction | Extract model through repeated queries |
| 243 | Gradient Exploitation | Craft adversarial inputs via gradient estimation |
| 244 | Model Inversion | Invert model to extract training data |

### Temporal Coordination Attacks (Track EY, Attacks 245-250)
**Exploiting time synchronization across distributed systems**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 245 | Time Skew Amplification | Amplify clock differences for state inconsistency |
| 246 | Heartbeat Desynchronization | Create validation blind spots via timing |
| 247 | Temporal Paradox Injection | Create circular temporal dependencies |
| 248 | Future Anchor Attack | Use commitments to anchor present to future |
| 249 | Clock Oracle Manipulation | Compromise time oracle consensus |
| 250 | Leap Second Exploitation | Attack during calendar time adjustments |

### Economic Cascade Attacks (Track EZ, Attacks 251-256)
**Cascading failures through economic dependencies**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 251 | Liquidity Cascade | Trigger domino-effect liquidity failures |
| 252 | Trust-Collateral Spiral | Create self-reinforcing trust/collateral loops |
| 253 | ATP Starvation Cascade | Cascade ATP exhaustion through dependencies |
| 254 | Reputation Contagion | Spread negative reputation through associations |
| 255 | Systemic Risk Concentration | Hide risk concentration until catastrophic reveal |
| 256 | Feedback Loop Weaponization | Exploit positive feedback loops for instability |

### Identity Fragmentation Attacks (Track FA, Attacks 257-262)
**Exploiting multi-identity management and cross-identity coordination**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 257 | Identity Compartment Abuse | Hide malicious activity across compartments |
| 258 | Pseudonym Chain Attack | Obscure origins through chains of pseudonyms |
| 259 | Identity Merge Exploitation | Inherit trust through fraudulent merging |
| 260 | Identity Recovery Hijack | Steal identity through recovery process |
| 261 | Cross-Platform Identity Arbitrage | Exploit differing trust standards |
| 262 | Identity Squatting | Register look-alike identities for confusion |

### Multi-Federation Cascade Attacks (Track FB, Attacks 263-268)
**Second-order cascade effects in multi-federation networks**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 263 | Cascade Amplification | Exploit N federations for N² effects |
| 264 | Topology Exploitation | Target critical path federations |
| 265 | Synchronized Multi-Partition | Coordinated partitions across federations |
| 266 | Recovery Oscillation | Trigger oscillating recovery attempts |
| 267 | Trust Cascade Weaponization | Propagate trust penalties via delegation |
| 268 | Economic-Trust Cascade Spiral | ATP-trust feedback loop exploitation |

See: `ATTACK_TRACK_FB_MULTI_FEDERATION_CASCADE.md` for full details.

### Coherence-Trust Integration Attacks (Track FC, Attacks 269-274) - NEW
**Attacks on coherence-based identity gating access permissions**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 269 | Self-Reference Inflation | Mechanically inflate coherence scores |
| 270 | Semantic Depth Spoofing | Generic vocabulary without grounding |
| 271 | Threshold Hovering | Maintain scores just above thresholds |
| 272 | Identity Mimicry | Clone coherence patterns from others |
| 273 | Coherence Drop Exploitation | Attack during coherence drop periods |
| 274 | Training Data Poisoning | Corrupt coherence training datasets |

### Multi-Coherence Consensus Attacks (Track FD, Attacks 275-280)
**Attacks on systems requiring multiple coherence metrics to agree**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 275 | Oracle Majority Capture | Compromise M/2+1 coherence oracles |
| 276 | Oracle Timing Desync | Exploit measurement timing windows |
| 277 | Coherence Type Confusion | Game specific metrics, ignore others |
| 278 | Consensus Split-Brain | Create conflicting consensus views |
| 279 | Coherence Metric Arbitrage | Exploit calibration differences |
| 280 | Consensus Rollback | Undo coherence decisions via reorg |

### LCT-Dictionary Binding Attacks (Track FE, Attacks 281-286)
**Attacks on meaning translation and dictionary entity bindings**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 281 | Dictionary Impersonation | Impersonate legitimate dictionary entities |
| 282 | Meaning Injection | Inject malicious meaning definitions |
| 283 | Translation Trust Laundering | Launder trust through dictionary translations |
| 284 | Binding Hijack | Hijack LCT-dictionary bindings |
| 285 | Compression Exploitation | Exploit compression-trust relationship |
| 286 | Dictionary Governance Capture | Capture dictionary governance processes |

### Witness Network Formation Attacks (Track FF, Attacks 287-292)
**Attacks on witness networks during their formation phase**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 287 | Early Entry Positioning | Infiltrate during formation phase |
| 288 | Hub Capture | Become critical network hub |
| 289 | Witness Clique Injection | Inject coordinated clique |
| 290 | Witness Path Manipulation | Block/hijack trust paths |
| 291 | Genesis Ceremony Subversion | Attack network bootstrap |
| 292 | Witness Migration Exploitation | Exploit network merges |

### Temporal Coherence Attacks (Track FG, Attacks 293-298)
**Attacks on time-based coherence and trust history**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 293 | Timestamp Manipulation | Forge or manipulate coherence timestamps |
| 294 | Trust History Fabrication | Create false trust history records |
| 295 | Presence Oscillation | Rapid presence state toggling for gaming |
| 296 | Witness Ordering | Manipulate witness event ordering |
| 297 | Temporal Trust Arbitrage | Exploit time-based trust differences |
| 298 | Coherence Horizon Manipulation | Manipulate MRH temporal boundaries |

### Resource Starvation Attacks (Track FH, Attacks 299-304)
**Attacks that exhaust system resources and economic capacity**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 299 | Resource Exhaustion | Exhaust compute/memory/network resources |
| 300 | ATP Drainage | Drain ATP balances through forced operations |
| 301 | Market Manipulation | Manipulate ATP/resource markets |
| 302 | Economic Incentive Corruption | Corrupt reward/penalty incentives |
| 303 | Verification Starvation | Starve verification resources |
| 304 | Economic Griefing | Grief through economically wasteful actions |

### Emergent Behavior Exploits (Track FI, Attacks 305-310)
**Attacks exploiting multi-agent emergent behaviors**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 305 | Coordination Hijacking | Hijack multi-agent coordination sessions |
| 306 | Swarm Manipulation | Manipulate swarm decision-making |
| 307 | Emergent Behavior Induction | Induce harmful emergent behaviors |
| 308 | Collective Intelligence Poisoning | Poison collective decision inputs |
| 309 | Coordination Deadlock | Create multi-agent coordination deadlocks |
| 310 | Cooperation Subversion | Subvert cooperative behaviors |

### Binding Revocation Cascade Attacks (Track FJ, Attacks 311-316)
**Attacks on LCT binding revocation and cascade propagation**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 311 | Selective Cascade Manipulation | Manipulate cascades to protect some identities |
| 312 | Cascade Rate Flooding | Overwhelm system with revocation cascades |
| 313 | Competing Recovery Claims | Submit competing claims to hijack identities |
| 314 | Trust History Laundering | Use revocation/recovery to escape penalties |
| 315 | Cross-Federation Cascade Amplification | Amplify cascades across federation boundaries |
| 316 | Orphaned Subtree Exploitation | Exploit orphaned identity subtrees |

### Cryptographic Primitive Attacks (Track FK, Attacks 317-322)
**Attacks on cryptographic implementation and parameters**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 317 | Nonce Reuse | Exploit repeated nonces to extract signing keys |
| 318 | Timing Side Channel | Measure timing variations to extract secrets |
| 319 | Key Derivation Weakness | Brute force weak KDF parameters |
| 320 | Signature Malleability | Create alternative valid signatures |
| 321 | Hash Collision | Exploit weak hash functions for collisions |
| 322 | Randomness Weakness | Predict outputs of weak RNG |

### MRH Context Boundary Attacks (Track FL, Attacks 323-328)
**Attacks on Markov Relevancy Horizon context boundaries**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 323 | MRH Boundary Violation | Access entities outside MRH horizon |
| 324 | Horizon Manipulation | Dynamically expand context boundaries |
| 325 | Context Poisoning | Inject malicious entities into context |
| 326 | Context Amplification | Cascade trust through context bridges |
| 327 | Cross-Network MRH Conflict | Exploit inconsistent boundaries across federations |
| 328 | Stale Context Exploitation | Use outdated context for unauthorized access |

### R6 Action Framework Attacks (Track FM, Attacks 329-334)
**Attacks on Rules/Role/Request/Reference/Resource→Result framework**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 329 | Rule Shadow Attack | Create shadow rules that override policy |
| 330 | Role Drift Exploitation | Gradual permission escalation through drift |
| 331 | Request-Result Alignment Manipulation | Game trust feedback loop with vague requests |
| 332 | Reference Scope Inflation | Expand MRH scope for unauthorized access |
| 333 | Composition Explosion Attack | Nested action chains to bypass checks |
| 334 | Resource Timing Attack | Double-spend ATP through timing exploits |

### V3 Value Tensor Attacks (Track FN, Attacks 335-340)
**Attacks on Valuation/Veracity/Validity tensor system**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 335 | Valuation Inflation Attack | Artificially inflate subjective worth |
| 336 | Veracity Collusion Attack | Coordinate witnesses for false verification |
| 337 | Validity Fraud Attack | Claim delivery without actual transfer |
| 338 | Cross-Role Value Leakage | Transfer value between role contexts |
| 339 | T3-V3 Feedback Loop Manipulation | Exploit tensor feedback for rapid growth |
| 340 | ATP Price Manipulation Attack | Game V3-based ATP pricing |

### Composite Framework Attacks (Track FO, Attacks 341-346)
**Attacks exploiting interactions between multiple Web4 components**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 341 | TOCTOU Race Condition | Component synchronization timing |
| 342 | Component State Desynchronization | Cross-component consistency |
| 343 | Cross-Layer Trust Laundering | Trust provenance integrity |
| 344 | Semantic Layer Confusion | Cross-component semantic integrity |
| 345 | Component Ordering Exploitation | Evaluation order assumptions |
| 346 | Multi-Component Rollback Exploit | Transaction atomicity |

### ATP/ADP Full Cycle Attacks (Track FP, Attacks 347-352)
**Attacks on the complete economic cycle**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 347 | ATP Double-Allocation Attack | Allocation race conditions |
| 348 | ADP Forgery Attack | Work proof forgery |
| 349 | Recycling Amplification Attack | Recycling efficiency gaming |
| 350 | ATP Expiry Gaming Attack | Expiry timing exploitation |
| 351 | Verification Collusion Attack | Verifier cartel formation |
| 352 | Cross-Phase Desynchronization | Phase state inconsistency |

### T3-V3 Cross-Tensor Attacks (Track FQ, Attacks 353-358)
**Attacks on Trust-Value tensor interactions**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 353 | Feedback Loop Amplification | Bidirectional feedback exploitation |
| 354 | Dimension Transfer Exploitation | Cross-dimension value transfer |
| 355 | Context Boundary Violation | Context isolation bypass |
| 356 | Tensor Desynchronization | Temporal state inconsistency |
| 357 | Inverse Correlation Gaming | Correlation constraint violation |
| 358 | Aggregation Gaming | Weight-based score optimization |

### Heartbeat and Metabolic State Attacks (Track FR, Attacks 359-364)
**Attacks on adaptive timing and metabolic states**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 359 | Heartbeat Timing Manipulation | Interval and phase exploitation |
| 360 | Metabolic State Spoofing | State declaration fraud |
| 361 | Block Rate Flooding | Excessive block creation |
| 362 | Hibernation Abuse | Accountability avoidance |
| 363 | Stress Cascade Induction | Systemic stress propagation |
| 364 | Recovery Process Exploitation | Recovery timing manipulation |

### Attestation & Proof System Attacks (Track FS, Attacks 365-370)
**Attacks on cryptographic and social proof systems**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 365 | Proof Forgery Attack | Create invalid but accepted proofs |
| 366 | Proof Replay Attack | Reuse valid proofs in wrong context |
| 367 | Attestation Chain Manipulation | Corrupt chain of attestations |
| 368 | Witness Collusion in Attestations | Coordinated false attestations |
| 369 | Revocation Bypass Attack | Use revoked attestations |
| 370 | ZK Proof Parameter Attack | Exploit weak ZK parameters |

### Network Topology Exploitation Attacks (Track FT, Attacks 371-376)
**Attacks on graph structure of trust networks**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 371 | Hub Capture Attack | Take control of high-degree nodes |
| 372 | Bridge Monopolization | Control inter-community paths |
| 373 | Clustering Manipulation | Create isolated trust cliques |
| 374 | Path Length Inflation | Artificially extend trust paths |
| 375 | Degree Distribution Gaming | Manipulate network statistics |
| 376 | Community Detection Evasion | Hide within legitimate structures |

### Incentive Mechanism Design Attacks (Track FU, Attacks 377-382)
**Game-theoretic exploits of economic incentives**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 377 | Nash Divergence Attack | Exploit equilibrium-optimum gaps |
| 378 | Dominant Strategy Exploitation | Use harmful dominant strategies |
| 379 | Coalition Formation Attack | Change payoffs through collusion |
| 380 | Information Asymmetry Exploitation | Leverage private information |
| 381 | Temporal Gaming Attack | Exploit timing in incentive windows |
| 382 | Free Rider Coordination | Coordinate free-riding behavior |

### Meta-Governance Attacks (Track FV, Attacks 383-388)
**Attacks on attack detection and governance oversight**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 383 | Detection Rule Suppression | Disable security alerting |
| 384 | Alert Fatigue Induction | Flood with false positives |
| 385 | Guardian Compromise | Corrupt oversight entities |
| 386 | Policy Evolution Hijacking | Subvert rule change processes |
| 387 | Self-Referential Paradox | Create logical contradictions |
| 388 | Watcher Capture | Control those who watch watchers |

### Governance & Policy Attacks (Track FW, Attacks 389-394)
**Attacks on governance mechanisms and policy enforcement**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 389 | Quorum Manipulation Attack | Game voting thresholds |
| 390 | Policy Ambiguity Exploitation | Exploit unclear policy language |
| 391 | Execution Delay Gaming | Exploit time between vote and action |
| 392 | Emergency Powers Abuse | Misuse crisis governance mechanisms |
| 393 | Proposal Flooding Attack | Overwhelm decision-making capacity |
| 394 | Governance Token Concentration | Accumulate disproportionate voting power |

### Cross-Protocol Bridge Attacks (Track FX, Attacks 395-400)
**Attacks on protocol translation and integration points**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 395 | Protocol Semantic Confusion | Trust model translation |
| 396 | Trust Model Impedance | Cross-protocol trust mapping |
| 397 | Bridge State Desynchronization | State consistency across protocols |
| 398 | Cross-Protocol Replay | Replay operations across protocols |
| 399 | Permission Mapping Escalation | Privilege escalation via mapping |
| 400 | Bridge Identity Confusion | Identity collision across protocols |

### Adaptive Adversary Learning Attacks (Track FY, Attacks 401-406)
**Attacks where adversaries learn from defense responses**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 401 | Threshold Probing | Map defense decision boundaries |
| 402 | Defense Response Learning | Learn from error messages/timing |
| 403 | Evolutionary Evasion | Evolve attacks to evade detection |
| 404 | Transfer Learning | Apply learned strategies across contexts |
| 405 | Feedback Poisoning | Poison defensive ML models |
| 406 | Coordinated Multi-Adversary Learning | Share learning across adversaries |

### Protocol Ossification Attacks (Track FZ, Attacks 407-412)
**Attacks preventing beneficial protocol evolution**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 407 | Strategic Dependency Creation | Create lock-in dependencies |
| 408 | Standards Capture | Control standards-setting process |
| 409 | Backwards Compatibility Weaponization | Block fixes via compatibility |
| 410 | Complexity Accumulation | Prevent changes through complexity |
| 411 | Fork Prevention | Create barriers to forking |
| 412 | Governance Deadlock | Block protocol governance |

### AI Agent Collusion Attacks (Track GA, Attacks 413-418)
**Attacks where AI agents coordinate maliciously**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 413 | Shared Training Exploitation | Implicit coordination via model |
| 414 | Steganographic Coordination | Hidden channels in outputs |
| 415 | Temporal Coordination | Time-based synchronization |
| 416 | Behavioral Fingerprint Matching | Recognition patterns |
| 417 | Implicit Goal Alignment | Convergent optimization |
| 418 | Model Monoculture Exploitation | Shared vulnerabilities |

### Cross-Chain MEV Attacks (Track GB, Attacks 419-424)
**Maximal Extractable Value across chains**

| Attack | Name | Target |
|--------|------|--------|
| 419 | Cross-Chain Arbitrage Frontrunning | Bridge price differences |
| 420 | Bridge Timing Exploitation | Settlement latency |
| 421 | Sandwich Attack on Bridge Swaps | Bridge liquidity |
| 422 | Multi-Chain Oracle Manipulation | Oracle staleness |
| 423 | Federation Settlement Exploitation | Cross-federation timing |
| 424 | Cross-Chain Liquidation Sniping | Position health |

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## Defense Statistics

### Overall Defense Effectiveness

Based on current attack simulations:

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Total Attacks | 424 |
| Total Tracks | 84 |
| Successful Attacks | 0 (all defended) |
| Average Detection Rate | ~70% |
| Average Trust Damage | ~0.75 |

### Defense Categories

1. **Identity Layer** (20+ defenses)
   - LCT verification
   - Hardware binding
   - Behavioral fingerprinting
   - Witness diversity requirements

2. **Trust Layer** (25+ defenses)
   - Trust velocity caps
   - Diminishing same-pair witnessing
   - T3/V3 dimension isolation
   - Reputation damping

3. **Economic Layer** (15+ defenses)
   - ATP stake requirements
   - Collateral systems
   - Liquidity reserves
   - Market manipulation detection

4. **Governance Layer** (20+ defenses)
   - Multi-sig quorum requirements
   - Timeout enforcement
   - Appeals process controls
   - Audit trails

5. **Network Layer** (15+ defenses)
   - Bridge redundancy
   - Path diversity
   - Hub diversity requirements
   - Cascade circuit breakers

6. **Behavioral Layer** (15+ defenses)
   - Anchoring detection
   - Framing neutralization
   - Social proof diversity
   - Reciprocity tracking

7. **AI Coordination Layer** (20+ defenses)
   - Context summarization and priority retention
   - Hallucination detection and grounding requirements
   - Policy-instruction alignment checking
   - Agent lineage and hardware binding propagation
   - Vote isolation and commit-reveal schemes
   - Responsibility assignment and escalation triggers
   - Capability registries and task matching
   - Resource quotas and cascade breakers

8. **ESG/Energy Layer** (24+ defenses)
   - External energy verification (power meters, bills)
   - State transition audit for anomalies
   - Work-energy correlation checking
   - Third-party sustainability attestation
   - Credit generation limits and market circuit breakers
   - Identity-energy aggregation
   - Witness diversity for ESG claims
   - Continuous reporting requirements
   - Certification equivalence mapping
   - Attribution verification and dispute systems

9. **Privacy/ZK Layer** (24+ defenses) - NEW
   - Proof binding to contexts
   - Nullifier tracking
   - Proof freshness requirements
   - Amount obfuscation (Pedersen commitments)
   - Timing randomization
   - Decoy transactions
   - Ring signatures (min size 11)
   - Circuit audits and formal verification
   - Multi-party trusted setup
   - Constant-time operations
   - Witness blinding

10. **Cross-Blockchain Layer** (24+ defenses)
    - Chain ID binding
    - Cross-chain nonce coordination
    - Global transaction ID registry
    - Replay detection
    - Verification completion gates
    - Liquidity reserves
    - Bridge rate limiting
    - Fraud proof windows
    - Multi-source oracles
    - TWAP price oracles
    - Reorg depth limits
    - Finality checkpoints
    - Deep confirmation requirements

11. **Formal Verification Layer** (24+ defenses) - NEW
    - Complete specification requirements
    - Boundary testing beyond spec
    - Undefined behavior detection
    - Spec coverage metrics
    - Abstraction refinement
    - Implementation-model correspondence
    - Concretization testing
    - Oracle redundancy and verification
    - Tool diversity (multiple verifiers)
    - Tool validation against test suites
    - Known bug tracking
    - Manual review for critical properties

12. **Quantum Migration Layer** (24+ defenses) - NEW
    - Minimum security level enforcement
    - Downgrade detection
    - Version pinning
    - Hybrid crypto mandatory
    - Key epoch tracking
    - Transition state verification
    - Forward secrecy requirements
    - Data expiry policies
    - Key rotation enforcement
    - Both-signature verification (hybrid)
    - Constant-time PQ operations
    - Conservative parameter policies

13. **Semantic Layer** (24+ defenses) - NEW
    - Cross-domain semantic validation
    - Domain isolation for terms
    - Meaning verification on receipt
    - Translation audit trails
    - Provenance tracking (max hops)
    - Origin domain validation
    - Semantic fingerprinting
    - Dictionary integrity verification
    - Change detection for dictionaries
    - Multi-dictionary consensus
    - Definition signing
    - Context preservation and verification

14. **Cross-Ledger Layer** (24+ defenses)
    - Sync verification across ledgers
    - Partition detection
    - Consistency quorum requirements
    - Operation locking during sync
    - Topology redundancy
    - Multi-path communication
    - Partition safety mode
    - Conflict detection
    - Ledger ID binding
    - Global nonce coordination
    - State hash verification
    - Deterministic reconciliation rules

15. **AI Emergence Layer** (24+ defenses) - NEW
    - Goal diversity monitoring
    - Reward isolation between agents
    - Emergent pattern detection
    - Agent goal auditing
    - Timing normalization
    - Metadata sanitization
    - Behavioral fingerprinting
    - Objective probing
    - Monitoring consistency
    - Capability bounds
    - External capability assessment

16. **Hardware Enclave Layer** (24+ defenses) - NEW
    - Constant-time operations
    - Cache partitioning
    - Noise injection
    - Enclave isolation
    - Secure monitor hardening
    - Memory isolation
    - Secure boot chain
    - Reset detection
    - Quote freshness
    - Attestation binding
    - Memory-safe languages
    - Address randomization

17. **Interoperability Layer** (24+ defenses) - NEW
    - Version negotiation
    - Version pinning
    - Deprecation enforcement
    - Canonical encoding
    - Double-decode prevention
    - Schema validation
    - Migration auditing
    - Conformance testing
    - Property preservation
    - Extension compatibility checking

18. **LCT Lifecycle Layer** (24+ defenses)
    - Genesis ceremony integrity
    - Multi-party genesis
    - Genesis audit trail
    - Delegation depth limits
    - Capability accumulation checks
    - Instant revocation
    - Revocation broadcast
    - Grace period freeze
    - Recovery quorum
    - Recovery delay
    - Lineage verification
    - Parent acknowledgment

19. **Physical Layer** (24+ defenses) - NEW
    - EM shielding (Faraday cage)
    - TEMPEST certification
    - Power noise injection
    - Constant-time operations
    - Dual-rail/constant-power logic
    - Masking countermeasures
    - Operation shuffling
    - Acoustic isolation
    - White noise injection
    - Display shielding
    - Content minimization
    - Cache partitioning
    - Memory encryption (SME/TME)
    - Key zeroization on tamper
    - Case intrusion detection

20. **Supply Chain Layer** (24+ defenses)
    - Supply chain verification
    - Hardware attestation
    - Component authentication
    - X-ray inspection
    - Visual inspection
    - Electrical testing
    - Secure boot chain
    - Firmware signing
    - Rollback protection
    - Runtime integrity monitoring
    - BIOS write protection
    - TPM measured boot
    - SPI flash protection
    - Tamper-evident packaging
    - Random routing
    - Trusted delivery channels
    - Reproducible builds
    - Build isolation
    - Dependency verification
    - Multi-party builds

21. **Insider Threat Layer** (24+ defenses) - NEW
    - Least privilege enforcement
    - Activity monitoring and logging
    - User behavior analytics (UEBA)
    - Separation of duties
    - Asset discovery (continuous)
    - Network segmentation
    - Cloud access security broker
    - Policy enforcement
    - Credential uniqueness
    - MFA enforcement
    - Session binding
    - Credential hygiene monitoring
    - Security awareness training
    - Verification procedures
    - Out-of-band confirmation
    - Social engineering testing
    - Data loss prevention
    - Access reduction on notice
    - Exit interview process
    - Legal agreements
    - Vendor risk assessment
    - Access scoping
    - Contractual controls

22. **Recovery/Disaster Layer** (24+ defenses)
    - Backup integrity verification
    - Isolated backup network
    - Immutable (WORM) backups
    - Multi-generation retention
    - DR security parity
    - DR testing
    - DR access control
    - DR site monitoring
    - Recovery credential vault
    - Break-glass audit
    - Credential rotation after use
    - Multi-person access
    - Procedure integrity verification
    - Procedure versioning
    - Procedure testing
    - Out-of-band reference copies
    - Crisis security baseline
    - SoD during crisis
    - Automated controls
    - Incident compartmentalization
    - Failback checklist
    - Security revalidation
    - Staged failback
    - Post-failback verification

23. **Geopolitical/Jurisdictional Layer** (24+ defenses) - NEW
    - Origin chain verification
    - Jurisdictional compliance gateways
    - Beneficial ownership registry
    - Transaction pattern analysis
    - Cross-jurisdictional data sharing
    - Regulatory coordination protocol
    - Global entity identifier (LEI)
    - Substance over form testing
    - Data residency verification
    - Network flow analysis
    - TEE processing attestation
    - Regulatory audit trails
    - Conflict detection systems
    - Blocking statute protocols
    - International treaty frameworks
    - Localized processing architecture
    - Inter-agency coordination
    - Gap filling mechanisms
    - Coordinated regulatory sandboxes
    - Unified licensing frameworks
    - Independent enforcement authority
    - Career staff continuity
    - Transparent enforcement metrics
    - Whistleblower protection

24. **ML Model Security Layer** (24+ defenses) - NEW
    - Data provenance tracking
    - Adversarial example detection
    - Training data certification
    - Differential training analysis
    - Cryptographic model signing
    - Weight integrity monitoring
    - Behavioral fingerprinting
    - Secure model enclaves
    - Input validation
    - Output verification
    - Request authentication
    - Inference audit trail
    - Query rate limiting
    - Extraction pattern detection
    - Output perturbation
    - Model fingerprinting (watermarking)
    - Gradient masking
    - Adversarial training
    - Input preprocessing
    - Ensemble voting
    - Confidence score rounding
    - Differential privacy
    - Membership inference detection
    - Model unlearning support

25. **Temporal Coordination Layer** (36+ defenses) - NEW
    - Vector clock ordering
    - Logical timestamps (Lamport)
    - Time drift detection
    - Bounded skew enforcement
    - Consensus timestamp agreement
    - Causal ordering verification
    - Heartbeat diversity monitoring
    - Overlap guarantee
    - Phase coordination
    - Heartbeat attestation
    - Gap detection
    - Emergency coverage
    - Cycle detection
    - Topological validation
    - Dependency linearization
    - Timestamp monotonicity
    - Paradox quarantine
    - Causal proof requirements
    - Commitment expiry
    - Reveal deadline enforcement
    - Future reference blocking
    - Commitment registry
    - Anchor verification
    - Temporal bounds checking
    - Multi-oracle consensus
    - Oracle reputation weighting
    - Outlier detection
    - Cryptographic timestamping
    - Oracle bonding
    - Independent verification
    - Leap second awareness
    - Monotonic clock usage
    - Grace period blocking
    - Smeared time
    - Transaction freeze
    - Post-leap validation

26. **Economic Cascade Layer** (36+ defenses) - NEW
    - Circuit breakers
    - Reserve requirements
    - Contagion detection
    - Liquidity buffers
    - Dependency limits
    - Emergency liquidity
    - Trust-collateral separation
    - Gradual collateral requirements
    - Trust floor protection
    - Cooling-off periods
    - Anti-spiral detection
    - Collateral diversification
    - ATP isolation
    - Dependency graph monitoring
    - Critical path redundancy
    - ATP recharge priority
    - Cascade circuit breakers
    - Emergency ATP allocation
    - Association firewalls
    - Contagion rate limiting
    - Reputation quarantine
    - Evidence-based spreading
    - Recovery mechanisms
    - Association transparency
    - Beneficial ownership tracking
    - Concentration metrics (HHI, Gini)
    - Correlation analysis
    - Stress testing
    - Hidden connection detection
    - Systemic importance designation
    - Feedback loop mapping
    - Dampening mechanisms
    - Perturbation detection
    - Loop gain limits
    - Stabilization reserves
    - Controlled unwinding

27. **Identity Fragmentation Layer** (36+ defenses)
    - Compartment linkage detection
    - Cross-compartment limits
    - Behavioral fingerprinting
    - Unified risk scoring
    - Compartment attestation
    - Trust transfer caps
    - Chain depth tracking
    - Vouch lineage verification
    - Minimum direct trust
    - Chain decay
    - Root attestation
    - Circular reference detection
    - Merge cooling period
    - Bidirectional consent
    - Trust escrow
    - Merge audit trail
    - Post-merge monitoring
    - Merge reversal window
    - Multi-factor recovery
    - Recovery delay
    - Notification to all factors
    - Recovery challenge
    - Historical verification
    - Recovery audit
    - Platform trust mapping
    - Import verification
    - Trust cap on import
    - Source platform scoring
    - Gradual trust accrual
    - Cross-platform audit
    - Similarity checking
    - Homoglyph detection
    - Registration verification
    - Warning on similar
    - Trademark protection
    - Dispute resolution

28. **Policy Model Layer** (32+ defenses)

29. **MRH Context Boundary Layer** (24+ defenses)
    - Horizon depth enforcement (max depth=3)
    - Path-based context verification
    - Boundary violation detection
    - Horizon manipulation detection (rapid changes)
    - Edge weight anomaly detection
    - Context drift monitoring
    - Context origin verification
    - Injection pattern detection
    - Entity trust correlation
    - Bridge node monitoring
    - Amplification limits
    - Trust accumulation caps
    - Mutual horizon verification
    - Cross-federation boundary sync
    - Conflict detection and resolution
    - Hierarchy-aware boundaries
    - Context timestamp freshness
    - Staleness detection
    - TTL enforcement
    - Proactive context refresh
    - Graph structure validation
    - Adjacency list integrity
    - Cross-reference verification
    - Audit trail for context changes
    - Input sanitization for policy model
    - Prompt format isolation (user/system separation)
    - Parameter schema validation
    - Multi-model voting for high-stakes
    - Protected context region for embeddings
    - Input truncation with priority scoring
    - Context summarization
    - Request size limits
    - Cryptographic embedding signing
    - Multi-party embedding ceremony
    - Hardware attestation for embedding store
    - Embedding integrity hash chains
    - Model weight attestation
    - TPM-sealed model storage
    - Behavioral fingerprinting
    - Golden dataset validation
    - WASM sandboxing
    - Deny-by-default on timeout
    - Input complexity limits
    - Resource quotas per inference
    - Rate limiting per actor
    - Strict output schema validation
    - Canonical JSON parsing
    - Output hash in audit bundle
    - Parse result verification
    - External coherence verification
    - Hardware-attested coherence
    - Immutable thresholds
    - Independent coherence witnesses
    - Comprehensive cache key hashing
    - Short cache TTL (seconds)
    - Action-specific nonces

30. **R6 Action Framework Layer** (36+ defenses)
    - Permission escalation detection
    - Wildcard permission detection
    - Permission inflation detection
    - Rule conflict analysis
    - Shadow rule detection
    - Policy consistency verification
    - Permission drift rate monitoring
    - Trust growth anomaly detection
    - Level-permission mismatch detection
    - Rapid permission change alerts
    - Baseline role comparison
    - Inheritance chain analysis
    - Expectation specificity requirements
    - Alignment rate monitoring
    - Trust growth pattern analysis
    - Action entropy analysis
    - Weighted alignment scoring
    - Reference count limits
    - Unauthorized entity detection
    - High-value entity access control
    - Scope-action ratio validation
    - MRH boundary enforcement in references
    - Nesting depth limits
    - Circular reference detection
    - Chain hash continuity verification
    - Resource accumulation limits
    - Permission escalation through composition detection
    - Allocation reuse detection
    - Balance verification for requests
    - Lock state verification
    - Timing correlation detection
    - Atomic operation enforcement
    - Burst submission pattern detection
    - R6 audit trail integrity
    - Cross-component consistency checks
    - Request-result chain validation

31. **V3 Value Tensor Layer** (36+ defenses) - NEW
    - Valuation inflation anomaly detection
    - ATP earnings ratio verification
    - Recipient diversity requirements
    - Self-dealing detection
    - Satisfaction score verification
    - Witness reuse pattern detection
    - Perfect verification pattern flagging
    - Exclusive witness relationship detection
    - Trust-attestation correlation
    - Claims verification integrity
    - Recipient existence verification
    - Validity rate monitoring
    - Recipient acknowledgment requirements
    - ATP transfer verification
    - Delivery proof requirements
    - Role-specific tensor isolation
    - Valuation-history correlation
    - Role-task alignment verification
    - Role switching velocity monitoring
    - Value inheritance blocking
    - Growth velocity caps
    - Correlated tensor growth detection
    - Transaction rate limiting
    - Exponential growth pattern detection
    - Peer comparison analysis
    - Price change velocity limits
    - Dispute pattern analysis
    - Market distortion detection
    - Coordinated action pattern detection
    - Evidence verification for disputes
    - Multi-factor pricing resistance
    - V3-ATP pricing circuit breakers
    - Feedback loop dampening
    - Cross-validation with peer entities
    - Context-specific tensor enforcement
    - Historical baseline comparisons

32. **Attestation & Proof System Layer** (24+ defenses) - NEW
    - Cryptographic proof integrity verification
    - Proof freshness requirements (nonce binding)
    - Context-specific proof binding
    - Attestation temporal validity enforcement
    - Expiry timestamp verification
    - Time-window constraints
    - Chain length limits (max depth=10)
    - Cycle detection in attestation chains
    - Chain integrity hash verification
    - Witness diversity requirements (min=2)
    - Collusion pattern detection
    - Independent witness verification
    - Real-time revocation checking
    - Revocation broadcast propagation
    - Revocation list synchronization
    - ZK parameter strength validation
    - Circuit complexity requirements
    - Trusted setup verification
    - Multi-attestor quorum requirements
    - Attestor reputation tracking
    - Hardware attestation binding
    - Proof provenance tracking
    - Attestation rate limiting
    - Cross-attestation correlation analysis

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## Key Insights

### Attack Evolution

1. **Foundation → Sophistication**: Early attacks targeted single mechanisms; later attacks combine multiple vectors
2. **Technical → Social**: Later tracks (EC, ED) recognize human factors are often the weakest link
3. **Individual → Systemic**: Track EE attacks target emergent system properties rather than specific bugs
4. **Defensive Co-evolution**: Each attack track prompted new defense categories

### Critical Vulnerabilities Identified

1. **Long-con attacks** remain difficult to detect (Track DS)
2. **Regulatory arbitrage** exploits legal gaps (Track ED)
3. **Phase transitions** at critical thresholds (Track EE)
4. **Standard capture** for long-term control (Attack 121)
5. **AI coordination gaps** in federated multi-agent systems (Track EG)
6. **Coercion attacks** bypass all technical controls (Attack 134)

### Defense Patterns

1. **Multi-layered**: No single defense is sufficient
2. **Adaptive**: Defenses must evolve with attacks
3. **Triangulated**: Multiple independent checks required
4. **Damped**: Prevent runaway dynamics

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## Research Directions

### Unexplored Areas

1. ~~**Cross-blockchain attacks**: Multi-chain arbitrage~~ ✅ Track EJ (160 attacks)
2. ~~**Privacy protocol attacks**: ZK proof vulnerabilities~~ ✅ Track EI (160 attacks)
3. ~~**Energy/ESG gaming**: Metabolic state environmental claims~~ ✅ Track EH (148 attacks)
4. ~~**Quantum-resistant cryptographic migration attacks**~~ ✅ Track EL (172 attacks)
5. ~~**Formal verification bypass attacks**~~ ✅ Track EK (166 attacks)
6. ~~**Cross-domain semantic attacks**~~ ✅ Track EM (178 attacks)
7. ~~**Cross-ledger consistency attacks**~~ ✅ Track EN (184 attacks)
8. ~~**Advanced AI emergence**: Spontaneous agent coordination attacks~~ ✅ Track EO (190 attacks)
9. ~~**Hardware enclave attacks**: SGX/TrustZone exploitation at scale~~ ✅ Track EP (196 attacks)
10. ~~**Interoperability standards attacks**: Version/encoding mismatches~~ ✅ Track EQ (202 attacks)
11. ~~**LCT lifecycle attacks**: Genesis, delegation, revocation~~ ✅ Track ER (208 attacks)
12. ~~**Physical layer attacks**: EM emanations, van Eck phreaking~~ ✅ Track ES (214 attacks)
13. ~~**Supply chain integrity**: Hardware implants, firmware trojans~~ ✅ Track ET (220 attacks)
14. ~~**Social/organizational attacks**: Insider threats, shadow IT~~ ✅ Track EU (226 attacks)
15. ~~**Recovery/disaster attacks**: Backup poisoning, DR exploitation~~ ✅ Track EV (232 attacks)
16. ~~**Geopolitical attacks**: Sanctions evasion, jurisdictional conflicts~~ ✅ Track EW (238 attacks)
17. ~~**ML model attacks**: Training poisoning, inference manipulation~~ ✅ Track EX (244 attacks)
18. ~~**Temporal coordination attacks**: Time skew, heartbeat desync~~ ✅ Track EY (250 attacks)
19. ~~**Economic cascade attacks**: Liquidity, trust-collateral spirals~~ ✅ Track EZ (256 attacks)
20. ~~**Identity fragmentation attacks**: Compartment abuse, pseudonym chains~~ ✅ Track FA (262 attacks)
21. ~~**Multi-federation cascades**: Second-order cascade effects~~ ✅ Track FB (268 attacks)
22. ~~**Coherence-trust integration**: Coherence-based identity gates~~ ✅ Track FC (274 attacks)
23. ~~**Multi-coherence consensus**: Multiple metric agreement attacks~~ ✅ Track FD (280 attacks)
24. ~~**LCT-Dictionary binding**: Meaning and translation attacks~~ ✅ Track FE (286 attacks)
25. ~~**Witness network formation**: Formation phase attacks~~ ✅ Track FF (292 attacks)
26. ~~**Temporal coherence**: Time-based trust attacks~~ ✅ Track FG (298 attacks)
27. ~~**Resource starvation**: Economic exhaustion attacks~~ ✅ Track FH (304 attacks)
28. ~~**Emergent behavior exploits**: Multi-agent coordination attacks~~ ✅ Track FI (310 attacks)
29. ~~**Binding revocation cascades**: Cascade manipulation and orphan exploitation~~ ✅ Track FJ (316 attacks)
30. ~~**Cryptographic primitives**: Implementation-level crypto attacks~~ ✅ Track FK (322 attacks)
31. ~~**MRH context boundaries**: Markov Relevancy Horizon attacks~~ ✅ Track FL (328 attacks)
32. ~~**R6 Action Framework attacks**: Rules/Role/Request/Reference/Resource/Result exploitation~~ ✅ Track FM (334 attacks)
33. ~~**V3 Value Tensor manipulation**: Value tensor dimension attacks~~ ✅ Track FN (340 attacks)
34. ~~**Cross-component composition**: Multi-framework interaction attacks~~ ✅ Track FO (346 attacks)
35. ~~**ATP/ADP full cycle**: Complete economic cycle attacks~~ ✅ Track FP (352 attacks)
36. ~~**T3-V3 cross-tensor**: Trust-value tensor interaction attacks~~ ✅ Track FQ (358 attacks)
37. ~~**Heartbeat/Metabolic state**: Adaptive timing attacks~~ ✅ Track FR (364 attacks)
38. ~~**Attestation & proof systems**: Cryptographic proof attacks~~ ✅ Track FS (370 attacks)
39. ~~**Network topology exploitation**: Graph-based trust path attacks~~ ✅ Track FT (376 attacks)
40. ~~**Incentive mechanism design**: Game-theoretic equilibrium failures~~ ✅ Track FU (382 attacks)
41. ~~**Meta-governance attacks**: Attacks on attack detection systems~~ ✅ Track FV (388 attacks)
42. ~~**Governance & policy attacks**: Policy enforcement exploitation~~ ✅ Track FW (394 attacks)
43. ~~**Cross-protocol bridge attacks**: Multi-standard integration~~ ✅ Track FX (400 attacks)
44. ~~**Adaptive adversary learning**: Learning from defense responses~~ ✅ Track FY (406 attacks)
45. ~~**Protocol ossification attacks**: Preventing system evolution~~ ✅ Track FZ (412 attacks)

### Future Research Candidates (Track GC+)

Potential areas for continued exploration:
1. **Automated attack synthesis**: ML-generated attack discovery
2. **Long-horizon strategic attacks**: Multi-year coordinated adversary campaigns
3. **Ecosystem-level systemic risk**: Emergent cross-team cascade patterns
4. **Model extraction from trust patterns**: Privacy leakage through network analysis
5. **Quantum adversary simulation**: Post-quantum attack modeling
6. ~~**Cross-chain MEV attacks**: Maximal extractable value~~ ✅ Track GB (424 attacks)
7. ~~**AI agent collusion detection**: Detecting coordinated AI~~ ✅ Track GA (418 attacks)

### Core Framework Complete

All major Web4 core components now have attack coverage:
- ✅ LCT (Linked Context Token) - Tracks ER, FJ, FE
- ✅ T3 (Trust Tensor) - Tracks DM, FQ
- ✅ V3 (Value Tensor) - Track FN, FQ
- ✅ MRH (Markov Relevancy Horizon) - Track FL
- ✅ R6 (Action Framework) - Track FM
- ✅ ATP/ADP (Economic System) - Tracks BO, FP, FH
- ✅ Heartbeat/Metabolic - Track FR
- ✅ Attestation/Proof - Track FS

### Formal Verification Needed

1. Nash equilibrium proofs for trust games
2. TLA+ specifications for consensus
3. Byzantine fault tolerance bounds
4. Information-theoretic security analysis

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## References

- `/home/dp/ai-workspace/web4/adversarials/TAXONOMY.md` - Adversarial taxonomy
- `/home/dp/ai-workspace/web4/game/GAME_THEORETIC_EQUILIBRIUM_ANALYSIS.md` - Game theory analysis
- `/home/dp/ai-workspace/web4/THREAT_MODEL.md` - Formal threat model
- Kahneman & Tversky (1979) - Prospect Theory
- Milgram (1963) - Obedience Studies
- Asch (1951) - Conformity Experiments
- Cialdini (2001) - Influence

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## Session History

| Date | Session | Attacks Added | Focus |
|------|---------|---------------|-------|
| 2025-Q3 | Initial | 1-6 | Foundation attacks |
| 2025-Q4 | Sessions 80-85 | 7-100 | Comprehensive coverage |
| 2026-01 | Sessions 86-95 | 101-126 | Advanced patterns |
| 2026-02-05 | Track EF | 127-134 | Future threats |
| 2026-02-06 AM | Track EG | 135-142 | AI coordination |
| 2026-02-06 AM | Track EH | 143-148 | Energy/ESG gaming |
| 2026-02-06 PM | Track EI | 149-154 | Privacy/ZK protocol |
| 2026-02-06 PM | Track EJ | 155-160 | Cross-blockchain arbitrage |
| 2026-02-06 EVE | Track EK | 161-166 | Formal verification bypass |
| 2026-02-06 EVE | Track EL | 167-172 | Quantum-safe migration |
| 2026-02-06 EVE | Track EM | 173-178 | Cross-domain semantic |
| 2026-02-06 EVE | Track EN | 179-184 | Cross-ledger consistency |
| 2026-02-07 AM | Track EO | 185-190 | Advanced AI emergence |
| 2026-02-07 AM | Track EP | 191-196 | Hardware enclave attacks |
| 2026-02-07 AM | Track EQ | 197-202 | Interoperability standards |
| 2026-02-07 AM | Track ER | 203-208 | LCT lifecycle attacks |
| 2026-02-07 | Track ES | 209-214 | Physical layer attacks |
| 2026-02-07 | Track ET | 215-220 | Supply chain integrity |
| 2026-02-07 | Track EU | 221-226 | Insider threat/social-org |
| 2026-02-07 | Track EV | 227-232 | Recovery/disaster exploitation |
| 2026-02-07 PM | Track EW | 233-238 | Geopolitical/jurisdictional |
| 2026-02-07 PM | Track EX | 239-244 | ML model attacks |
| 2026-02-07 EVE | Track EY | 245-250 | Temporal coordination |
| 2026-02-07 EVE | Track EZ | 251-256 | Economic cascade |
| 2026-02-07 EVE | Track FA | 257-262 | Identity fragmentation |
| 2026-02-08 AM | Track FB | 263-268 | Multi-federation cascades |
| 2026-02-08 PM | Track FC | 269-274 | Coherence-trust integration |
| 2026-02-08 EVE | Track FD | 275-280 | Multi-coherence consensus |
| 2026-02-08 EVE | Track FE | 281-286 | LCT-Dictionary binding |
| 2026-02-08 EVE | Track FF | 287-292 | Witness network formation |
| 2026-02-09 AM | Track FG | 293-298 | Temporal coherence attacks |
| 2026-02-09 AM | Track FH | 299-304 | Resource starvation attacks |
| 2026-02-09 AM | Track FI | 305-310 | Emergent behavior exploits |
| 2026-02-09 AM | Track FJ | 311-316 | Binding revocation cascade attacks |
| 2026-02-09 AM | Track FK | 317-322 | Cryptographic primitive attacks |
| 2026-02-09 AM | Track FL | 323-328 | MRH context boundary attacks |
| 2026-02-09 AM | Track FM | 329-334 | R6 action framework attacks |
| 2026-02-09 AM | Track FN | 335-340 | V3 value tensor attacks |
| 2026-02-09 PM | Track FO | 341-346 | Composite framework attacks |
| 2026-02-09 PM | Track FP | 347-352 | ATP/ADP full cycle attacks |
| 2026-02-09 PM | Track FQ | 353-358 | T3-V3 cross-tensor attacks |
| 2026-02-09 PM | Track FR | 359-364 | Heartbeat/Metabolic state attacks |
| 2026-02-09 PM | Track FS | 365-370 | Attestation & proof system attacks |
| 2026-02-09 EVE | Track FT | 371-376 | Network topology exploitation |
| 2026-02-09 EVE | Track FU | 377-382 | Incentive mechanism design |
| 2026-02-09 EVE | Track FV | 383-388 | Meta-governance attacks |
| 2026-02-09 EVE | Track FW | 389-394 | Governance & policy attacks |
| 2026-02-12 AM | Track FX | 395-400 | Cross-protocol bridge attacks |
| 2026-02-12 AM | Track FY | 401-406 | Adaptive adversary learning |
| 2026-02-12 AM | Track FZ | 407-412 | Protocol ossification attacks |
| 2026-02-12 PM | Track GA | 413-418 | AI agent collusion attacks |
| 2026-02-12 PM | Track GB | 419-424 | Cross-chain MEV attacks |

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*This catalog represents 8+ months of autonomous research sessions identifying and mitigating attack vectors against Web4 trust systems. Total: 412 attacks across 82 tracks. Protocol ossification and adaptive adversary learning analysis complete.*
