# Ethereum Foundation Funds a Tool That Lets Browsers Verify a Website Has Not Been Tampered With

The Trillion Dollar Security grant goes to the Freedom of the Press Foundation for WEBCAT, aimed at the front-end attacks that have repeatedly hit crypto users through legitimate sites.

- Published: 2026-08-06T05:48:34.076Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-08-06/ethereum-foundation-funds-a-tool-that-lets-browsers-verify-a
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](https://blog.ethereum.org/2026/08/05/1ts-grant), [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/06/23/cointelegraph-hit-by-front-end-exploit-fake-phishing-airdrop-pop-up-on-website)

The Ethereum Foundation has allocated a grant from its Trillion Dollar Security initiative to the Freedom of the Press Foundation to continue developing WEBCAT, the foundation announced. WEBCAT is open-source software that lets a browser ve…

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