$7M Protocol Breach
Odin.fun lost $7 million through AMM manipulation - their third breach in six months. Inadequate treasury and unclear compensation plans.
Read AnalysisSecurity Incidents
We continuously monitor and analyze security breaches to help the community learn from real-world attacks and improve their security posture.
$300M AI Project Claims
AI project claimed 51% attack on Monero. Community investigation found hashrate closer to 30%. Market moved before verification.
Read Analysis$14.8B Ghost Heist
127,426 BTC worth $3.5B in 2020 vanished from LuBian's mining pool. Now valued at $14.8B, still sitting untouched on-chain.
Read AnalysisAdmin Account Compromise
Compromised Credix admin account minted worthless tokens, borrowed $4.5M against phantom collateral, then shipped to Ethereum.
Read AnalysisSupply Chain Attack
BigONE lost $27M when attackers compromised production servers and reprogrammed withdrawal systems to approve unauthorized drains.
Read AnalysisProxy Backdoor Exploit
Hackers exploited hidden proxy backdoor to mint 110,000 $K tokens on Arbitrum, draining $1.55M from liquidity pools.
Read AnalysisSecurity Hall of Fame
Critical vulnerabilities discovered by our security researchers, demonstrating real expertise in identifying and mitigating high-impact security issues before they're exploited.
All Findings
Private Submissions
Public Disclosures
CVE-2025-65834: Buffer Overflow in Shotcut 25.10.31
Medium
Public
Discovered buffer overflow vulnerability in Shotcut video editor affecting MLT Framework image processing. CVE assigned by MITRE. Coordinated disclosure in progress with vendor.
CVE-2025-65834 assigned by MITRE
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Critical Re-entrancy Vulnerability
Critical
Private
Discovered a critical re-entrancy vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to drain $500M+ from the protocol. Privately reported and fixed before exploitation.
$250,000 bounty awarded
Flash Loan Attack Vector
High
Public
Identified a flash loan attack vector in the new concentrated liquidity pools implementation that could manipulate price oracles. Disclosed through public bug bounty program.
$75,000 bounty awarded
Precision Loss in EigenLayer Staking
Medium
Private
Found a precision loss vulnerability in restaking calculations that could have resulted in incorrect rewards distribution over time.
$45,000 bounty awarded
NFT Metadata Manipulation
High
Public
Discovered a critical flaw in metadata handling that allowed attackers to manipulate NFT attributes after purchase. Responsibly disclosed to the team.
Published in OpenSea Security Hall of Fame
Governance Takeover Vulnerability
Critical
Private
Identified a critical flaw in the governance contract that could have allowed a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code. Privately reported and patched.
$300,000 bounty awarded
Oracle Price Manipulation
High
Public
Found a vulnerability in the oracle aggregation contract that could allow price manipulation under specific conditions.
Featured in ChainLink technical blog
Cross-Chain Bridge Vulnerability
Critical
Private
Discovered a potential signature verification bypass in the bridge contract that could lead to unauthorized token minting. Reported privately.
$500,000 bounty awarded
Smart Contract Logic Error
Medium
Public
Identified a logic error in the farming contract that could have resulted in incorrect reward calculations.
$30,000 bounty awarded
Disclaimer: All private findings are disclosed with explicit permission from the affected projects. Some details may be omitted to protect sensitive information.
For each vulnerability, we follow responsible disclosure practices and work closely with project teams to ensure issues are fixed before any public disclosure.
Critical Re-entrancy Vulnerability
Critical
Private
Discovered a critical re-entrancy vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to drain $500M+ from the protocol. Privately reported and fixed before exploitation.
$250,000 bounty awarded
Precision Loss in EigenLayer Staking
Medium
Private
Found a precision loss vulnerability in restaking calculations that could have resulted in incorrect rewards distribution over time.
$45,000 bounty awarded
Governance Takeover Vulnerability
Critical
Private
Identified a critical flaw in the governance contract that could have allowed a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code. Privately reported and patched.
$300,000 bounty awarded
Cross-Chain Bridge Vulnerability
Critical
Private
Discovered a potential signature verification bypass in the bridge contract that could lead to unauthorized token minting. Reported privately.
$500,000 bounty awarded
Disclaimer: All private findings are disclosed with explicit permission from the affected projects. Some details may be omitted to protect sensitive information.
For each vulnerability, we follow responsible disclosure practices and work closely with project teams to ensure issues are fixed before any public disclosure.
CVE-2025-65834: Buffer Overflow in Shotcut 25.10.31
Medium
Public
Discovered buffer overflow vulnerability in Shotcut video editor affecting MLT Framework image processing. CVE assigned by MITRE. Coordinated disclosure in progress with vendor.
CVE-2025-65834 assigned by MITRE
View Full Details →
Flash Loan Attack Vector
High
Public
Identified a flash loan attack vector in the new concentrated liquidity pools implementation that could manipulate price oracles. Disclosed through public bug bounty program.
$75,000 bounty awarded
NFT Metadata Manipulation
High
Public
Discovered a critical flaw in metadata handling that allowed attackers to manipulate NFT attributes after purchase. Responsibly disclosed to the team.
Published in OpenSea Security Hall of Fame
Oracle Price Manipulation
High
Public
Found a vulnerability in the oracle aggregation contract that could allow price manipulation under specific conditions.
Featured in ChainLink technical blog
Smart Contract Logic Error
Medium
Public
Identified a logic error in the farming contract that could have resulted in incorrect reward calculations.
$30,000 bounty awarded
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Comprehensive testing of mobile applications for iOS and Android platforms to identify potential security risks.
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Thorough evaluation of web applications to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities and ensure compliance.
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Our Security Methodology
We combine automated tools with deep human expertise to identify vulnerabilities that others miss.
How does manual code review work?
Manual code review is the cornerstone of our security process. Our team of experienced security researchers reads through your codebase line-by-line, understanding the logic, architecture, and potential attack surfaces. We don't rely solely on automated tools because they miss context-dependent vulnerabilities, business logic flaws, and subtle security issues that only human expertise can identify. We trace data flows, analyze authentication and authorization mechanisms, review cryptographic implementations, and examine how different components interact. This process typically takes 1-4 weeks depending on codebase complexity, but it's where we find the most critical vulnerabilities.
What is fuzzing and how do you use it?
Fuzzing is an advanced testing technique where we systematically inject unexpected, malformed, or random data into your application to discover how it handles edge cases and invalid inputs. We use both black-box fuzzing (testing without source code access) and white-box fuzzing (using code coverage to guide test generation). Our fuzzing infrastructure runs millions of test cases, looking for crashes, memory corruption, infinite loops, or unexpected behavior that could indicate security vulnerabilities. We've discovered buffer overflows, integer overflows, and denial-of-service vulnerabilities through fuzzing that would be nearly impossible to find through manual testing alone.
What role does human testing play in your audits?
Human testing is irreplaceable in security auditing. Our researchers think like attackers, exploring creative attack vectors that automated tools can't imagine. We manually test authentication flows, session management, access controls, and business logic. We attempt privilege escalation, race conditions, and complex multi-step attacks. We examine how your application behaves under stress, with unexpected user interactions, and when components fail. This hands-on approach has helped us discover critical vulnerabilities in authentication systems, payment processing, and data access controls that no automated tool would have found.
How do you approach unit testing for security?
We write comprehensive unit tests specifically focused on security properties. These tests verify that security controls work as intended under both normal and adversarial conditions. We test input validation, output encoding, cryptographic operations, access control enforcement, and error handling. Our security-focused unit tests check boundary conditions, test with malicious inputs, verify that security failures fail safely, and ensure that security checks can't be bypassed. We integrate these tests into your CI/CD pipeline so security is verified with every code change. This approach has prevented numerous vulnerabilities from reaching production.
What makes your team's approach professional and thorough?
Our team brings together PhDs in computer security, researchers who've published at top security conferences, and practitioners with decades of industry experience. We follow a systematic methodology combining static analysis, dynamic testing, manual code review, threat modeling, and real-world attack simulation. We document everything thoroughly, providing detailed reports with proof-of-concept exploits, impact analysis, and specific remediation guidance. We don't just find bugs; we help you understand the root causes and implement lasting fixes. Our audits have protected billions of dollars in digital assets across blockchain protocols, financial systems, and critical infrastructure.
How long does a typical security audit take?
Audit duration depends on scope and complexity. A simple smart contract might take 1-2 weeks. A complex DeFi protocol with multiple interconnected contracts typically requires 3-4 weeks. Full-stack web applications with backend systems, APIs, and databases usually need 3-6 weeks. We don't rush audits because thorough security analysis takes time. We'll provide a detailed timeline during the scoping phase, and we maintain regular communication throughout the audit process. Quality and thoroughness always take priority over speed.
What deliverables do you provide?
You receive a comprehensive written report detailing every vulnerability we discovered, categorized by severity with CVSS scores. Each finding includes a technical description, proof-of-concept exploit, impact analysis, and specific remediation recommendations. We provide executive summaries for non-technical stakeholders and detailed technical appendices for your development team. After you've addressed the findings, we perform a re-audit to verify fixes and issue a final security certificate. All our reports follow industry standards and are suitable for sharing with investors, partners, or for regulatory compliance.
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