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Autonomous MEV bot following teal approval streams into a red honeypot trap of counterfeit token contracts as an attacker coordinator sweeps funds

JaredFromSubway MEV Bot Drained for $7.5M in a Counter-MEV Honeypot

JaredFromSubway, Ethereum's most prolific MEV sandwich bot, was drained of $7.5M when an attacker turned its own logic into a counter-MEV honeypot. How the dangling-approval attack worked.

Aron Turner·Jun 23, 2026

Third-party Safe module bypassing intact signature shields with a public hardcoded authorization key

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The $3.2M SquidRouterModule Exploit: How a Public String Drained 86 Safe Wallets

A third-party module named SquidRouterModule drained $3.2M from 86 Gnosis Safe wallets on Ethereum and Base. Full attack chain, the auth flaw, and the lesson.

Aron Turner·May 26, 2026

Poisoned developer IDE extension exfiltrating internal repositories and secrets into an external archive vault

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GitHub's 3,800-Repo Breach: How a Poisoned VS Code Extension Burned the World's Biggest Code Host

One poisoned VS Code extension on one GitHub employee's laptop cost the company ~3,800 internal repositories. Here is the attack chain, the Mini Shai-Hulud worm internals, and the rotate-everything checklist that follows.

Aron Turner·May 21, 2026

Breached cyberpunk vault door with a single compromised lock: the 1-of-1 LayerZero DVN that let $292M leave Kelp DAO

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Kelp DAO's $292M Hack and Aave's $6B Fallout: One Config Parameter Broke DeFi

A 1-of-1 LayerZero DVN let attackers drain 116,500 rsETH ($292M) from Kelp DAO, loop it through Aave V3 for $266M in ETH, and wipe $6B in Aave TVL in 24 hours. No Solidity bug. One config parameter broke DeFi.

Aron Turner·Apr 20, 2026

Drift Protocol $270M exploit breakdown — Solana durable nonces weaponized in DPRK-attributed multisig attack

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Drift Protocol's $270M Exploit: How Solana's Durable Nonces Became a Social Engineering Weapon

An attacker drained $270M from Drift Protocol by abusing Solana's durable nonce feature to pre-sign malicious multisig transactions weeks before execution.

Aron Turner·Apr 3, 2026

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What Does a Smart Contract Audit Actually Cost in 2026

Real audit pricing data from 2026. What affects cost, what you should expect to pay, and how to evaluate whether an audit is worth the investment for your protocol.

Aron Turner·Mar 20, 2026

JaredFromSubway MEV Bot Drained for $7.5M in a Counter-MEV Honeypot

The $3.2M SquidRouterModule Exploit: How a Public String Drained 86 Safe Wallets

GitHub's 3,800-Repo Breach: How a Poisoned VS Code Extension Burned the World's Biggest Code Host

Kelp DAO's $292M Hack and Aave's $6B Fallout: One Config Parameter Broke DeFi

Drift Protocol's $270M Exploit: How Solana's Durable Nonces Became a Social Engineering Weapon

What Does a Smart Contract Audit Actually Cost in 2026

Aave's $27M Liquidation Incident: How a Stale Oracle Parameter Wiped Out 34 Users

What to Expect From a Smart Contract Audit Report

AI's Growing Role in Auditing and Cybersecurity