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Cross-Chain Bridge Security: Why Bridges Keep Getting Hacked
|Odin Scan Team

Cross-Chain Bridge Security: Why Bridges Keep Getting Hacked

Bridges are the highest-value targets in crypto. Over $2.5 billion stolen since 2021. The attack surface is unique, the stakes are enormous, and the same patterns repeat.

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The Top 10 Smart Contract Vulnerabilities in 2025: Lessons from Real Exploits
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The Top 10 Smart Contract Vulnerabilities in 2025: Lessons from Real Exploits

2025 saw over $2 billion stolen from smart contracts. These are the 10 vulnerability patterns responsible for the largest losses, ranked by total damage.

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Smart Contract Testing: What Your Test Suite Is Missing
|Odin Scan Team

Smart Contract Testing: What Your Test Suite Is Missing

Your tests pass. Your contracts still get drained. Here is why: most test suites verify the happy path and skip the exact conditions attackers exploit.

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Pre-Audit Checklist: How to Prepare Your Smart Contracts for a Security Review
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Pre-Audit Checklist: How to Prepare Your Smart Contracts for a Security Review

Auditors spend hours on code that is not ready. That is your money wasted. Here is the checklist that gets your codebase audit-ready before the engagement starts.

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Aave's $27M Glitch: When the Oracle Was Right and the Cap Was Wrong
|Odin Scan Team

Aave's $27M Glitch: When the Oracle Was Right and the Cap Was Wrong

On March 10, a snapshot parameter drifted against its timestamp on Aave's CAPO oracle. 34 users got liquidated for $27M against a capped wstETH rate that no longer reflected reality.

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EVM Smart Contract Security: The Developer's Practical Guide
|Odin Scan Team

EVM Smart Contract Security: The Developer's Practical Guide

Billions lost. Mostly to the same handful of bugs. Here is the complete practical guide to EVM smart contract security: what the vulnerabilities are, why they happen, and how to prevent them.

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Solana Smart Contract Security: The Complete Guide for Anchor Developers
|Odin Scan Team

Solana Smart Contract Security: The Complete Guide for Anchor Developers

Anchor's macro system handles a lot. Not everything. Here are the vulnerabilities Solana programs still ship with regularly, and how to prevent them.

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Solv Protocol Lost $2.7M to Reentrancy. The Contract Was Unaudited.
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Solv Protocol Lost $2.7M to Reentrancy. The Contract Was Unaudited.

On March 5, an attacker turned 135 BRO tokens into 567 million through an ERC-3525 callback reentrancy on Solv Protocol. The vault had no reentrancy guard. It had no audit either.

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The Bybit $1.5B Hack: How a Safe Multisig Was Drained
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The Bybit $1.5B Hack: How a Safe Multisig Was Drained

On February 21, 2025, the Lazarus Group stole $1.5 billion from Bybit in the largest crypto hack in history. The multisig was fine. The UI was not.

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