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A DNS-level compromise injected the Inferno Drainer malware, exposing user wallets to asset-draining transaction approvals.

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→Tokenized Assets

→Liquid Staking Tokens

→On-Chain Exploit

Balancer Protocol Smart Contract Flaw Drains over $116 Million

Faulty access control in Composable Stable Pools enabled unauthorized withdrawals, resulting in a systemic $116M liquidity drain.

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→Stablecoin Depeg

→Recursive Looping

→Delta Neutral Failure

Stream Finance Stablecoin Depegs after External Fund Manager Loses $93 Million

The CeDeFi hybrid model failed, leveraging off-chain manager risk into a catastrophic on-chain stablecoin depeg and systemic contagion.

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→Access Control Flaw

→Internal Balance Manipulation

→DeFi Vulnerability

Balancer V2 Composable Pools Exploit Drains $128 Million across Multiple Chains

A logic flaw in the V2 `manageUserBalance` function allowed unauthorized internal withdrawals, demonstrating that extensive auditing cannot guarantee resilience against complex access control vulnerabilities.

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→DeFi Exploit

→Social Engineering

→Supply Chain

Radiant Capital Developers Compromised, $50 Million Drained via Malware

A sophisticated malware injection targeting core developers bypassed multi-signature security, enabling unauthorized transfer of protocol ownership and asset exfiltration.

→Fund Drain

→DeFi Risk

→Digital Asset

Hyperdrive Protocol Suffers $773k Router Contract Exploit on Hyperliquid Ecosystem

A router contract vulnerability allowed arbitrary function calls, compromising market positions and draining $773,000 across BNB Chain and Ethereum.

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→Smart Contract

→Privilege Escalation

→Digital Asset Risk

Zksync Airdrop Contract Admin Key Leak Leads to Unauthorized Token Minting

A leaked admin key in a zkSync airdrop contract allowed unauthorized token minting, exposing critical access control vulnerabilities.

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→Operator Permissions

→Smart Contract

→Router Vulnerability

Hyperdrive Protocol Suffers Router Contract Exploit, $773k Drained

A critical router contract vulnerability allowed unauthorized arbitrary function calls, compromising user funds within Hyperdrive's Treasury Bill market.

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→Security Audit

→Liquidity Pool

→DeFi Exploit

GMX V1 Suffers Reentrancy Exploit, Draining $42 Million

A reentrancy vulnerability in GMX V1's smart contracts allowed an attacker to manipulate asset valuations, leading to significant liquidity drain.

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→Arbitrum

→Malware

→Supply Chain Attack

Radiant Capital Multi-Signature Compromise Drains $58 Million

A sophisticated supply chain attack compromised Radiant Capital's multi-signature governance, enabling unauthorized contract upgrades and draining millions in user assets.

Security877

Decentralized Exchange Front-End Compromised via DNS Hijack Injecting Inferno Drainer