Web3 & Smart Contract Security22 July 2026
Wanchain Bridge Exploit Drains $9M in NIGHT Tokens: A Signature-Reuse Lesson
A flawed message-encoding scheme in Wanchain's Cardano–BNB bridge let an attacker reuse a legitimate signature to drain 515 million NIGHT tokens — a reminder that bridge validators, not the chains they connect, remain the weakest link.
bridge securityweb3cardano
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Web3 & Bridge Security20 July 2026
Across Protocol's Solana Bridge Hit for $3.35M — Relayer, Not Users, Took the Loss
A July 17 attack on Across Protocol's Solana deployment drained roughly $3.35 million from the project's own relayer, not from bridge users — a result that says as much about bridge architecture as it does about the exploit itself.
web3bridge-securitysolana
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