Spider-Man vs Doctor Strange: Multiverse Bridge Heist
2025-10-08
Spider-Man battles Doctor Strange in a cross-chain bridge exploit, revealing vulnerabilities like signature forgery and replay attacks. Learn how single-validator systems and weak message hashing enable attackers to mint unbacked tokens, and secure bridges with EIP-712, multi-sig, and Chainlink CCIP.
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Quicksilver vs. Iron Man – Outrunning the Sandwich Attack (MEV) in Solidity 🥪
2025-09-21
Quicksilver exploits Ethereum’s mempool to launch a Sandwich Attack on Iron Man’s StarkSwap trade. Learn how MEV bots profit with front-run + back-run, and how commit–reveal, batch auctions, and private relays defend against it.
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Hands-on with DeFiHackLabs - Practice Real DeFi Exploits Safely 🏗️
2025-09-20
At TheSandF, we don’t just read stories about DeFi hacks - we practice them safely, learn the mechanics, and understand how to defend against them. This post invites you to dive into DeFiHackLabs, a Foundry-based collection of reproduced DeFi exploits, and turn theory into hands-on skills.
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Defi CTF Challenges – Web3 Security Practice
2025-09-20
Welcome to TheSandF Defi CTF Challenges, where Web3 security meets superhero showdowns! 🦸♂️✨Audit vulnerable Solidity contracts, uncover bugs, and level up your smart contract auditing skills.
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Black Widow and the Red Room Vault - All-in-One Access Control
2024-09-21
Black Widow uses her wits to exploit a series of access control flaws, from public admin assignment to missing permission checks, to drain the Red Room’s vault. Learn how a single contract can be a treasure trove of vulnerabilities and how to fix them.
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Doctor Strange and the Mirror Portal – Improper Input Validation (Case Study)
2024-09-18
Doctor Strange guards the Mirror Portal, but improper input validation lets villains sneak through exits. Inspired by a $41M real-world validator exploit, this case study shows how missing require checks drain treasuries - and how to fix them.
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Ant-Man and the Giant Loan – Flash-Loan Oracle Manipulation
2024-09-13
Ant-Man borrows massive funds from the Quantum Realm, manipulates prices on a naive PymDEX, and walks away rich. Learn how flash loans + naive on-chain price oracles lead to instant drains, and how to fix them.
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Thor vs The Bifrost - Denial of Service (DoS) in Solidity (Gas Griefing Case Study).
2024-09-10
Thor gets stranded when Loki clogs the Bifrost bridge. Learn how DoS in Solidity works, how attackers block withdrawals, and how patterns like pull-payments and gas-optimized loops prevent disaster.
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