BlockThreat - Week 11, 2026
Defenses that become liabilities, patient attackers beating onchain monitoring, attackers vs. audit scopes, comparing top AI auditing tools and more
More than $6 million was stolen this week across 14 incidents. In this edition, we cover two unexpected Aave incidents, a new Tornado Cash trial even as other parts of the government move to legitimize privacy protocols, the latest AI research including a surprising analysis of 21 leading vulnerability scanners, a closer look at ERC-4337 threat models, and more.
The Hacks section covers all 14 incidents with root cause analysis and postmortems, but let’s slow down and look at a few notable cases for what they may reveal about risks in your own project.