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Rustifying Image Codecs in Chromium

# Rustifying Image Codecs in Chromium > A cross-team effort to make browser image decoding safer without slowing the web down. ## Introduction Image decoding is on the hot path in every modern browser. Page loads, “ tags, and favicons all require parsing bytes straight from the untrusted web. Media […]

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Ethereum Bridge BTC Import/Proof Path Trace-Attributed Unauthorized Payout

On Ethereum block `25118335` at `2026-05-17T23:55:23Z`, attacker EOA `0x5abb91b9c01a5ed3ae762d32b236595b459d5777` called bridge dispatcher `0x71518580f36feceffe0721f06ba4703218cd7f63` and drained bridge-held assets to drainer `0x65cb8b128bf6e690761044cceca422bb239c25f9`. The trace shows a BTC-import and proof-processing flow followed immediately by bridge payouts, which is consistent with a logic error in the bridge’s import/proof path rather than a flash-loan or […]

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Adshares Wrapper Incident Follow-Up Transaction: Post-Incident On-Chain Message, Not Exploit Execution

This Ethereum transaction occurred on 2026-05-16 18:28:23 UTC and is not the exploit execution path for the Adshares Wrapper incident. The trace shows a single zero-value `CALL` from `0xcb6af4e5e29d66A14af1F516BaAF1D5F7d8F6b84` to `0x63e22ce9bde9bb8892a447258abfcaa4142f001b` carrying plaintext calldata that repeats the whitehat return message from the alert. No internal calls, logs, token transfers, or […]

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Adshares Wrapper On-Chain Whitehat Message Is Settlement Traffic, Not The Exploit

On Ethereum at 2026-05-16 18:15:23 UTC, transaction `0x99a1114c2e8dc1807e00da0e963a6fbd5d91a04d1e1fd0a75b78e9c6b41a7464` was an on-chain plaintext settlement message related to Adshares Wrapper, not the drain transaction itself. The trace shows a single zero-value `CALL` from `0xb6fe3854a85dc6c2a873f2b6bbd43a36c74cae1f` to EOA `0x63e22ce9bde9bb8892a447258abfcaa4142f001b`, with ASCII calldata offering whitehat terms and requesting return of 90% of previously drained assets. […]

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