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0-Days in 72 Hours: How Octane Found Vulnerabilities in the Code Behind 99.7% of Browser Traffic

In 72 hours, an Octane researcher used AI-directed analysis to surface memory-disclosure vulnerabilities across the three engines that power the consumer web: Blink, Gecko, and WebKit.

Case Study

Published:

5.5.2026

Why Octane’s Analysis Varies, and Why That’s Good Security

Discover how Octane’s generative models expand coverage over time to reveal novel, high-impact smart contract vulnerabilities.

Security

Published:

12.4.2025

Upgradeable Smart Contracts: Proxies, Patterns, Pitfalls and CI/CD Safeguards

Deep dive into upgradeable smart contracts and explore proxy patterns, security pitfalls, and CI/CD safeguards to keep upgrades safe.

Security

Published:

9.23.2025

Three Engines, One Web: Octane Finds Vulnerabilities in All Major Internet Browsers

Octane has uncovered serious security vulnerabilities in Chromium, Gecko, and WebKit, the three browser engines that power 99.7% of web browser traffic.

Case Study

Published:

4.20.2026

Superform’s Security-First Architecture: Continuous Protection With Octane

Superform integrates Octane’s AI-powered security engine into CI/CD to make security continuous, intelligent, and built into every commit.

Case Study

Published:

11.11.2025

Shift Left Security: A New Era of Smart Contract Security

By pushing smart contract security earlier into the development workflow, engineers can catch bugs and vulnerabilities when they’re easiest to fix.

AI & Automation

Published:

4.7.2025

Quickstart Guide: How to Get the Most Out of Octane

This guide is designed to help your team get the maximum security value from Octane from day one.

Product Updates

Published:

9.24.2025

Push the Button On Security with Octane Integration

Button integrated Octane’s security platform to accelerate secure smart contract development from day one.

Case Study

Published:

12.11.2025

Ostium Shifts Security Left With Octane Integration

Ostium integrates Octane’s AI security into its CI/CD pipeline, shifting security left to catch vulnerabilities early and protect $2B+ monthly trading volume.

Security

Published:

10.2.2025

Ostium Escalates to ARE: Deeper Security Coverage With Researcher Directed AI

In an Adversarial Research Engagement (ARE), human expertise iteratively directs the most thorough level of AI analysis. Ostium recently underwent an ARE to get directed security coverage across its entire risk surface and all findings delivered with runnable PoCs.

Case Study

Published:

3.31.2026

On the Brink Podcast: Giovanni Vignone on Protecting Onchain Assets

Octane founder Giovanni Vignone joins On The Brink with Castle Island to discuss the state of smart contract security and how AI is redefining defense.

Security

Published:

11.13.2025

Octane x Plume: Announcing Partnership to Secure Real World Asset Finance

Octane partners with Plume to bring its AI-powered security platform to the RWA ecosystem, delivering institutional-grade security for tokenized assets at scale.

Product Updates

Published:

9.10.2025

Octane x Circle: Building the Security Layer for Onchain Money

Octane and Circle secure onchain finance with AI vulnerability detection in CI/CD, delivering institutional-grade protection to scale USDC.

Security

Published:

9.26.2025

Octane x Avalanche: Announcing New Security Integration for Builders

Octane integrates with Avalanche to bring real-time smart contract security directly into developer workflows.

Product Updates

Published:

7.29.2025

Octane Security Sinks a Three-Pointer for ScorePlay

Octane’s AI-powered offensive security engine found a critical vulnerability and provided two best practice recommendations for ScorePlay’s smart contracts.

Case Study

Published:

7.24.2025

Octane Receives Ecosystem Grant to Help Put the S in Ethereum’s CROPS

The world computer deserves world-class security. Here's how Octane is helping provide it.

AI & Automation

Published:

4.24.2026

Octane Partners with Sophon to Bring AI Code Security to Canvas Builders

Octane partners with Sophon to provide AI-powered smart contract security reviews for all teams in the $4M Canvas grant program.

Product Updates

Published:

6.2.2025

Octane Launches from Stealth Raising $6.75M to Build AI-Powered Cybersecurity for Blockchain

Octane raises $6.75M and launches out of stealth to bring always-on security to every crypto developer

Fundraise

Published:

4.8.2025

Octane Hits Top of Immunefi Leaderboard for Identifying Critical Vulnerability

Octane’s AI found an exploitable vulnerability in a live DeFi protocol and helped secure $8M+ in user funds, earning top spot on the Immunefi leaderboard.

Published:

2.13.2026

Mystic Finance Enhances Security Posture with Octane’s CI/CD Integration

Mystic Finance strengthened its security with Octane’s CI/CD integration after Octane’s AI uncovered a critical accounting bug.

Case Study

Published:

8.27.2025

Levels of Autonomous Security: Manual Reviews to Self-Healing Systems

The Levels of Autonomous Security framework maps the evolution of AI security maturity. Read the full framework to map your path forward.

AI & Automation

Published:

10.1.2025

How To Detect Complex Smart Contract Vulnerabilities

Discover how complex smart contract vulnerabilities hide in modern protocols and how Octane detects them.

Security

Published:

12.2.2025

How Suzaku Scales Avalanche with Octane’s Offensive Security Intelligence

Learn how Suzaku used Octane’s AI-powered offensive security engine to uncover critical smart contract vulnerabilities before launch.

Case Study

Published:

6.20.2025

How Spark Uses AI to Secure Billions in DeFi

Spark integrated Octane across three critical repositories to establish continuous, AI-driven security analysis at the pull request level. Octane embeds offensive security review into the development workflow itself, before code reaches production or is sent off to an auditor.

Case Study

Published:

3.24.2026

How Octane Saved $41,400 for Covenant

Covenant used Octane’s AI-powered security engine throughout development and saved $41,400. Find out how they did it.

Case Study

Published:

12.11.2025

How Octane AI Secured Decent’s Smart Contracts with 24/7 Offensive Intelligence

See how Octane’s AI security delivers real-time smart contract analysis and 24/7 offensive intelligence, so Decent can ship fast and stay secure.

Case Study

Published:

4.7.2025

How Button Made Smart Contract Audits Boring

Button's final manual audit had just one Medium-severity finding – that Octane had already caught.

Case Study

Published:

2.9.2026

How AI Won the Monad Audit Contest

This is the story of how Octane Security’s AI won the Monad audit competition, placing first among over 1,600 security researchers in one of the largest blockchain contests ever.

AI & Automation

Published:

2.24.2026

Frequently Asked Questions

A list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Octane Security: what it is, how CI/CD scanning works in GitHub pull requests, how Octane compares to audits and tools like Slither and Certora, and what kinds of vulnerabilities Octane targets, from upgradeable proxies to oracle manipulation and MEV.

Product Updates

Published:

3.3.2026

Classifying Smart Contract Vulnerabilities with Machine Learning

At Octane, we use unsupervised machine learning to classify smart contract vulnerabilities at scale.

Product Updates

Published:

4.7.2025

Asymmetric War: Agentic AI and the Future of Cybersecurity

Agentic artificial intelligence has turned the field of cybersecurity into an asymmetric war.

AI & Automation

Published:

1.29.2026

An $8M Mux-Up: How Octane’s AI Found a Critical Vulnerability in MUX Protocol

Here’s how Octane found a critical vulnerability in MUX Protocol that put more than $8 million of user funds at risk, and why human-AI iterative analysis is where cybersecurity is headed.

Published:

3.25.2026

A Conversation With Lucas Manuel, Head of Smart Contracts at Phoenix Labs

Case Study

Published:

3.24.2026

What 2025 Taught Us About Automated Security for Smart Contracts (and More)

Latest security resources
and Octane News

0-Days in 72 Hours: How Octane Found Vulnerabilities in the Code Behind 99.7% of Browser Traffic

Why Octane’s Analysis Varies, and Why That’s Good Security

Upgradeable Smart Contracts: Proxies, Patterns, Pitfalls and CI/CD Safeguards

Three Engines, One Web: Octane Finds Vulnerabilities in All Major Internet Browsers

Superform’s Security-First Architecture: Continuous Protection With Octane

Shift Left Security: A New Era of Smart Contract Security

Quickstart Guide: How to Get the Most Out of Octane

Push the Button On Security with Octane Integration

Ostium Shifts Security Left With Octane Integration

Ostium Escalates to ARE: Deeper Security Coverage With Researcher Directed AI

On the Brink Podcast: Giovanni Vignone on Protecting Onchain Assets

Octane x Plume: Announcing Partnership to Secure Real World Asset Finance

Octane x Circle: Building the Security Layer for Onchain Money

Octane x Avalanche: Announcing New Security Integration for Builders

Octane Security Sinks a Three-Pointer for ScorePlay

Octane Receives Ecosystem Grant to Help Put the S in Ethereum’s CROPS

Octane Partners with Sophon to Bring AI Code Security to Canvas Builders

Octane Launches from Stealth Raising $6.75M to Build AI-Powered Cybersecurity for Blockchain

Octane Hits Top of Immunefi Leaderboard for Identifying Critical Vulnerability

Mystic Finance Enhances Security Posture with Octane’s CI/CD Integration

Levels of Autonomous Security: Manual Reviews to Self-Healing Systems

How To Detect Complex Smart Contract Vulnerabilities

How Suzaku Scales Avalanche with Octane’s Offensive Security Intelligence