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Flash Loan Attacks: How They Work and How to Prevent Them

Case studies of price manipulation exploits and oracle defense patterns.

LOZULA Security Team
2026-04-30
8 min read

Key Takeaways for Security Teams

  • Use multi-block time-weighted average prices to resist single-block manipulation.

Flash loans provide uncollateralized capital within a single transaction, making poor spot-price oracle integrations highly vulnerable.

Securing DeFi Oracles

Never use instant reserve ratios for collateral or liquidations. Integrate Chainlink decentralized feeds or Uniswap v3 TWAP.

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