The Proxy Upgrade Kill Switch: Why OWASP SC10...

The OWASP Smart Contract Top 10 for 2026 added a brand-new category that should terrify every protocol running upgradeable contracts: SC10 — Proxy & Upgradeability Vulnerabilities. This isn't a theoretical concern. In 2025–2026, proxy-related exploits have drained over $200M from DeFi protocols, and automated scanning campaigns now hunt uninitialized proxies across every EVM chain within minutes of deployment. Here's what's breaking, why it's breaking, and the 7-layer defense architecture that s