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So many types of social engineering hacks, targeting web3 developers šŸ’€
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So many types of social engineering hacks, targeting web3 developers šŸ’€

via Dev.toGraita Sukma Febriansyah Triwildan Azmi1mo ago

Picture this. You’re chilling, shipping features, maybe fixing a random ā€œgas estimation failedā€ bug for the 4th time this day. Then a DM lands: ā€œHey, we’re doing an NFT project and need someone like you to help us.ā€ ā€œLoved your GitHub profile. I see a lot of contribution you made. Do you want to contribute in our project?ā€ ā€œYour repo is vulnerable. Here’s a PR to fix it.ā€ And because you’re a builder, you do the builder thing: You clone, run, click, and merge. Congratulations, you just got socially engineered. Alright, shall we begin :) Why Web3 devs get targeted so hard Short answer: because you don’t just have the code, you have the access! Something like: deployer keys (or the machine that touches them) CI secrets (that can publish packages, push image) priviledged social media like Discord/Telegram that can ā€œannounceā€ and so on They can just break your workflow. In Web3, the fastest way to drain funds is not a re-entrancy bug. It’s a developer having a normal day. The menu of attac

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