Big Phish
2022-04-19 • Rekt •
REKT’s Big Phish article connects the Ronin bridge theft to FBI attribution that named the North Korean Lazarus Group and discusses CISA reporting on DPRK state-sponsored targeting of cryptocurrency organizations. The source emphasizes Lazarus and BlueNoroff social engineering against crypto firms, including malicious documents, browser-in-the-browser techniques, Google Docs comments, and fake wallet applications used to win trust before payload delivery. It highlights that Ronin’s bridge was drained after attackers obtained five of nine validator signatures, including access tied to an old Sky Mavis and Axie DAO arrangement. The article uses those cases to warn DeFi teams that phishing and trust abuse against key personnel can create protocol-scale losses even without a purely technical exploit.
Indicators of Compromise
| Type | Value | First Seen | Last Seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOMAIN | liquid.com | 2022-01-13 | 2023-03-23 |