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devcon 7 / ens war stories securing web3 from web2 based attacks

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ENS War Stories: Securing Web3 from Web2-Based Attacks

Duration: 00:13:01

Speaker: Alexander Urbelis

Type: Lightning Talk

Expertise: Intermediate

Event: Devcon

Date: Nov 2024

Web3 is not an island. Every day, threat actors try to exploit web2 domains to target web3 entities. This talk recounts ENS' war stories / lessons of battling threats in the DNS, including: - Detecting early-stage attacks on web3 entities in the DNS - How we unraveled a campaign of over 2,500+ web2 domains targeting web3 and defi entities - Legal and technical remedies to combat web2-based threats (and their limitations) - Why the ecosystem must come together to share intel and resources

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