“EtherHiding” — Hiding Web2 Malicious Code in Web3 Smart Contracts

“EtherHiding” — Hiding Web2 Malicious Code in Web3 Smart Contracts

By Nati Tal, Oleg Zaytsev (Guardio Labs)

“EtherHiding” presents a novel twist on serving malicious code by utilizing Binance’s Smart Chain contracts to host parts of a malicious code chain in what is the next level of Bullet-Proof Hosting.

Over the last two months, leveraging a vast array of hijacked WordPress sites, this threat actor has misled users into downloading malicious fake “browser updates”. While their initial …

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