ENS War Stories: Securing Web3 from Web2-Based Attacks by Alexander Urbelis | Devcon SEA

Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 AM

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 Speaker(s): Alexander Urbelis Skill level: Intermediate Track: Security Keywords: Collective Intelligence, Security, Best Practices, user, safety Follow us: https://twitter.com/efdevcon, https://twitter.com/ethereum, https://warpcast.com/devcon Learn more about devcon: https://www.devcon.org/ Learn more about ethereum: https://ethereum.org/ Visit the https://archive.devcon.org/ to gain access to the entire library of Devcon talks with the ease of filtering, playlists, personalized suggestions, decentralized access on Swarm, IPFS and more. Devcon is the Ethereum conference for developers, researchers, thinkers, and makers. Devcon SEA was held in Bangkok, Thailand on Nov 12 - Nov 15, 2024. Devcon is organized and presented by the Ethereum Foundation. To find out more, please visit https://ethereum.foundation/