NFT Drainer Claims to Bypass Cryptocurrency Wallet Update

Product Serial: F-2022-09-21a

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In this flash report, ZeroFox Intelligence shares details about an advertisement for an NFT drainer targeting the latest version of MetaMask.

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Executive Summary

A credible dark web actor is advertising an updated NFT drainer aimed at the latest version of MetaMask, indicating a burgeoning market for more sophisticated attack vectors aimed at the NFT user base. In early September 2022, well-regarded threat actor “jezabeth” announced a new NFT drainer capable of draining ERC-20, ERC-1155, ERC-721, and Ethereum (ETH) tokens on popular Russian language dark web forum exploit[.]in; the actor is selling this drainer for 8 ETH, which is valued at about USD 10,790.

Key Findings

A credible dark web actor is advertising an updated non-fungible token (NFT) drainer aimed at the latest version of MetaMask, indicating a burgeoning market for more sophisticated attack vectors aimed at the NFT user base.
Threat actors’ shift to more sophisticated exploits tracks with the increase in general awareness and popularity of NFTs, which provide a lucrative target base.