Over $500,000 in assets stolen, attackers forged Uniswap-related ENS names to carry out arbitrage bot scam

Odaily reports: According to on-chain detective Specter, the attackers in this campaign provided so-called arbitrage bot tutorials and code through YouTube videos, and guided victims to use a fake Remix development interface to compile and deploy contracts. The attackers registered ENS names containing "Uniswap," disguising the related addresses as legitimate incoming sources of DeFi activity, making victims believe that the deployed arbitrage bot was profiting through Uniswap. After victims injected their own assets into the contract, the funds were transferred away by the attackers. The attackers currently appear to still be active, and hold a considerable portion of the stolen funds in two addresses.