Incident Overview
Rubic platform was exploited for 79,670 $USD. The attacker compromised private keys and transferred funds to an EOA address.
Rubic is a DEX aggregator and multichain bridge. The project's wallet on the Binance Chain was exploited via access control. The attacker took 79,670 $USD worth of assets including $BRBC, $BNB, and several stablecoins.
All the stolen funds remain on the attacker's EOA address.
Incident Report
Protocol Information
What the Attacker Needed to Succeed
Understanding the prerequisites for this type of attack helps auditors identify protocols that are most at risk and helps developers build better defenses.
What Auditors Should Check
If you're auditing a protocol with similar architecture to Rubic, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (November 2022).
- Verify all logic paths related to Access Control are guarded by proper access controls and input validation - see the Access Control Attacks attack class for patterns
- Review privileged functions (owner, admin, governance) for potential abuse vectors - centralization risks should be documented and bounded with timelocks or multi-sigs
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Free TrialRelated Attack Classes
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