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Balancer V2 Rounding Exploit: Detection & IOCs

A unidirectional rounding flaw let attackers drain Balancer v2 pools of $120M+. Its 19 IOCs and 9 detection rules include a free Splunk SPL rule.

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Chapters

  1. 0:00The hookAbout $120M+ drained from Balancer pools
  2. 0:04The storyFour-year-old code flaw met batch swaps in November
  3. 0:10Attack pathAccording to analysis, identified mulDown rounding, built exploit via batchSwap
  4. 0:29AttributionNo threat actor is attributed.
  5. 0:33Indicators of compromise18 indicators to hunt: 10 URLs and 8 hashes.
  6. 0:39MITRE ATT&CK techniques5 ATT&CK techniques, from resource development to impact.
  7. 0:43Remediation4 steps now: Pause affected Balancer v2 pools and activate recovery mode where.
  8. 0:50Detection rules9 detection rules, in SPL, KQL and Sigma.
Transcript

0:00About $120M+ drained from Balancer pools

0:05Four-year-old code flaw met batch swaps in November

0:08Pools drained in minutes

0:11According to analysis, identified mulDown rounding, built exploit via batchSwap

0:16Micro-swaps in tiny amounts trigger rounding loss, suppress BPT price

0:22Withdraw funds, replayed across Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, and more chains

0:29No threat actor is attributed. Confidence: low.

0:3418 indicators to hunt: 10 URLs and 8 hashes.

0:395 ATT&CK techniques, from resource development to impact.

0:444 steps now: Pause affected Balancer v2 pools and activate recovery mode where.

0:519 detection rules, in SPL, KQL and Sigma.

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