Community Driven Defense with Sui Guardians

The Sui Foundation is proud to highlight the significant contributions of the Sui community, particularly Suiet, in safeguarding the ecosystem through Sui Guardians. This initiative, developed and maintained by Suiet, tracks and mitigates scam projects on Sui, providing essential security resources for developers and users alike.

Phishing attacks and scams have always been a problem for Internet users and high-value assets in Web3 ecosystems make scams increasingly prevalent. These malicious activities often target unsuspecting users, attempting to deceive them into revealing sensitive information or transferring valuable assets. To combat these threats, Sui Guardians was formed to offer a dedicated repository for tracking and recording phishing websites that target the Sui ecosystem.

Scammers frequently airdrop NFTs into users' wallets, impersonating legitimate projects to lure victims into connecting their wallets to malicious websites. These fraudulent websites then steal the users' assets. It is crucial for users to verify the source and authenticity of any airdropped NFTs and avoid connecting their wallets to unfamiliar domains.

Sui Guardians to the rescue

Sui Guardians addresses this issue by maintaining a comprehensive and continuously updated list of known phishing websites and malicious assets identified through prefix matching. This repository includes:

• coin-list.json: A blocklist of coins, with over 160 coins currently listed.
• object-list.json: A blocklist of objects, including over 280 NFTs.
• domain-list.json: A blocklist of nearly 50,000 domain names.
• package-list.json: A blocklist over 200 packages.

These lists are accessible via Suiet’s GitHub repository, and can be used by any app on Sui to protect users in real time. When a user accesses a website through an app utilizing Sui Guardians, the URL is checked against the domain list and if a match is found, the user is warned and redirected to a safe page.

Thanks to Sui Guardians, approximately 2,500 warnings about malicious interactions are delivered to Suiet users each week.

Community involvement

The success of Sui Guardians relies on community participation. The Sui Foundation encourages all builders on Sui to integrate this tool to protect their users from scams. Builders and users are also urged to contribute information about known scams to the repository. Contributions can be submitted through the Sui Guardian Scam Report Form, where detailed information about scams can be provided for review and inclusion.

Sui Guardians not only enhances the security of individual users but also supports the overall integrity of the Sui ecosystem. By providing a robust mechanism to track and block malicious activities, Sui Guardians ensures that users can engage with assets on Sui with greater confidence and safety.Contributions from ecosystem partners like SuiSec and Scallop enhance these security measures, further protecting the community.

Your involvement is key. Actively reporting scams helps maintain the safety and integrity of the Sui ecosystem.

Strengthening Sui together

The Sui Guardians project exemplifies how collaborative efforts within the Sui ecosystem can lead to significant advancements in user security. While the Sui Foundation has contributed to this initiative, it is the proactive measures taken by Suiet and the collective vigilance of the community that make Sui Guardians a critical tool in the fight against scams. For more details and to access the repository, visit Suiet’s GitHub repository.

By integrating and contributing to Sui Guardians, builders and users alike play a vital role in protecting the Sui community from fraudulent activities, ensuring a safer and more trustworthy environment.