CVE-2019-16762

CVE-2019-16762 describes a discrepancy between SLP consensus rules and slpjs validation caused by specially crafted Bitcoin scripts, enabling a potential hard-fork from the SLP consensus. Multiple linked sources identify slpjs as the affected component and show that upgrading to version 0.21.4 or...

CVE-2019-16762 Validator parsing discrepancy due to string encoding in NPM slpjs

A specially crafted Bitcoin script can cause a discrepancy between the specified SLP consensus rules and the validation result of the slpjs npm package. An attacker could create a specially crafted Bitcoin script in order to cause a hard-fork from the SLP consensus. Affected users can upgrade to...

Critical severity vulnerability that affects slpjs

Validator parsing discrepancy due to string encoding Impact A specially crafted Bitcoin script can cause a discrepancy between the specified SLP consensus rules and the validation result of the slpjs npm package. An attacker could create a specially crafted Bitcoin script in order to cause a...

GHSA-425C-CCF3-3JRR Critical severity vulnerability that affects slpjs

Validator parsing discrepancy due to string encoding Impact A specially crafted Bitcoin script can cause a discrepancy between the specified SLP consensus rules and the validation result of the slpjs npm package. An attacker could create a specially crafted Bitcoin script in order to cause a...

GHSA-WMX6-VXCF-C3GR Validation Bypass in slp-validate

Versions of slp-validate prior to 1.0.1 are vulnerable to a validation bypass. Bitcoin scripts may cause the validation result from slp-validate to differ from the specified SLP consensus. This allows an attacker to create a Bitcoin script that causes a hard-fork from the SLP consensus...

Validation Bypass in slp-validate

Versions of slp-validate prior to 1.0.1 are vulnerable to a validation bypass. Bitcoin scripts may cause the validation result from slp-validate to differ from the specified SLP consensus. This allows an attacker to create a Bitcoin script that causes a hard-fork from the SLP consensus...

CVE-2019-16761 Validator parsing discrepancy due to string encoding in NPM slp-validate 1.0.0

A specially crafted Bitcoin script can cause a discrepancy between the specified SLP consensus rules and the validation result of the [email protected] npm package. An attacker could create a specially crafted Bitcoin script in order to cause a hard-fork from the SLP consensus. All versions 1.0....

CVE-2019-16761

CVE-2019-16761 affects the slp-validate npm package used for Simple Ledger Protocol validation. A specially crafted Bitcoin script can cause the validator’s result to diverge from the SLP consensus rules, enabling an attacker to trigger a hard fork. This impacts slp-validate versions prior to 1.0...

NiceHash Miner Input Validation Error Vulnerability

NiceHash Miner is a mining software for Bitcoin. An input validation error vulnerability exists in NiceHash Miner versions prior to 2.0.3.0. The vulnerability stems from a network system or product that does not properly validate incoming data. No details of the vulnerability are provided at this...

bitcoin-realestate.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-1013020 Security Researcher g0bl1nsec Helped patch 3768 vulnerabilities Received 4 Coordinated Disclosure badges Received 3 recommendations , a holder of 4 badges for responsible and coordinated disclosure, found a security vulnerability affecting bitcoin-realestate.com...

Ransomware Attack Downs Hosting Service SmarterASP.NET

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Targeted Ransomware Attacks Hit Several Spanish Companies

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Dark Web Site Taken Down without Breaking Encryption

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Feds Shut Down Largest Dark Web Child Abuse Site; South Korean Admin Arrested

The United States Department of Justice said today that they had arrested hundreds of criminals in a global crackdown after taking down the largest known child porn site on the dark web and tracing payments made in bitcoins. With an international coalition of law enforcement agencies, federal...

Feds Shut Down Largest Dark Web Child Abuse Site; South Korean Admin Arrested

The United States Department of Justice said today that they had arrested hundreds of criminals in a global crackdown after taking down the largest known child porn site on the dark web and tracing payments made in bitcoins. With an international coalition of law enforcement agencies, federal...

How a Bitcoin Trail Led to a Massive Dark Web Child-Porn Site Takedown

Federal investigators focused not on offensive hacking efforts or surveilling communications, but on the transactions using cryptocurrency...

McAfee ATR Analyzes Sodinokibi aka REvil Ransomware-as-a-Service – Follow The Money

ARCHIVED STORY McAfee ATR Analyzes Sodinokibi aka REvil Ransomware-as-a-Service – Follow The Money By John Fokker · October 14, 2019 Episode 3: Follow the Money This is the third installment of the McAfee Advanced Threat Research ATR analysis of Sodinokibi and its connections to GandCrab, the mos...

ecdsa Denial of Service vulnerability in signature verification and signature malleability

possible DoS in signature verification and signature malleability Impact Code using VerifyingKey.verify and VerifyingKey.verifydigest may receive exceptions other than the documented BadSignatureError when signatures are malformed. If those other exceptions are not caught, they may lead to progra...

Mariposa Botnet Author, Darkcode Crime Forum Admin Arrested in Germany

A Slovenian man convicted of authoring the destructive and once-prolific Mariposa botnet and running the infamous Darkode cybercrime forum has been arrested in Germany on request from prosecutors in the United States, who've recently re-indicted him on related charges. NiceHash CTO Matjaž "Iserdo...