Multiple Proposer Transaction Fee Mechanism Design: Robust Incentives against Censorship and Bribery

Censorship resistance is one of the core value proposition of blockchains. A recurring design pattern aimed at providing censorship resistance is enabling multiple proposers to contribute inputs into block construction. Notably, Fork-Choice Enforced Inclusion Lists FOCIL is proposed to be include...

Proof-Of-Social-Capital: Privacy-Preserving Consensus Protocol Replacing Stake for Social Capital

Consensus protocols used today in blockchains often rely on computational power or financial stakes - scarce resources. We propose a novel protocol using social capital - trust and influence from social interactions - as a non-transferable staking mechanism to ensure fairness and decentralization...

Russian FSB Counterintelligence Chief Gets 9 Years in Cybercrime Bribery Scheme

The head of counterintelligence for a division of the Russian Federal Security Service FSB was sentenced last week to nine years in a penal colony for accepting a USD $1.7 million bribe to ignore the activities of a prolific Russian cybercrime group that hacked thousands of e-commerce websites. T...

Manipulation Compromised proposal processing claimDelayedWithdrawals

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact By exploiting legitimate users' access to claim delayed withdrawals, an attacker could potentially drain a sizable portion of the contract's funds before detection. Manipulative access to critical system functions poses a substantial financial risk. Proo...

Incorrect revenue calculation will lead to revenue theft through proxy attacks

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact The incorrect way revenue is calculated can lead to CSR being stolen through proxy attacks, which is likely to lead the ecology into CSR bribery war. Eventually, this feature will translate into reduced gas fees for all transactions, regardless of whethe...

Meta Reportedly Fires Dozens of Employees for Hijacking Users' Facebook and Instagram Accounts

Meta Platforms is said to have fired or disciplined over two dozen employees and contractors over the past year for allegedly compromising and taking over user accounts, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Some of these cases involved bribery, the publication said, citing sources and...

How a Former Netflix Exec Built a Brazen Bribery Scheme

The company’s ex-vice president of IT faces 20 years in prison for creating a pay-to-play environment with technology vendors...

How AT&T Insiders Were Bribed to 'Unlock' Millions of Phones

One cybersecurity threat that’s proven difficult for wireless carriers to combat? Their own employees...

Pakistani Man Bribed AT&T Insiders to Plant Malware and Unlock 2 Million Phones

United States federal government has charged a Pakistani national for bribing employees at AT&T telecommunication company over a period of five years to help unlock more than 2 million phones and plant malware on the company's network. Muhammad Fahd, a 34-year-old man from Pakistan, was arrested ...

Pakistani Man Bribed AT&T Insiders to Plant Malware and Unlock 2 Million Phones

United States federal government has charged a Pakistani national for bribing employees at AT&T telecommunication company over a period of five years to help unlock more than 2 million phones and plant malware on the company's network. Muhammad Fahd, a 34-year-old man from Pakistan, was arrested ...

Amazon Is Losing the War on Fraudulent Sellers

Excellent article on fraudulent seller tactics on Amazon. The most prominent black hat companies for US Amazon sellers offer ways to manipulate Amazon's ranking system to promote products, protect accounts from disciplinary actions, and crush competitors. Sometimes, these black hat companies brib...

ID Theft Criminal Sentenced to 309 Years in Prison

Robert Thompson, also known as John Lawson, age 43, of Zachary, La., was sentenced to a term of 309 years in prison. Thompson, the leader of a massive identity theft and bribery scheme, was sentenced based on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, computer fraud, access device...