CVE-2019-7167

Zcash, before the Sapling network upgrade 2018-10-28, had a counterfeiting vulnerability. A key-generation process, during evaluation of polynomials related to a to-be-proven statement, produced certain bypass elements. Availability of these elements allowed a cheating prover to bypass a...

EUVD-2019-16716

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CVE-2022-25160

CVE-2022-25160 is a real vulnerability affecting Mitsubishi Electric FA products (MELSEC iQ-F FX5U/FX5UJ, iQ-R series, Q/L series CPUs, among others). The issue is described as cleartext storage of sensitive information that enables a remote, unauthenticated attacker to disclose files from a legi...

Nulled WordPress Plugins – Dangers and Downsides

In our 2020 Threat Report, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team identified malware distributed via nulled, pirated, or counterfeit plugins and themes as one of the largest threats facing the WordPress ecosystem. Many site owners are unaware of the risks associated with using nulled plugins, and...

CVE-2019-7167

Zcash, before the Sapling network upgrade 2018-10-28, had a counterfeiting vulnerability. A key-generation process, during evaluation of polynomials related to a to-be-proven statement, produced certain bypass elements. Availability of these elements allowed a cheating prover to bypass a...

Design/Logic Flaw

Zcash, before the Sapling network upgrade 2018-10-28, had a counterfeiting vulnerability. A key-generation process, during evaluation of polynomials related to a to-be-proven statement, produced certain bypass elements. Availability of these elements allowed a cheating prover to bypass a...

CVE-2019-7167

CVE-2019-7167 concerns Zcash prior to the Sapling upgrade (2018-10-28), where a flaw in the key-generation process during polynomial evaluation allowed bypass elements to defeat a consistency check. This could enable a cheating prover to transform a proof of one statement into a seemingly valid p...

PT-2019-18447 · Electric Coin Company · Zcash

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Zcash versions before the Sapling network upgrade 2018-10-28 Description: The issue concerns a counterfeiting vulnerability in the key-generation process related to polynomial evaluation for a to-be-proven statement. This allowed a cheating...

Critical Zcash Bug Could Have Allowed 'Infinite Counterfeit' Cryptocurrency

The developers behind the privacy-minded Zcash cryptocurrency have recently discovered and patched a highly dangerous vulnerability in the most secretive way that could have allowed an attacker to coin an infinite number of Zcash ZEC. Yes, infinite… like a never-ending source of money. Launched i...

Critical Zcash Bug Could Have Allowed 'Infinite Counterfeit' Cryptocurrency

The developers behind the privacy-minded Zcash cryptocurrency have recently discovered and patched a highly dangerous vulnerability in the most secretive way that could have allowed an attacker to coin an infinite number of Zcash ZEC. Yes, infinite… like a never-ending source of money. Launched i...

235 members of dark web money counterfeiting gang busted

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Researcher Finds Method to Insert Malicious Firmware Into Currency Validator

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Feds Take Down 131 Counterfeiting Sites

It’s going to be considerably harder to get that sweet, knock-off Louis Vuitton bag you’ve been eyeing, and you can thank the US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agency ICE for that. The agency reportedly seized control of some 130 websites last week in advance of Black Friday and Cyber Monda...

Major Check Counterfeiting Ring Uncovered

A researcher has uncovered a sophisticated check counterfeiting ring that uses compromised computers to steal and print millions of dollars worth of bogus invoices and then recruit money mules to cash them. Read the full article. The Register...

Benjamin Jun talks anti-counterfeiting

Benjamin Jun of Cryptography Research talks about anti-counterfeiting measures in embedded technology at RSA 2009. In this segment Jun talks about the dangers of criminal hackers abusing diabetes monitors...