Succinct Arguments for QMA in the Quantum Random Oracle Model

Succinct arguments are a fundamental cryptographic primitive for verifying computational claims with small communication. In the classical setting, succinct arguments for NP can be constructed from unstructured hardness alone e.g., hash functions by compiling probabilistically checkable proofs PC...

CVE-2026-35467

The cveClient open-source browser-based CVE record management client, developed by the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC), contains a security vulnerability where API keys stored in the temporary browser client are not marked as protected. This oversight allows for the extraction of encryption cr...

Malicious npm Packages Impersonate Flashbots, Steal Ethereum Wallet Keys

A new set of four malicious packages have been discovered in the npm package registry with capabilities to steal cryptocurrency wallet credentials from Ethereum developers. "The packages masquerade as legitimate cryptographic utilities and Flashbots MEV infrastructure while secretly exfiltrating...

Measuring CEX-DEX Extracted Value and Searcher Profitability: the Darkest of the MEV Dark Forest

This paper provides a comprehensive empirical analysis of the economics and dynamics behind arbitrages between centralized and decentralized exchanges CEX-DEX on Ethereum. We refine heuristics to identify arbitrage transactions from on-chain data and introduce a robust empirical framework to...

Insecurity through Obscurity: Veiled Vulnerabilities in Closed-Source Contracts

Most blockchains cannot hide the binary code of programs i.e., smart contracts running on them. To conceal proprietary business logic and to potentially deter attacks, many smart contracts are closed-source and employ layers of obfuscation. However, we demonstrate that such obfuscation can obscur...

CVE-2024-25731

The Elink Smart eSmartCam com.cn.dq.ipc application 2.1.5 for Android contains hardcoded AES encryption keys that can be extracted from a binary file. Thus, encryption can be defeated by an attacker who can observe packet data e.g., over Wi-Fi...

Using block.timestamp as the deadline/expiry invites MEV

Lines of code 307 Vulnerability details Passing block.timestamp as the expiry/deadline of an operation does not mean "require immediate execution" - it means "whatever block this transaction appears in, I'm comfortable with that block's timestamp". Providing this value means that a malicious mine...

CVE-2021-38461

The affected product uses a hard-coded blowfish key for encryption/decryption processes. The key can be easily extracted from binaries...

Default credentials

The PSFTPd 10.0.4 Build 729 server stores its configuration inside PSFTPd.dat. This file is a Microsoft Access Database and can be extracted. The application sets the encrypt flag with the password "ITsILLEGAL"; however, this password is not required to extract the data. Cleartext is used for a...

CVE-2017-15272

The PSFTPd 10.0.4 Build 729 server stores its configuration inside PSFTPd.dat. This file is a Microsoft Access Database and can be extracted. The application sets the encrypt flag with the password "ITsILLEGAL"; however, this password is not required to extract the data. Cleartext is used for a...

ESA-2010-018: RSA Security Advisory: RSA, The Security Division of EMC, announces a fix for a potential security vulnerability in RSAR Authentication Client when storing secret key objects on an RSA SecurIDR 800 Authenticator

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ESA-2010-018: RSA Security Advisory: RSA, The Security Division of EMC, announces a fix for a potential security vulnerability in RSA® Authentication Client when storing secret key objects on an RSA SecurID® 800 Authenticator RSA Authentication Client...

CVE-2010-3321: Undefined Security Weakness

RSA Authentication Client 2.0.x, 3.0, and 3.5.x before 3.5.3 does not properly handle a SENSITIVE or NON-EXTRACTABLE tag on a secret key object that is stored on a SecurID 800 authenticator, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and read keys via unspecified PKCS11 API...