CVE-2022-40769

CVE-2022-40769 profanity through 1.60 has only four billion possible RNG initializations. Thus, attackers can recover private keys from Ethereum vanity addresses and steal cryptocurrency, as exploited in the wild in June 2022. authentication| complexity| vector ---|---|--- not available| not...

On the Consideration of Vanity Address Generation Via Identity-Based Signatures

An address is indicated as an identifier of the user on the blockchain, and is defined by a hash value of the ECDSA verification key. A vanity address is an address that embeds custom characters such as a name. To generate a vanity address, a classical try-and-error method is employed, and thus t...

Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Hacked, $160 Million Stolen

By Deeba Ahmed According to Certik blockchain cybersecurity firm, a vulnerable private key generated by the Profanity vanity address generator is responsible for this attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Hacked, $160 Million Stolen...