Devs disclose critical XMR-burning bug in Monero wallets

Devs disclose critical XMR-burning bug in Monero wallets
фото показано с : thenextweb.com

2018-9-25 19:10

Monero developers have disclosed a major bug that could really have been nasty. Until now, attackers could have drained Monero from exchanges (or any organizational wallet), all for the cost of a few transaction fees.

“A bug in the wallet software allowed a determined attacker to cause significant damage to organizations present in the Monero ecosystem with minimal cost,” declares the official statement. “The bug basically entails the wallet not providing a warning when it receives a burnt output. Therefore, a determined attacker could burn the funds of an organization’s wallet whilst merely losing network transaction fees. ” Without getting too technical…

This story continues at The Next Web

.

Similar to Notcoin - Blum - Airdrops In 2024

origin »

Monero (XMR) на Currencies.ru

$ 191.82 (-0.44%)
Объем 24H $99.153m
Изменеия 24h: -0.66 %, 7d: -11.34 %
Cегодня L: $181.58 - H: $197.43
Капитализация $3.538b Rank 38
Цена в час новости $ 113.42 (69.12%)

bug monero wallet could determined fees transaction

Источник: thenextweb.com

bug monero → Результатов: 7


Партнеры Currencies.ru

Аналог Notcoin - Blum - Играй и зарабатывай Монеты



Реклама на Currencies.ru

Самое свежее на Currencies.ru

Ethereum’s Pectra fork moves forward with Mekong testnet launch

Ethereum has launched the “short-lived” Mekong testnet to test key upgrades for the upcoming Pectra fork. The Ethereum ecosystem is taking another step toward the Pectra fork with the launch of the Mekong testnet, a short-lived environment designed to test…

Cardano switches to decentralized governance with Chang hardfork 

Cardano has completed its Chang upgrade, marking the switch to a decentralized governance system that allows ADA holders to have a say in the network’s future direction. Named after Chinese mathematician Ch’ang Shou, the upgrade was completed at block 10764778…

Binance to support Cardano’s Chang hard fork

Binance has announced that it will support Cardano’s upcoming network upgrade and hard fork. Cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance disclosed its readiness to support Cardano (ADA) for its Chang hard fork in an announcement on Aug. 30. Ahead of the hard…

Ethereum Set for Overhaul of Crucial Programming Standard With 'EVM Object Format'

The EOF proposal is a series of smaller EIPs that include measures aimed at updating and improving the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), the programming environment that executes smart contracts on the blockchain, and arguably Ethereum’s secret sauce that made it different from Bitcoin and other early distributed networks at the time it launched in 2015.

Blockchain developer to fork BRC-20 to bring defi to Bitcoin

A blockchain developer is set to fork the BRC-20 token standard to introduce decentralized finance capabilities to the Bitcoin network. A blockchain developer under the alias Mikael.btc, best known as the creator of the BRC-100 token standard, wants to fork…