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HUM, Q. TAN, W. TEY, S. LENUS, L. HOMOLIAK, I. LIN, Y. SUN, J.
Originální název
CoinWatch: A Clone-Based Approach for Detecting Vulnerabilities in Cryptocurrencies
Typ
článek ve sborníku ve WoS nebo Scopus
Jazyk
angličtina
Originální abstrakt
Cryptocurrencies have become very popular in recent years. Thousands of new cryptocurrencies have emerged, proposing new and novel techniques that improve on Bitcoin's core innovation of the blockchain data structure and consensus mechanism. However, cryptocurrencies are a major target for cyber-attacks, as they can be sold on exchanges anonymously and most cryptocurrencies have their codebases publicly available. One particular issue is the prevalence of code clones in cryptocurrencies, which may amplify security threats. If a vulnerability is found in one cryptocurrency, it might be propagated into other cloned cryptocurrencies. In this work, we propose a systematic remedy to this problem, and we propose CoinWatch (CW). Given a reported vulnerability at the input, CW uses the code evolution analysis and a clone detection technique for indication of cryptocurrencies that might be vulnerable. We applied CW on 1094 cryptocurrencies using 4 CVEs and obtained 786 true vulnerabilities present in 384 projects, which were confirmed with developers and successfully reported as CVE extensions.
Klíčová slova
clone detection, cryptocurrencies, security, vulnerability propagation
Autoři
HUM, Q.; TAN, W.; TEY, S.; LENUS, L.; HOMOLIAK, I.; LIN, Y.; SUN, J.
Vydáno
21. 11. 2020
Nakladatel
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Místo
Rhodos
ISBN
978-0-7381-0495-9
Kniha
3rd IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BLOCKCHAIN (BLOCKCHAIN 2020)
Strany od
17
Strany do
25
Strany počet
9
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/Blockchain50366.2020.00011
BibTex
@inproceedings{BUT168144, author="HUM, Q. and TAN, W. and TEY, S. and LENUS, L. and HOMOLIAK, I. and LIN, Y. and SUN, J.", title="CoinWatch: A Clone-Based Approach for Detecting Vulnerabilities in Cryptocurrencies", booktitle="3rd IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BLOCKCHAIN (BLOCKCHAIN 2020)", year="2020", pages="17--25", publisher="Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers", address="Rhodos", doi="10.1109/Blockchain50366.2020.00011", isbn="978-0-7381-0495-9", url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/Blockchain50366.2020.00011" }