Attackers Fake Computational Power to Steal Cryptocurrencies from equihash Mining Pools

Attackers Fake Computational Power to Steal Cryptocurrencies from equihash Mining Pools Security experts at 360 Core Security have recently detected a new type of attack which targets some equihash mining pools. After analysis, they found out the attacked equihash mining pools are using a vulnerable equihash verifier (equihashverify : https://github.com/joshuayabut/equihashverify) to verify miners’ shares. There is a logic vulnerability in this verifier, so attacker can easily fake […] The post Attackers Fake Computational Power to Steal Cryptocurrencies from equihash Mining Pools appeared first on Security Affairs. Read More At -> https://blog.cripperz.sg/2018/04/21/attackers-fake-computational-power-to-steal-cryptocurrencies-from-equihash-mining-pools/