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<ul><li>A severe flaw in Libbitcoin Explorer 3.x allowed the theft of various cryptocurrencies, totaling over $900,000.</li><li>The vulnerability, known as &#34;Milk Sad,&#34; was linked to a defect in key generation, exposing private keys.</li><li>The issue was attributed to the Mersenne Twister pseudorandom number generator being initialized with only 32 bits of system time.</li></ul>A critical flaw in the Libbitcoin Explorer 3.x library was identified, leading to the unauthorized access and theft of over $900,000 in various cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Dogecoin, Solana, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Zcash. The vulnerability, known as &#34;<a href="https://t.co/iQQoKLG3sH" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Milk Sad</a>,&#34; was uncovered by the cybersecurity group &#34;Distrust&#34; and subsequently <a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name&#61;CVE-2023-39910" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">reported</a> to the CEV cybersecurity vulnerability database on August 7, 2023.Blockchain security firm SlowMist, released a detailed report on the vulnerability on X, stating:<img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/srd-optimized-uploads/2e0f820db0d84054a8abc9748e0fbd93.png" />Libbitcoin, a prominent Bitcoin wallet implementation utilized by developers and validators for creating cryptocurrency accounts, is associated with well-known applications like Airbitz, Bitprim, Blockchain Commons, and Cancoin. SlowMist did not specify which applications were affected.The core of the vulnerability lay in Libbitcoin Explorer&#39;s key generation process, where a defect allowed attackers to predict private keys. The issue was attributed to the Mersenne Twister pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) being initialized with only 32 bits of system time, resulting in inadequate randomness. This occasionally led to the generation of identical seeds for different users, thereby exposing their private keys.-Read full article at <a href="https://cryptotale.org/cybersecurity-team-distrust-uncovers-major-vulnerability-in-libbitcoin-explorer-3-x/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CryptoTale.</a>

Cybersecurity Team 'Distrust' Uncovers Major Vulnerability in Libbitcoin Explorer 3.x

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