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Tracking Counterfeit Cryptocurrency End-to-end
Bingyu Gao, Haoyu Wang, Pengcheng Xia +4
The production of counterfeit money has a long history. It refers to the creation of imitation currency that is produced without the legal sanction of government. With the growth o…
Towards Understanding and Demystifying Bitcoin Mixing Services
Lei Wu, Yufeng Hu, Yajin Zhou +5
One reason for the popularity of Bitcoin is due to its anonymity. Although several heuristics have been used to break the anonymity, new approaches are proposed to enhance its anon…
Towards A First Step to Understand Flash Loan and Its Applications in DeFi Ecosystem
Dabao Wang, Siwei Wu, Ziling Lin +5
Flash Loan, as an emerging service in the decentralized finance ecosystem, allows users to request a non-collateral loan. While providing convenience, it also enables attackers to…
Don't Fish in Troubled Waters! Characterizing Coronavirus-themed Cryptocurrency Scams
Pengcheng Xia, Haoyu Wang, Xiapu Luo +6
As COVID-19 has been spreading across the world since early 2020, a growing number of malicious campaigns are capitalizing the topic of COVID-19. COVID-19 themed cryptocurrency sca…
DEPOSafe: Demystifying the Fake Deposit Vulnerability in Ethereum Smart Contracts
Ru Ji, Ningyu He, Lei Wu +3
Cryptocurrency has seen an explosive growth in recent years, thanks to the evolvement of blockchain technology and its economic ecosystem. Besides Bitcoin, thousands of cryptocurre…
Beyond the Virus: A First Look at Coronavirus-themed Mobile Malware
Liu Wang, Ren He, Haoyu Wang +8
As the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in early 2020, a number of malicious actors have started capitalizing the topic. Although a few media reports mentioned the existence of coronaviru…