From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1YHh69-0000jG-SE for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 31 Jan 2015 23:05:05 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.216.172 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.216.172; envelope-from=brian.erdelyi@gmail.com; helo=mail-qc0-f172.google.com; Received: from mail-qc0-f172.google.com ([209.85.216.172]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1YHh69-0000nh-1p for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 31 Jan 2015 23:05:05 +0000 Received: by mail-qc0-f172.google.com with SMTP id x3so1714089qcv.3 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2015 15:04:59 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.229.236.129 with SMTP id kk1mr27026501qcb.20.1422745499625; Sat, 31 Jan 2015 15:04:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.58] ([64.147.83.112]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id c67sm13986095qgd.45.2015.01.31.15.04.58 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 31 Jan 2015 15:04:59 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_4DDEA5CE-C5E8-4855-8FF4-4D678FA003D0" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2070.6\)) From: Brian Erdelyi In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 19:04:57 -0400 Message-Id: <1348028F-26F8-42CB-9859-C9CB751BF0C9@gmail.com> References: <27395C55-CF59-4E65-83CA-73F903272C5F@gmail.com> To: Natanael X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2070.6) X-Spam-Score: -0.6 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (brian.erdelyi[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1YHh69-0000nh-1p Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal to address Bitcoin malware X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 23:05:06 -0000 --Apple-Mail=_4DDEA5CE-C5E8-4855-8FF4-4D678FA003D0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > See vanitygen. Yes, 8 characters can be brute forced. >=20 Thank you for this reference. Interesting to see that there is a tool = to generate a vanity bitcoin address. I am still researching viruses that are designed to manipulate a bitcoin = address. I suspect they are primitive in that they use a hardcoded = rogue bitcoin address as opposed to dynamically generating one. As a start, this would help protect against malware that uses a static = rogue bitcoin address. The next thing would be for the malware to = brute-force the legitimate bitcoin address and generate a rogue bitcoin = address that would produce the same 8 digit code. Curious to know how = long this brute force would take? Or perhaps, before converting to 8 = digits there is some other hashing function that is performed. Brian Erdelyi= --Apple-Mail=_4DDEA5CE-C5E8-4855-8FF4-4D678FA003D0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii

See vanitygen. Yes, 8 characters can be brute = forced.


Thank you for = this reference.  Interesting to see that there is a tool to = generate a vanity bitcoin address.

I = am still researching viruses that are designed to manipulate a bitcoin = address.  I suspect they are primitive in that they use a hardcoded = rogue bitcoin address as opposed to dynamically generating = one.

As a start, this would help = protect against malware that uses a static rogue bitcoin address. =  The next thing would be for the malware to brute-force the = legitimate bitcoin address and generate a rogue bitcoin address that = would produce the same 8 digit code.  Curious to know how long this = brute force would take?  Or perhaps, before converting to 8 digits = there is some other hashing function that is performed.

Brian Erdelyi
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