Khan, Kashif Mehboob, Arshad, Junaid ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0424-9498 and Khan, Muhammad Mubashir (2020) Simulation of transaction malleability attack for blockchain-based e-voting. Computers & Electrical Engineering, 83. p. 106583. ISSN 0045-7906

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Abstract

Blockchain has been adopted to address significant challenges, such as trust in diverse domains, including voting, logistics and finance. However, transaction malleability has been identified as a threat for blockchain, which can potentially lead to an inconsistent state that can result in further attacks such as double-spending. In this context, this paper is focused on investigating the feasibility of transaction malleability within a typical blockchain application aiming to identify scenarios that may lead to a successful transaction malleability attack. Our objective in doing so is to highlight conditions which cause such attack to facilitate the development of protection mechanisms for them. Specifically, this paper presents a successful simulation of transaction malleability attack within the context of blockchain-based electronic voting. The evaluation has identified the impact of parameters, such as network delay and block generation rate in achieving a successful transaction malleability attack, which highlights future directions of research.

Item Type:	Article
Identifier:	10.1016/j.compeleceng.2020.106583
Keywords:	Blockchain, Transaction Malleability, Blockchain Security, Security Evaluation, e-Voting
Subjects:	Computing > Information security > Cyber security Computing > Information security Computing
Depositing User:	Junaid Arshad
Date Deposited:	06 Nov 2019 15:08
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2024 16:01
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/6519

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