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TH16128

Detected presence of software components that can detect common crypto tokens.

priorityCI/CD statusseverityeffortSAFE levelSAFE assessment
passmediumhighNoneNone

About the issue​

Crypto tokens are versatile digital assets used within the blockchain ecosystem. Crypto tokens are used to represent a wide range of values, rights, or utilities. They play a crucial role in decentralized finance (DeFi), governance, and other blockchain-based applications. Most crypto tokens are built on existing blockchains using smart contracts. A smart contract is a self-executing contract with the terms of the agreement directly written as lines of code. These contracts automatically execute and enforce themselves when predetermined conditions are met, without the need for intermediaries. For this reason, attackers often aim to steal crypto tokens from the machines they infect. Once stolen, crypto tokens are difficult to trace or recover due to the decentralized and pseudonymous nature of blockchain technology. The irreversibility of blockchain transactions means that once the tokens are transferred to the another crypto wallet, they are effectively gone, making them an attractive target for financially motivated actors. While presence of regex code that detects crypto tokens does not imply malicious intent, all of its uses in a software package should be documented and approved. Only select applications should consider working with crypto tokens.

How to resolve the issue​

  • Investigate reported detections as indicators of software tampering.
  • Consider rewriting the flagged code without using the marked behaviors.

Incidence statistics​

ReversingLabs periodically collects and analyzes the contents of popular software package repositories for threat research purposes. Analysis results are used to calculate incidence statistics for issues (policy violations) that Spectra Assure can detect in software packages.

The data in this section is refreshed monthly.

Total amount of packages analyzed

  • RubyGems: 183K
  • Nuget: 644K
  • PyPi: 628K
  • NPM: 3.72M
Statistics are not collected for the TH16128 policy at this time, or not applicable to this type of issue.