Modelling Attacks in Blockchain Systems using Petri Nets

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Main Authors: Shahriar, Md. Atik, Bappy, Faisal Haque, Hossain, A. K. M. Fakhrul, Saikat, Dayamoy Datta, Ferdous, Md Sadek, Chowdhury, Mohammad Jabed M., Bhuiyan, Md Zakirul Alam
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author Shahriar, Md. Atik
Bappy, Faisal Haque
Hossain, A. K. M. Fakhrul
Saikat, Dayamoy Datta
Ferdous, Md Sadek
Chowdhury, Mohammad Jabed M.
Bhuiyan, Md Zakirul Alam
author_facet Shahriar, Md. Atik
Bappy, Faisal Haque
Hossain, A. K. M. Fakhrul
Saikat, Dayamoy Datta
Ferdous, Md Sadek
Chowdhury, Mohammad Jabed M.
Bhuiyan, Md Zakirul Alam
contents Blockchain technology has evolved through many changes and modifications, such as smart-contracts since its inception in 2008. The popularity of a blockchain system is due to the fact that it offers a significant security advantage over other traditional systems. However, there have been many attacks in various blockchain systems, exploiting different vulnerabilities and bugs, which caused a significant financial loss. Therefore, it is essential to understand how these attacks in blockchain occur, which vulnerabilities they exploit, and what threats they expose. Another concerning issue in this domain is the recent advancement in the quantum computing field, which imposes a significant threat to the security aspects of many existing secure systems, including blockchain, as they would invalidate many widely-used cryptographic algorithms. Thus, it is important to examine how quantum computing will affect these or other new attacks in the future. In this paper, we explore different vulnerabilities in current blockchain systems and analyse the threats that various theoretical and practical attacks in the blockchain expose. We then model those attacks using Petri nets concerning current systems and future quantum computers.
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spellingShingle Modelling Attacks in Blockchain Systems using Petri Nets
Shahriar, Md. Atik
Bappy, Faisal Haque
Hossain, A. K. M. Fakhrul
Saikat, Dayamoy Datta
Ferdous, Md Sadek
Chowdhury, Mohammad Jabed M.
Bhuiyan, Md Zakirul Alam
Cryptography and Security
Blockchain technology has evolved through many changes and modifications, such as smart-contracts since its inception in 2008. The popularity of a blockchain system is due to the fact that it offers a significant security advantage over other traditional systems. However, there have been many attacks in various blockchain systems, exploiting different vulnerabilities and bugs, which caused a significant financial loss. Therefore, it is essential to understand how these attacks in blockchain occur, which vulnerabilities they exploit, and what threats they expose. Another concerning issue in this domain is the recent advancement in the quantum computing field, which imposes a significant threat to the security aspects of many existing secure systems, including blockchain, as they would invalidate many widely-used cryptographic algorithms. Thus, it is important to examine how quantum computing will affect these or other new attacks in the future. In this paper, we explore different vulnerabilities in current blockchain systems and analyse the threats that various theoretical and practical attacks in the blockchain expose. We then model those attacks using Petri nets concerning current systems and future quantum computers.
title Modelling Attacks in Blockchain Systems using Petri Nets
topic Cryptography and Security
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.07262