{"id":4869,"date":"2023-10-06T09:46:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.io\/blog\/?p=4869"},"modified":"2023-10-06T09:46:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:46:18","slug":"stars-arena-eliminates-fud-by-closing-security-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/stars-arena-eliminates-fud-by-closing-security-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars Arena Eliminates FUD by Closing Security Vulnerability!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago, a significant hype created by the <strong>SocialFi<\/strong> application <strong> Stars Arena <\/strong> had a security vulnerability. This error allowed hackers to capture $2000. The security vulnerability was immediately closed by the team.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by Friend.tech, the team behind <strong> Stars Arena <\/strong>, denied the event referred as &#8220;coordinated FUD&#8221; after they closed a security vulnerability that caused hackers to capture $2000 from the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avax.network\">Avalanche<\/a><\/strong>-based decentralized social media platform.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You might like: <a href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/el-salvador-started-mining-pool-for-bitcoin\/\"><strong>El Salvador Started Mining Pool for Bitcoin!<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On October 5, the team stated that the vulnerability had been fixed in a post on Twitter. &#8216;Don\u2019t misunderstand, but we&#8217;re in the middle of a war,&#8217; they said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THE EXPLOIT HAS BEEN FIXED.<\/p>\n<p>BUT DON\u2019T GET THIS WRONG WE ARE AT WAR.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re being targeted by malicious actors in the space that want to steal your money.<\/p>\n<p>The little guy is under attack.<\/p>\n<p>You are under attack.<\/p>\n<p>Your right to platform diversity is under attack.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get it\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DmbMdf9cAq\">pic.twitter.com\/DmbMdf9cAq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stars Arena (@starsarenacom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/starsarenacom\/status\/1709934535570608172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The attack was proven to be economically unviable for the attackers. This attack caused a big increase in Avalanche\u2019s gas fees. This made the gain from the hack much more costly than expected.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, it was claimed that the attackers spent more on gas fees than they earned from this vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ava Labs CEO Emin G\u00fcn Sirer<\/strong> posted a Tweet related to the topic. In his tweet, the CEO emphasized that for every $0.04 gained from the vulnerability, hackers spent an average of $0.25.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So much FUD about a Stars Arena exploit that has (1) already been fixed, (2) cost the attacker $0.25 to make $0.04, and (3) the attacker extracted a sum total of only $2,000. Now that it\u2019s over, let\u2019s get back to having fun in the arena.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emin G\u00fcn Sirer\ud83d\udd3a (@el33th4xor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/el33th4xor\/status\/1709923165919387999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite the relatively unsuccessful exploitation, members of the crypto community criticized the <strong>Stars Arena<\/strong> team.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, it&#8217;s worth remembering that the <strong>Stars Arena platform<\/strong> is the latest application to join the growing list of social finance platforms like Alpha in the Bitcoin network, Friendzy on Solana, and PostTech on Arbitrum.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>You can freely share your thoughts and comments about the topic in the comment section. Additionally, please don\u2019 t forget to follow us on our <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/coinengineernews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Telegram<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CoinEngineer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coinengineers\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0channels for the latest news.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago, a significant hype created by the SocialFi application Stars Arena had a security vulnerability. This error allowed hackers to capture $2000. The security vulnerability was immediately closed by the team. 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