Sentences with phrase «exploiting the vulnerability allowed»

Exploiting the vulnerability allowed the hackers to escape with approximately 153,000 Ether in three separate transactions.

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A couple of Belgian researchers published a paper containing proof of concept code that exploits vulnerabilities in the way cryptographic keys are exchanged over Wi - Fi, allowing hackers to steal people's data.

[Microsoft] and other software or Internet security companies have been aware that this type of early alert allowed the U.S. to exploit vulnerabilities in software sold to foreign governments, according to two U.S. officials.»

Aitel suggested that, rather than outsource tasks or projects to particular individuals without security clearance, the government could allow private companies specializing in penetration testing — the practice of testing a computer system, network or application to find vulnerabilities that a hacker could exploit — to apply for security clearance and compete for a contract.

In November 2017, a pseudonymous actor exploited a vulnerability in Parity's multi-signature Ethereum wallet library that rendered half a million ether inaccessible to their owners.Ironically, the culprit, Devops199, was trying to patch another vulnerability that allowed hackers to steal $ 32 million from Parity's multi-signature wallet accounts back in...

Adobe has confirmed an exploit in the latest version of the Flash 10.1 runtime which has the potential for malicious code to take control of a machine or device with the software installed. The company has issued the following statement: «This vulnerability could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of -LSB-...]

The neuropsychologist, contrary to the opinions of the psychiatrist and neurologist instructed, raised the issue of vulnerability and that due to pre-existing emotional vulnerability, together with her perceived disability, social isolation and problems in executive functioning since the SAH, Ms D was even more vulnerable to being exploited and manipulated by others and at high risk that she would allow the substantial damages she was to receive to be gambled away by her partner in order to appease and placate him.

To perform a jailbreak, someone has to find a security vulnerability that allows them to «exploit» the device and get around the manufacturer safeguards.

Today, Google Project Zero published details of a class of vulnerabilities which can be exploited by speculative execution side - channel These techniques can be used via JavaScript code running in the browser, which may allow attackers to gain access to memory... Read more

Spectre, along with its sister vulnerability «Meltdown» are serious hardware - based exploits that take advantage of the speculative execution mechanism of a CPU, allowing hackers to gain access to sensitive information.While Meltdown was addressed in the initial macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 update, Apple said it would introduce a mitigation for

The chipmaker found its processors under the spotlight back in January, when Google Project Zero and others discovered low - level vulnerabilities in several generations of Intel chips that could potentially allow hackers to exploit consumer and enterprise systems.

Other phones, however — and some carriers — don't allow you to unlock your bootloader the official way, which means you have to wait for developers to exploit a security vulnerability if you want to root and flash ROMs.

«If someone, be it a security researcher, the FBI or a malicious attacker, discovers an exploitable vulnerability that allows them to attack the latest iOS release, they will need another, likely more sophisticated exploit to take that access to the next level to also exploit the secure enclave,» she told TechNewsWorld.

Microsoft explains that with the use of speculative execution side - channel attacks, the vulnerabilities can be exploited when a JavaScript code is running in the browser, this allows the attackers to steal passwords.

hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com - Semiconductor giant AMD said today that attackers wouldn't likely abuse the vulnerabilities recently found in its products: they would need administrative access, and that kind of access would allow for far more effective attacks than the exploits at the center of the controversy.

These vulnerabilities, exploited correctly, could potentially allow a hacker full remote access to any device, rooted or unrooted.