«This is a highly unregulated area that we found is ripe for
abuse by malware authors looking to gain access to all kinds of personal information,» Qian said.
Not exact matches
For example, Microsoft released security updates that patch the hole
abused by the WannaCry
malware for Windows XP, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2003, which are no longer officially supported.
The DocDroid report further indicates that all Ledger software could be exploited and modified
by even unprivileged
malware, which means attackers could
abuse its system without any need to gain administrative rights.
Coinhive is quickly becoming the Martin Shkreli of the Internet, going from an innovative tool that lets you mine Monero with your browser, to a technology
abused by hoards of
malware authors.
hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com - MailChimp, a service that millions of people around the world use to send out email newsletters, is being
abused by hackers to spam out
malware.
Security researchers from Kaspersky revealed a Zero - day vulnerability in Telegram Windows client that
abused by attackers in wild for installing
malware and cryptocurrency miners.