Sentences with phrase «attack vector»

Bitcoin has been running for eight years with no downtime, has more processing power dedicated to it than the largest supercomputer in the world and has a simple scripting language with the smallest attack vector.

The sole existence of the app still isn't considered to be a major security vulnerability by the company, largely due to the fact that full root privileges aren't transferable by EngineerMode to a third - party app, making its potential as an attack vector for hackers somewhat limited.

delivered to Coinbase by the IRS shows that KYC is the attack vector of choice for the U.S., which could result in billions in taxes reported by people who fear that their Bitcoin activity can be audited.

Earlier today, an article by Richard Chirgwin on The Register brought back to light a nasty attack vector that can be exploited to intercept and manip...

The attack vector with decentralized exchanges won't be KYC, though, because any decentralized exchange that implements KYC will instantly be abandoned by its users.»

The attack vector for decentralized exchanges, said Beams, will be «the good ole four horsemen of the infocalypse.»

This attack vector won't work for the exchanges that have achieved escape velocity levels of decentralization, but it may stop some and will make life difficult for others.»

The BlueBorne attack vector has several stages.

bleepingcomputer.com - DDoS extortionists have already pounced on the Memcached DDoS attack vector in attempts to extract payments from attacked companies.

There was also another subtle attack vector that was discovered by a Blockstream engineer called Russel O'Conner that would allow actors to steal Bitcoin with the particular signature theme.

This opened a denial - of - service (DoS) attack vector.

Phishing attacks to steal user or administrator passwords are the most common attack vector, but cybercriminals are also going after mobile wallets and targeting weaknesses in the blockchain.

Barterk added that bitFlyer had also stepped up its security without divulging any important details, presumably because that would be a valuable attack vector for most hackers.

Until then, you can read about why you'll definitely want a VPN when high in the sky, as I explored in my recent article entitled: «In - flight Wi - Fi the latest attack vector for cyber theft requires VPN protection.»

Selfish mining is an attack vector of Bitcoin.

Hence, in order to take a step ahead of any potential exploit of their user's funds, the Ledger team released their guidance on how one could make sure that they do not fall victim to this attack vector.

This unfortunately opens up an attack vector, where one of the inputs used is actually larger than the user expects, and thus the user can lose a significant amount of coins to the transaction fee.

Rather, the attack vector is the individual user.

But it's important to keep in mind that with hardware wallets, the attack vector isn't someone getting into it digitally over the internet.

Beginning over two weeks ago, reports have trickled in on Reddit community «r / btc» — the de facto hub for supporters of bitcoin rival bitcoin cash (BCH)-- of accounts being compromised by a new and worrying attack vector.

It is perhaps this reason that the hackers have resorted to this relatively low key attack vector to access the exchange.

The researchers, who were based at UC Berkley and Georgetown University, examined the way in which voice - recognition based AI assistants popular on most modern smartphones could be used as an attack vector.

It's just another attack vector.

The announcement states that the exchanges will only list Bitcoin Unlimited if the replay attack vector is eliminated, such as by changing address formats or moving coins to new addresses.

The attack vector has «all the hallmarks of a traditional computer worm,» he noted, adding that before...

This is a change that is intended to close an attack vector which takes advantage of Bitcoin's transaction malleability properties.

In the Internet of Things environment, where you can have «an ecosystem or ecosystems of ecosystems interconnected, the attack vector universe is potentially limitless,» noted Laura DiDio, research director for IoT at 451 Research.

Both Hearn and Mastercoin's Peter Todd point to Bloom Filters as another attack vector.

Segregated witness is designed to capture almost all the incentive available for ordinary transactions, without creating a gratuitously large block attack vector.

WPS should be disabled and, if possible, the firmware of the access point should be flashed to a distribution that doesn't even support WPS so the attack vector is entirely removed.

Unfortunately, the same vulnerability that is the biggest hole in the WPA armor — the attack vector through the Wi - Fi Protected Setup (WPS)-- remains in modern WPA2 - capable access points.

Khosrowshahi, who joined the ride - hailing company in August after a search for a replacement CEO following co-founder Travis Kalanick's departure, also said that Uber did shut down the attack vector and increased its security measures following the attack, but that it failed in its duty to report.

There have been reports of a new attack vector against the Ledger hardware wallets.

It then went on to downplay the severity of the attack vector, arguing that the issue «is an industry wide issue.»

To mitigate the man in the middle attack vector reported here https://t.co/GFFVUOmlkk (affecting all hardware wallet vendors), always verify your receive address on the device's screen by clicking on the «monitor button» pic.twitter.com/EMjZJu 2NDh

Weeks after the company confirmed a flaw in its wallets which makes them susceptible to man - in - the - middle - attacks, independent security researcher Saleem Rashid has demonstrated a new attack vector hackers can employ to break your Ledger Nano S and steal your precious coins — both physically and remotely.

One attack vector relies on how robots deal with data.

But since the exploit is so different to the typical attack vector, users wouldn't even be alerted if their device gets compromised, leading to a hypothetical nightmare scenario (detailed in the video below) wherein a user spreads the «infection» to vulnerable phones and tablets simply by walking in their vicinity.

They where even aware of the attack vector but left it unpatched.

Google's primary attack vector against the FRAND damages part of Judge Posner's ruling is that traditionally any patent damages based on a reasonable - royalties theory must be calculated as per the date when infringement began, not an earlier date.

While this particular hack involved some steps that would be a bit difficult to execute, it's a stark reminder that something like a smart thermostat or smart lights or anything similar is really just another security attack vector.

The latest attack vector was identified by CrowdStrike's George Kurtz and Dmitri Alperovitch and demoed on an Android (OS 2.2) phone at the RSA security conference earlier this month.

According to Dmitri they are reforming the attack to work on Android 2.3 phones and the same attack vector would also work on iOS.

Their research, «Type Casting Verification: Stopping an Emerging Attack Vector,» explores vulnerabilities in C++ programs (such as Chrome and Firefox) that result from «bad casting» or «type confusion.»

«Mobile devices are an attractive attack vector.

Electronic voting, in contrast, can do a lot of falsification through a single successful attack vector.

Virtually any attack vector that involves injecting executable code could turn a targeted system into a virtual coin miner for the attacker.

Its «attack vector» (to borrow Monzo's Tom Blomfield's phrase) was originally low exchange fees when spending in a foreign currency, which undoubtedly fuelled much of the startup's early growth and mindshare, but new features and products are being added at an increasingly fast pace.

«The number one attack vector is email, so all users need to be trained to not click on links in emails, and never open an attachment they did not ask for or did not expect without verification,» he said.

Malicious actors are increasingly sophisticated and vulnerabilities in new media and the Internet of Things are opening the door to additional attack vectors for these cybercriminals.