Sentences with phrase «control by a hacker»

The people who put money into the venture capital fund looked in horror as all of their money was now in a malicious VC fund controlled by a hacker.

Conficker downloaded and installed malicious software to computer systems from sites controlled by hackers.

Internet security experts have been warning for years that such devices are open to both data theft and remote control by a hacker.

Once compromised, vast botnets are created - sometimes millions of puppet computers controlled by hackers.

FCA has issued a recall for 1.4 million vehicles so that a software patch can be installed to prevent the vehicles from being remotely controlled by hackers, reports Automotive News here:

Hackers use the information they steal for so - called spear phishing — mimicking the real email addresses of buyers, sellers, counsel and real estate companies, they send email directing those involved in real estate closings to transmit funds to bank accounts controlled by the hackers.

This site contained different Ethereum addresses and caused CoinDash project supporters to send their coins to an address controlled by the hacker.

Not exact matches

It allowed hackers to access an unsuspecting user's smart home devices and make changes to them due to a bug in HomeKit, the software used by developers to let home gadgets like lightbulbs, door locks, and thermostats be controlled through Apple's Home app.

Well - publicized car hacks by researchers have shown just how easy it is for hackers to take remote control of certain car models.

One of multiple botnet - controlling computer servers used by the hacker is already communicating with more than 10,000 potentially compromised devices per day, Qihoo's researchers said.

In the second experiment, the Tesla S 75D system's screen was completely taken over by the hackers such that the driver was not able to control the car on his own.

Yet as our dependence on the internet grows, we are more vulnerable to those who seek to disrupt — whether they are hackers exposing the internet's weaknesses, governments intent on keeping their citizens under control, or corporations driven by profits.

A patient hacker can take control of a journal's website if a publisher isn't careful — as our correspondent discovered by doing so himself

This relatively simple arrangement creates another problem, however: now your network of compromised machines has a single point of control, that channel, and thus is vulnerable to attack and seizure, whether by law enforcement and «white hat» good - guy hackers or other botmasters, who could commandeer your channel and use it to make your machines work for them.

The army of bits controlled by an unseen hacker?

By exploiting a hole in a Jeep Cherokee's Uconnect Internet connectivity software, hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek were able to plant code into the car's head unit, ultimately gaining remote control over multiple vehicle functions, including the transmission and brakes.

by Laura Bates who writes: «Artist Molly Soda last year leaked her own nude snaps in a statement about regaining power and control from nude picture hackers».

Let me explain a bit more... One of the biggest hacking problems out there currently is a completely stealth operation; that is, once control of the website CMS is taken over by the hacker, hidden pieces of code are injected (or files uploaded that run outside the target site's navigation structure).

Or that, just last week, we learned that Russian hackers had taken control of the email system used by none other than the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The recall, which involves Jeeps, Rams, Dodges and Chryslers, came following a demonstration earlier this week by Wired magazine from two «hackers» who took remote control of a Jeep Cherokee's brakes and other systems.

Fiat Chrysler also said it had changed its controls over the network - level access to block the technique used by the hired «hackers».

However, I have a concern with these newer platforms that try to claim anonymity because the casual user would not understand the limits of this anonymity leading to risky behavior that could negatively impact them if the system was compromised by hackers or control was appropriated by a Governmental Agency like TorMail.

Once inside their system, the hackers set it up as a staging area by creating repositories for software, creating fake accounts, and conducting surveillance in order to gather information on the software, credentials, and control processes being used.

Other items such as smart light bulbs and smart thermostats can be hacked or infected by viruses, allowing hackers to control a person's home to a degree depending on how many smart devices they have.

With cryptocurrencies, as long as you keep your private keys secure from hackers by using a hardware wallet or a paper wallet, then nobody can touch your money and you are in complete control, not at the mercy of banks.

In July 2017, The New York Times reported that hackers had been infiltrating the networks of nuclear power stations and energy facilities in the US and elsewhere by targeting employees, such as control engineers.

Kaspersky also released a report that stated, «The hackers made a direct connection from an IP address in North Korea to a server in Europe that was used to control systems infected by the group.»

securityledger.com - Researchers found that sex toys manufactured by a German company are vulnerable to attacks that could expose sensitive user information and allow hackers to take remote control of others» sex toys.

This means that by using Altcoin.io you are always in control of your funds, so hackers can't target a central point of failure to steal users» funds because there is no central point of failure in Altcoin.io.

As Bitcoin is entirely digital and not controlled by any central authority, one of the biggest concerns for many people is how vulnerable it is to hackers....

securityweek.com - An update released by Microsoft for its Malware Protection Engine patches a vulnerability that allows hackers to take control of systems by scanning a malicious file

Remote code execution vulnerabilities are the security issues that can be exploited by hackers in order to control the device from a separate location.