Sentences with phrase «cyber criminals exploiting»
«Other cryptocurrencies, such as Monero, have far surpassed Bitcoin in terms of privacy and anonymity of transactions, which is an important consideration for cyber criminals exploiting devices for cryptocurrency mining operations,» said Goody.
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While these companies are getting more efficient, digitization has opened up new doors for cyber criminals to exploit.
However, it was holding back, for now, much of the technical documentation that would allow other hackers and cyber criminals to exploit the hacks — while putting vendors on notice to expect further revelations.
The less sophisticated cyber criminals will probably revert back to previous email - based techniques and just wait for the next Shadow Brokers dump, which may have fresh exploits to use.
The ransomware strain, known as WannaCry (or WanaCrypt0r and WCry and WCrypt), was deployed by unknown cyber criminals who used an exploit allegedly written by the NSA.
The breach itself occurred between mid-May and July 2017 when cyber criminals gained access to sensitive data by exploiting a weak point in website software.
It's not as if cyber criminals have created a new attack; they are just exploiting a new attack surface.
Crypto exchanges face an ever present danger from hackers and cyber criminals looking to exploit the technology's privacy features for personal gain.
When users visit the sites the scripts are downloaded unwittingly to their computers which then begin collective mining operations benefitting cyber criminals elsewhere by exploiting the resources of the victim.