Sentences with phrase «hackers find»

The scam generally works like this: Hackers find an opening into a title company's or realty agent's email account, track upcoming home purchases scheduled for settlements — the pricier the better — then assume the identity of the title agency person handling the transaction.

When these hackers find a potential target, they send a bogus email that looks like it's from the home buyer's real estate agent, title company or attorney saying there are new money - wiring procedures.

The rummage for a secure smartphone will always continue; as day - to - day hackers find some or the other way to peep in, no matter how highly...

The rummage for a secure smartphone will always continue; as day - to - day hackers find some or the other way to peep in, no matter how highly secured the phone is.

I bet hackers find a way to get Android Market apps onto it in less than a week after its release, however.

«It may take a lot of work and effort, but often hackers find holes into your business through old and unpatched software.»

Experts say assaults will only multiply, diversify and intensify in years to come, especially as hackers find the enterprise sector all but impenetrable.

The Pegasus exploit was different in that not only did hackers find a weakness in iOS, they used it to create a potent cyber weapon they sold across the globe.

A hacker found a flaw in Facebook, reported it, eventually (and that's the sticky part) got results and then went for the $ 500 he was owed as part of Facebook's own bug - bounty program.

That's why it was such a shock to learn last month that hackers found a way to break in to the company's famous iPhones, and even take over the camera and microphone features without a user even knowing it.

When a hacker finds a vulnerable website, they can expose that crack within minutes to retrieve information like user names, passwords and credit card information, Moerman said.

If hackers found a way to target vehicles, this could present a whole new set of challenges that the industry is not currently equipped to tackle.»

Synopsis: A teenage hacker finds himself framed for the theft of millions of dollars from a major corporation.

There have been rumors about an eight player mode in Super Smash Bros. since hackers found audio clips of the announcer saying «eight player match» on the 3DS version.

Hackers found more 5 Character Slots (One for Lucas) Pls Shovel Knight, Chorus Kids, Rayman and Popo be in it!

Once hackers found a way to use the OtherOS capability to break into the core PS3 functions, the feature was removed via a firmware update.

It's not news that the Switch had capabilities for NES emulation: that was discovered in July when another set of hackers found the code for «Flog», which was assumed to be a NES emulator.

A Nintendo Switch jailbreak may be released in the near future as hackers found an «unpatchable» exploit which works with all current Nintendo Switch devices.

This time Ubisoft's Uplay PC download service was the victim when hackers found an exploit that allowed users to...

When an intrepid hacker finds a security hole, they can use it to escape the usual protected environment on iOS and take control over the entire operating system.

Not exact matches

Windows, far and away the most common operating system in the corporate world, is such a complicated and ornery thing — «a giant minefield of conflicts and problems,» says Cormier — that hackers are always finding new chinks in its armor to exploit.

If an online email account provider doesn't come encrypted with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protection, then hackers may find it even easier to gain access to emails.

The most cunning of hackers, once they have the proverbial foot in the door, can find creative ways to gain even greater access to company data.

But by finding an unintended code exploit, the DAO hacker has called into question the core idea that code can substitute for human - dependent legal and financial processes.

A vulnerability was found in Apple's HomeKit software for controlling smart home devices that could have allowed hackers to take control of those devices.

Instead, the FBI seems to have turned to what some call «gray - hat» hackers, who find vulnerabilities and sell them for exploitation by the authorities.

With a problem that big, it's important to know not only how hackers can find your personal or business information, but how to protect yourself.

Comey added that the flaw, which is now believed to have been found by hackers who worked with the FBI, would only work on an iPhone 5c running iOS 9 — a relatively small slice of Apple's total iPhone users who have largely moved on to the bigger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s lines.

Researchers have found a security flaw in the Nvidia chip powering the popular Nintendo Switch gaming device could allow hackers to gain control and access data, Ars Technica reports.

Lookout was founded in San Francisco in 2007 by hackers John Hering, Kevin Mahaffey, and James Burgess to develop software that protects mobile devices.

There will almost always be a delay in response from cybersecurity experts addressing newly found threats, so hackers will always have a slight advantage here.

«For financially motivated hackers that you're finding a great deal more of, this is their big time and you're going to see a dramatic uptick in this (type of retail cybercrime).»

The report, called Tracking & Hacking: Security & Privacy Gaps Put American Drivers at Risk, found that nearly 100 percent of vehicles on the market come with wireless entry points or WEPs that could be a way in for hackers.

Hackers have been known to find general information about an individual online — we do, after all, share everything about ourselves on social media — and use this information to manipulate employees of companies, such as banks, to disclose personal and sensitive information.

If Petya is found to have originated from hackers with links to Russia, however, «we can expect that this attack will be much more far - reaching and sophisticated.»

Along with Merijn Terheggen and Rice, they started HackerOne in 2012, to run «bug bounty» programs — which reward hackers for finding security flaws — for Starbucks, GM, Uber, the U.S. Department of Defense, and about 1,000 other organizations.

This time around, Fruitfly reportedly allowed hackers to find out your exact location and name, switch on your webcam and microphone, control your mouse, change your personal files, take screenshots, record your keystrokes, and more.

(The hackers» finding, for what its worth, has less to do with encryption than it has to do with «backdoors» generally.)

As part of bug bounty programs, companies offer cash and other rewards to security researchers or so - called white hat hackers who break into their computer systems and find security holes.

When the chief of Microsoft Ukraine switched jobs to work for President Petro Poroshenko [in 2014], he found that everyone in the [president's] office used the same login password... Sometimes pressing the spacebar was enough to open a PC... Most computers run on pirated software, and even when licensed programs are used, they can be years out of date and lack security patches to help keep the hackers at bay.

Moss founded the underground hacker convention Defcon in 1992, starting with a group of about 100 of his hacker friends and whatever cybersecurity experts he could track down.

A hacker who found a flaw in Facebook reported it to the company but was ignored.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The FBI failed to notify scores of U.S. officials that Russian hackers were trying to break into their personal Gmail accounts despite having evidence for at least a year that the targets were in the Kremlin's crosshairs, The Associated Press has found.

Once hackers have that information, they can disable vacation mode, a setting that turns lights on and off as if someone was at home, set off a smoke alarm, or find the PIN for a door lock and send it via text to the hacker.

The search giant retires its annual hackathon, replaces it with an around - the - clock program that allows hackers to submit (and get paid for) finding bugs anytime, from anywhere.

Like any other criminal, hackers look for weaknesses in the security perimeter before they attack — and often, that sweet spot is to be found in the personal security of key company figures.

In April, Adobe issued an emergency update to Flash after security researchers found a flaw that allowed hackers to distribute so - called ransomware to owners of Microsoft Windows personal computers.

«That's like finding a lucky penny on the sidewalk on the same day your bank account is drained by a 16 - year - old Belgian hacker,» Oliver joked.

Security company FireEye issued a report this week that claims that hackers have found a way to break into iOS devices with the help of legitimate - looking but malicious apps downloaded to one's phone.

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.