Sentences with phrase «researchers exploited vulnerabilities»

The researchers exploited vulnerabilities in the genetic material of influenza viruses to create a weakened virus that can still kick - start the immune system.

What all these cases had in common was that researchers exploited vulnerabilities in the publishers» computerized systems to dupe editors into accepting manuscripts, often by doing their own reviews.

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For instance, researchers may figure out the vulnerability of a particular pest and come up with tools to exploit that.

A couple of Belgian researchers published a paper containing proof of concept code that exploits vulnerabilities in the way cryptographic keys are exchanged over Wi - Fi, allowing hackers to steal people's data.

Though the researchers don't report evidence of attackers exploiting the vulnerability, Sweeney, Yoo and Zang said the fear is that it might be used to either undermine confidence in elections or even to swing the result in favor of a particular candidate.

Researchers may be on the verge of exploiting the vulnerabilities of a virus that causes cervical cancer, thanks to a newly developed technique that enables scientists to mass - produce human...

Apple's OS X and iOS are subject to a zero - day vulnerability exploit that can have horrendous consequences, a SentinelOne researcher has reported.

When the vulnerability is eventually discovered, by an industrious security researcher or otherwise, there will typically be no indication whether it has been exploited yet or not, even where it involves very sensitive financial information that would be highly useful for fraud and identity theft.

However, as early as 2011 researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California at San Diego reported they were able to wirelessly penetrate and exploit a car's systems via Bluetooth connections, cellular network telephone vulnerability, network ports used for car maintenance, and even internal CD players.

According to a Project Zero researcher, two versions of uTorrent have vulnerabilities that are easy to exploit and could enable hackers to execute code, steal downloaded files, and check the download history.

«If someone, be it a security researcher, the FBI or a malicious attacker, discovers an exploitable vulnerability that allows them to attack the latest iOS release, they will need another, likely more sophisticated exploit to take that access to the next level to also exploit the secure enclave,» she told TechNewsWorld.

Apple says it's tested the updates and found no reduction in performance using the Geekbench 4 benchmark as well as Web browsing tests including Speedometer, JetStream and ARES - 6 Apple's Spectre fix is still to come, though those vulnerabilities are harder to exploit, according to researchers.

securityaffairs.co - Researchers at Morphisec have uncovered a watering hole attack on leading Hong Kong Telecom website exploiting the CVE -2018-4878 flash vulnerability.

According to a new report released by security researchers the latest attack has seen hackers use double cryptocurrency miners to exploit a vulnerability in the Oracle server to spread two cryptocurrency miners simultaneously.

«Researchers need to be encouraged to look into monthly security updates, and try to exploit those vulnerabilities, in order to promote better patching and an overall safer mobile world,» Drake said.

The security researcher recommended those exploiting the vulnerability to find the necessary symbols.