Sentences with phrase «used by hackers»

This form of attack was used by hackers to exploit bitcoin miners in 2014, an exploit that netted the attackers upwards of $ 84,000 in bitcoin, and has been in use in the years since.

We made ZILLA a mobile app to completely avoid this method of attack used by hackers.

Coinhive has previously been used by hackers looking to harvest unsuspecting users» computational power for remote mining, and Monero carries a reputation as a preferred «privacy coin» for potential criminal activity.

A possible data breach of usernames, passwords and other account information has reportedly appeared on Pastebin, a website often used by hackers to store and share stolen information.

A possible data breach of usernames, passwords and other account information has reportedly appeared on Pastebin, a website often used by hackers to store and share stolen...

This information is used by hackers for theft identity to access your personal information and accounts.

The IRS had shut down the Data Retrieval Tool back in March after learning that the tool was being used by hackers and criminals to access the sensitive personal and financial information of student loan borrowers in the U.S.

Over 60 Barnes & Noble stores have been used by hackers to gain the credit card data, including the PINs, of customers.

TeamAndRIC got a taste of it with the Transformer Prime and the thing that has made it possible for them is «NachoRoot» — a software developed by TeamAndRIC and is being used by hackers to gain superuser privileges to the latest tablet from... [Read more...]

The technique — known as an adversarial example --- could be used by hackers to trick driverless cars into ignoring stop signs or prevent a CCTV camera from spotting a suspect in a crowd.

It's a tactic used by hackers to execute «masquerade attacks,» where they pretend to be authorized users of a system by replicating the writing styles of the compromised account.

State Sen. Marty Golden says the old magnetic stripes on credit and debit cards can be used by hackers to steal a person's identity.

The technical section of the FBI report said some of the software used by the hackers had been compiled in Korean, but it did not discuss any possible connection to North Korea.

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.

However, this also had one critical flaw in that it could also be used by a hacker to extract funds.

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One recent illustration is the use of fake FedEx or UPS confirmation emails by hackers.

Watch Out for Evil Twins Be aware of the methods a company or vendor uses to communicate with you, because hackers sometimes gain access to computers, data and accounts by posing as legitimate companies or agencies.

Moscow - based cyber security firm Group IB said hackers had exploited code developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) which was leaked and then used in the WannaCry ransomware attack that caused global disruption in May.

Besides creating a very real - looking email and webpages, the hackers used sophisticated techniques to avoid being recognized by any security system.

RAM scraping, phishing, keylogging — you may not be familiar with all the schemes hackers use to invade personal data and business systems, but chances are you have been affected in some way by cybercrime — or soon will be.

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.

This same tactic was used by Iranian hackers to break into Gmail in 2011 and Edward Snowden claimed the National Security Agency used the same technique to gain access Google traffic data, the Times reported.

TensorFlow, Google's machine learning platform used by Airbnb, Twitter and Uber has a «significant security loophole» that exposes it to malicious software and destruction by hackers, according to Tencent.

His comments echo those made recently by former high - profile hacker turned cyber security guru Mark Abene, who said that businesses can better detect strange behaviors on their networks using machine learning.

Since the Anonymous video doesn't spell it out, we've gathered up some common tactics used by the group in the past, as well as those used by other major hacker collectives.

By using software that can talk or chat with people, hackers could conceivably target more people at once without having to actually personally communicate with them and demand payments.

The hackers embedded the malicious code in these apps by convincing developers of legitimate software to use a tainted, counterfeit version of Apple's software for creating iOS and Mac apps, which is known as Xcode, Apple said.

As a first line of defense from hackers, users should always be protecting themselves by using long, uniquely generated passwords.

Tesla's Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud account was compromised by hackers and used for cryptocurrency mining, RedLock said.

Hackers looking to gain access to your work and personal accounts can use powerful software to crack encrypted passwords by guessing millions of variations per second.

(The smoking gun in question, which was reported in October by Motherboard and others, came in the form of a common URL shortener, which the hackers used repeatedly to target DNC Chair John Podesta, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and others).

The hackers did this by obtaining, then using, the AWS logon credentials of one of Uber's software developers.

Meanwhile, certain popular websites have taken steps to block visitors using certain VPN providers, generally those known to be patronized by malicious hackers.

The tools companies use to communicate can be used against them by hackers.

The goal is to demonstrate just how vulnerable drones currently in use by police forces around the world to execute critical missions are to hackers.

Hackers who quietly commandeer thousands of poorly - secured connected devices — such as «smart» TVs and thermostats — can get rich by using them to mine cryptocurrency.

By using a so - called dictionary attack — a program that guesses passwords by systematically trying every word in the dictionary — the hacker had figured out a Twitter employee's password: happinesBy using a so - called dictionary attack — a program that guesses passwords by systematically trying every word in the dictionary — the hacker had figured out a Twitter employee's password: happinesby systematically trying every word in the dictionary — the hacker had figured out a Twitter employee's password: happiness.

«The hackers accessed software designed to be used by poll workers on Election Day, and in at least one state accessed a campaign finance database.»

Because Parity spotted the attack in time, a group named «The White Hat Group» used the same vulnerability to drain the rest of Ether stored in other Parity wallets that have not yet been stolen by the hacker.

The FBI is said to have paid professional hackers to break through the encryption of the iPhone 5c used by one of the perpetrators in the San Bernardino shooting last year.

If anything, it seems to imply the opposite — listing off a series of large - scale efforts by Russia's Internet Research Agency (the name its hackers used) to shape the outcome of the election:

Hackers used a homograph attack by registering a domain identical to binance.com, but spelled with Latin - lookalike Unicode characters.

Computers can become infected with malware that transmits your passwords to hackers, so it's important to minimize the risks by running frequent antivirus scans and limiting the types of computer use that may increase your exposure to malware.

Why would anyone use a virtual currency that has no «real» value, and is based on a system run by a group of shadowy hackers?

However, since the currency only exists as ones and zeroes in a computer program — not unlike most of the money we use via credit cards, etc. — it can also be stolen by hackers, as one user has claimed that his Bitcoin bank account was.

A provisional patent filed by Apple in December describes a blockchain system designed to create and verify timestamps that could be used to fight hackers and certify digital signatures.

Prior to that, Forbes was hacked, and two security firms have reason to believe the malware code used was written by Chinese cyber espionage hackers.

Virtual currencies definitely run the risk of being targeted by hackers using various methods to steal Bitcoins and other virtual currencies from user accounts.

In March 2016, hackers siphoned $ 81 million from the New York Fed account of the Central Bank of Bangladesh, where instructions for making the payment were considered authenticated by the widely used SWIFT message system.

In a report from Forbes, sources close to the the Financial Services Agency (FSA), which approves licenses to digital currency exchanges, claim that the agency is taking the necessary steps to stamp out the use of certain cryptocurrencies that are favoured by criminals and hackers.