A researcher uncovered a serious vulnerability that could have helped hackers to seize control of users’ Slack accounts.
The good news is that Slack fixed the issue impressively quickly and clearly.
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Editorial: The Xalata hijack
Malta Independent Online There is a video on the social media posted by مقاطع درناويه صح which shows passengers on the hijacked Afriqiyah Airlines plane, singing and clapping. See https://www.facebook.com/video.derna/videos/1300771493319852/. It is a scene to which we readily … |
Kitten videos are harmless, right? Except when they take over your phone.
Researchers have found something new to worry about on the internet. It turns out that a muffled voice hidden in an innocuous YouTube video could issue commands to a nearby smartphone without you even knowing it.
The researchers describe the threat in a research paper to be presented next month at the USENIX Security Symposium in Austin, Texas. They also demonstrate it in this video.
Voice recognition has taken off quickly on phones, thanks to services like Google Now and Apple’s Siri, but voice software can also make it easier to hack devices, warned Micah Sherr, a Georgetown University professor and one of the paper’s authors.
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This JavaScript malware will hijack your router from your smartphone
Yahoo News … your computer.</p> <p>A leaked email from NPR was uncovered by <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/04/14/google-play-music-podcasts-are-apparently-coming-on-april-18th/">Android Police</a>, which reveals the network's podcasts … |