Mobile Carrier Customer Service Ushers in SIM-Swap Fraud
Weak challenge questions by customer service reps make it easy for fraudsters to hijack a phone line and bypass 2FA to breach accounts.
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Threatpost Poll: Are Published PoC Exploits a Good or Bad Idea?
Are publicly released proof-of-concept exploits more helpful for system defenders — or bad actors?
Read moreNews Wrap: PoC Exploits, Cable Haunt and Joker Malware
Are publicly-released PoC exploits good or bad? Why is the Joker malware giving Google a headache? The Threatpost team discusses all this and more in this week’s news wrap.
Read moreCritical Cisco Flaws Now Have PoC Exploit
The flaws affect a key tool for managing its network platform and switches.
Read morePoC Exploits Published For Microsoft Crypto Bug
Two proof-of-concept exploits were publicly released for the major Microsoft crypto-spoofing vulnerability.
Read moreCritical WordPress Bug Leaves 320,000 Sites Open to Attack
Authentication bypass bugs in WordPress plugins InfiniteWP Client and WP Time Capsule leave hundreds of thousands of sites open to attack.
Read morePodcast: NSA Reports Major Crypto-Spoofing Bug to Microsoft
Threatpost talks to Venafi about the recently-disclosed Microsoft vulnerability and whether the hype around the flaw was warranted.
Read moreOracle Ties Previous All-Time Patch High with January Updates
The software giant patched 300+ bugs in its quarterly update.
Read moreIntel Fixes High-Severity Flaw in Performance Analysis Tool
The flaw, in Intel VTune Profiler, could enable privilege escalation.
Read moreIntel Fixes High-Severity Flaw in Performance Analysis Tool
The flaw, in Intel VTune Profiler, could enable privilege escalation.
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