The contents of the user’s screen can be gleaned through video or VoIP calls, or voice-operated virtual assistants, like Amazon Alexa.

Researchers used AT commands to rewrite device firmware, bypass Android security mechanisms, exfiltrate sensitive device information, and unlock screens.

Botnets fused with artificial intelligence are decentralized and self-organized systems, capable of working together toward a common goal – attacking networks.

After Google publicized the flaw seven days after a patch was issued, the Epic Games CEO called out the company for irresponsible disclosure.

Researchers find proof-of-concept code that can take advantage of the recently identified Apache Struts framework (CVE-2018-11776) vulnerability.

The news comes as President Trump tweets opposition to take-down efforts by the tech giants.

The approach makes Mirai executable on a wide variety of disparate IoT devices and platforms from a single server.

T-Mobile alerts millions of its customers to a breach of its website that resulted in subscriber names, zip codes, phone numbers, email addresses and account numbers being stolen.

With the malicious code embedded into websites, the attacker can then piggyback on the trust level of the website and launch a variety of attacks.

Restaurants in 23 states were compromised for two months.