> Krebs mentioned that Mitch logged into his bank account while on the phone with the scammers. That's a HUGE no. We live in a threshold period where acoustic emanation attacks are about to become much more commonplace due to increasing computational capabilities.
Huh, this reminds me that a major US bank verifies people on the phone by asking them to log on to online banking.
I love the convenience, but it's never crossed my mind that it was a huge vulnerability waiting to happen.
It will take a series of high profile hacking incidents to finally wake the public up to the need to develop mitigations. We won't see the problem until it's widespread.
Huh, this reminds me that a major US bank verifies people on the phone by asking them to log on to online banking.
I love the convenience, but it's never crossed my mind that it was a huge vulnerability waiting to happen.