EPISODE · Oct 10, 2018 · 6 MIN
A 'Scarily Simple' Bug Put Millions of Cox Communications Customers Accounts at Risk
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
Cybersecurity researchers regularly disclose the bugs they find in different applications and websites across the internet. Sometimes, these vulnerabilities are incredibly complicated to exploit, evidence more of a researcher's expertise than something the average consumer should worry about. In other scenarios, analysts find simple holes that a novice could use to steal information. This is a case of the latter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Cybersecurity researchers regularly disclose the bugs they find in different applications and websites across the internet. Sometimes, these vulnerabilities are incredibly complicated to exploit, evidence more of a researcher's expertise than something the average consumer should worry about. In other scenarios, analysts find simple holes that a novice could use to steal information. This is a case of the latter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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A 'Scarily Simple' Bug Put Millions of Cox Communications Customers Accounts at Risk
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