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> 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 e
by ValentineC 7y ago
> 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.
- soulofmischief 7y agoIt 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.