Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Hackers Use Cortana To Break Into Windows 10 PCs

I heard Cortana was handy but I didn't know she was THIS handy.

This concludes our examination of Cortana (at least for now). The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team has a fundamental goal of eliminating critical threats to the hardware and software we use; this month’s patch is a clear step toward furthering that goal. The attack surface created by vocal commands and personal digital assistants requires much more investigation; we are just scratching the surface of the amount of research that should be conducted in this critical area.