Heartbleed-like Cupid poses opportunity for wireless attack
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 04:10
in Mathematics & Economics
The Cupid now being talked about in technology circles is hardly the sweet angel that aims a love arrow at innocents' hearts. This Cupid represents an attack vector threatening information security. Thanks to a Portuguese researcher, security watchers have been made more aware of yet another variation of the Heartbleed headache. This vulnerability, based on the same Heartbleed exploit, was discussed last month in detail by Luis Grangeia of information security company, Sysvalue. The researcher showed how the Cupid attack vector can do its mischief on wireless networks and connected devices.