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Title: Venmo closes flaw that allowed anyone to use Siri on a locked iPhone to empty your account [Video]
Post by: HCK on August 03, 2016, 04:05:22 pm
Venmo closes flaw that allowed anyone to use Siri on a locked iPhone to empty your account [Video]

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<p>A vulnerability in the iOS money-transfer app <a href="http://9to5mac.com/guides/venmo/" target="_blank">Venmo[/url] allowed anyone who managed to get access to a locked iPhone for as little as two minutes to empty the account, stealing as much as the weekly limit of $2999.99.</p>
<p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/apps/2016/08/02/dumb-flaw-venmo-siri-allow-attacker-drain-account-minuntes/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheNextWeb+%28The+Next+Web+All+Stories%29" target="_blank">TNW[/url] reports that the flaw was discovered by a SalesForce security engineerĀ <a href="http://www.martinvigo.com/steal-2999-99-minute-venmo-siri/" target="_blank"><span class="s2">Martin Vigo</span>[/url], who notified Venmo and waited until the loophole had been closed before demonstrating the method …</p>
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