Security flaw put RBS customers at risk of cyber-attack

guest · Mar 22, 2019

Security flaw put RBS customers at risk of cyber-attack
March 22, 2019
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47671346

Since January, the banks' business clients have been offered a product called Thor Foresight Enterprise free of charge.
Security researchers uncovered a flaw in it that made customers less secure.
Fallen short
Security Researcher Ken Munro told the BBC: "We were able to gain access to a victim's computer very easily. Attackers could have had complete control of that person's emails, internet history and bank details."
"Heimdal Thor is security software that runs at a high level of privilege on a user's machine. It's essential that it is held to the highest possible standards. We feel they have fallen far short."

The company said that the vulnerability was only "in the wild" for about three weeks and affected around 50,000 computers - 8% of the number of machines running the Thor software.
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