{"id":75,"date":"2016-01-22T23:15:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T23:15:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-04-19T20:28:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T20:28:22","slug":"hackers-could-secretly-tap-into-corporate-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erii.org\/dev\/hackers-could-secretly-tap-into-corporate-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Could Secretly Tap Into Corporate Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Hackers Could Secretly Tap Into Corporate Meetings&#8221; title_align=&#8221;separator_align_left&#8221; align=&#8221;align_left&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; accent_color=&#8221;#c99d41&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"field_blog_i10ns\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/erii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/337.jpg\" title=\"337.jpg\" alt=\"337.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"field_blog_text\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>Lots of companies &#8212; and even the White House &#8212; use a conference calling system that could possibly be tapped by hackers, according to new research.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>On Thursday, cybersecurity experts at SEC Consult revealed a secret doorway that&#8217;s built into a popular conference calling product built by a company called AMX.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>AMX makes tablet panels used to control conference calls for businesses, government agencies and universities.<\/p>\n<p>The company hard-coded backdoor access into its system. AMX created a &#8220;secret account&#8221; with a permanent username and password, which means a hacker who already sneaked into a computer network could tap into actual meetings, if the hacker knew the backdoor access code.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a glaring security hole.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2016\/01\/21\/technology\/amx-corporate-hack\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read More Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Hackers Could Secretly Tap Into Corporate Meetings&#8221; title_align=&#8221;separator_align_left&#8221; align=&#8221;align_left&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; accent_color=&#8221;#c99d41&#8243;][vc_column_text] Lots of companies &#8212; and even the White House &#8212; use a conference calling system that could possibly be tapped by hackers, according to new research. On Thursday, cybersecurity experts at SEC Consult revealed a secret doorway that&#8217;s built into a popular conference calling product built by a company called AMX. AMX makes tablet panels used to control conference calls for businesses, government agencies and universities. The company hard-coded backdoor access into its system. AMX created a &#8220;secret account&#8221; with a permanent username and password, which means a hacker who already sneaked into a computer network could tap into actual meetings, if the hacker knew the backdoor access code. It&#8217;s a glaring security hole. Read More Here. &nbsp; [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.8 (Yoast SEO v20.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hackers Could Secretly Tap Into Corporate Meetings - ERII<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/erii.org\/dev\/hackers-could-secretly-tap-into-corporate-meetings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hackers Could Secretly Tap Into Corporate Meetings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Hackers Could Secretly Tap Into Corporate Meetings&#8221; title_align=&#8221;separator_align_left&#8221; align=&#8221;align_left&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; accent_color=&#8221;#c99d41&#8243;][vc_column_text] Lots of companies &#8212; and even the White House &#8212; use a conference calling system that could possibly be tapped by hackers, according to new research. 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