Tag: Matt Wiese

  • Love and Larceny: How Hinge Was Repurposed Into a Malware Control Hub

    Love and Larceny: How Hinge Was Repurposed Into a Malware Control Hub

    A security researcher has demonstrated an unconventional scenario in which the popular dating app Hinge can be repurposed into an improvised command-and-control server—an infrastructure through which attackers could issue commands to malware and exfiltrate data. While the concept may sound like a purely experimental gimmick, the author emphasizes that, in practice, such an approach could…