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#DEFCON: Electrovolt Exploits Against Electron Desktop Apps Exposed

Infosecurity Magazineby Sean Michael Kerner ()2 min read2 · 1 read
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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2021-43908
Visual Studio Code Spoofing Vulnerability
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2 min read at infosecurity-magazine.com

Electron is a widely used open source technology for building applications, making it a particularly lucrative attack target. In a session at the DEFCON 30 security conference in Las Vegas, security researcher Aaditya Purani, detailed a series of vulnerabilities in Electron apps dubbed Electrovolt, that he and his team were able to discover over the course of a year of research.

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By Sean Michael Kerner · infosecurity-magazine.com

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