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by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, SECURITY, Technicals
Security firm Group-IB has identified a malware program called Dump Memory Grabber that can take debit and credit card data from point-of-sale (POS) terminals and ATMs. The researchers say that the program has already been used to steal data from clients of US banks...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technicals
from the bankrolled-by-interested-parties dept. A DDoS attack targeting American Express on March 28th was just one in a series of incidents by self-proclaimed ‘cyber-fighters’ over the past few weeks. Beyond that, it’s part of a much longer campaign...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 30, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, HACKING, INTERNET, SECURITY
from the phishing-the-space-station dept. How is spacecraft development — from the space parts supply chain to actual space operations — protected from those who would try to penetrate or disrupt the networks involved in that process? The U.S. Air Force Research...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 29, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, HACKING, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the what’s-to-blame dept. Despite the headlines, the big denial of service attack may not have slowed the Internet after all. The argument against the original claim include the fact that reports of Internet users seeing slowdowns came not from service...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 28, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, Internet Scam Notices
The security presentation had a provocative title Source: Uli Ries At the Black Hat Europe conference that is currently in progress, Russian security expert Nikita Tarakanov has presented the results of his analysis of the driver software that Huawei ships with its...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 27, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technicals
from the say-cheese dept. Users’ desire to share things online has influenced many markets, including the digital camera one. Newer cameras increasingly sport built-in Wi-Fi capabilities or allow users to add SD cards to achieve them in order to be able to...
