The WSJ is reporting that the bankers who were impacted by the Target and Home Depot breaches are fighting back. Usually, Mastercard and Visa negotiate a deal with the retailer who was breached and then dole out the money to the banks. The money seems to go to the big banks with the small banks […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A European security research group tested a group of 2,000 apps from the Play Store and found they connected to 250,000 different URLs from 2,000 different domains. They found one app in the sample, Music Volume Eq, an app designed to control volume, connects to almost 2,000 distinct URLs. The study said that about 10 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I have written several items about cell site simulators or Stingrays. Dirtboxes are stingray-like devices hung from an airplane that DoJ agencies use to capture tens of thousands of cell phones as they fly over hundreds of miles. I said early on that it was going to be years before the crap hit the fan, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In a somewhat bizarre case, a Goldman Sachs programmer has been convicted for the second time of stealing software that he developed for Goldman (see Wired article). The first conviction was overturned and the second may be nullified by the judge. Sergey Aleynikov was convicted in 2011 on espionage and theft of trade secret charges. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Below is an interesting ad from the J.P. Morgan Chase home page: They go on to say that you could be responsible for any losses if you do. They say don’t share your login password for Chase.com with third party sites that offer budgeting, managing and other services. In fact, the user agreement says this: […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Microsoft just patched a bug this month (see article) that potentially allows a hacker to take over your computer and for sure allows a hacker to crash it – repeatedly – all because they forgot to check for a carry overflow in an addition operation. It potentially affects 70 million web sites and is being […]
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