Visa published an alert that says that point of sale (PoS) system of North American Fuel Dispenser Merchants (as in gas stations and the folks that make the systems that allow you to “pay at the pump”) are being targeted in credit card skimming attacks. The attack is ongoing, increasing and coordinated – by cybercrime […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Text messages, as many people know are not very secure. If you are asking where we are meeting for lunch, you probably don’t care. But many banks use text messages (technically known as SMS or Short Message Service) as a second factor to enhance login security. While it does help some, it would be a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Politics is a pretty interesting game. In the United States, almost everyone, except the President, thinks that Russia interfered with the 2016 US Presidential elections. In the UK, there is a report – that the current Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to release – on Russian interference in British politics, with some accusing Johnson […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Caller Poses as CISA Rep in Extortion Scam Homeland Security’s CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) says that they are aware of a scam where a caller pretends to be a CISA rep and claims to have knowledge of the potential victim’s questionable behavior. The caller then attempts to extort the potential victim. CISA says […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Not sure if this is inspired by the Mr. Robot Series (Evil Corp) or not, but this guy is in big trouble now. He is being charged with conspiracy, conspiracy to commit fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud and intentional damage to a computer. The feds say that he stole tens of millions using the banking […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The nuclear power industry has always been nervous about people’s fear of some form of nuclear meltdown. Whether it was Three Mile Island or Chernobyl, the spectre of something bad happening at a nuclear plant has been the story of made for TV movies. The UK Telegraph newspaper has obtained information, using a freedom of […]
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