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Tag Archives: hackers
Spear Phishing
Cyber thieves stole nearly $215 million from businesses in the last 14 months using email scams. Once a high level exec has his or her email compromised, the bad guys lurk, learn the schedules, learn the business, learn the business … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, 2015, Brian Krebs, cybercrime, email, hackers, phishing, Security Awareness, spoof
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Under 11 Minutes to Crack WiFi for 7 Year Old
Seven-year-old Betsy Davis, using only youtube videos for knowledge, was able to find out how to hack the controlled environment’s public WiFi. She set up a rogue access point for a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack, which allowed her to steal data … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, 7 year old, Betsy Davis, hackers, hacking, kid hacker, man-in-the-middle, wifi
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770,000 Records From One of Australia’s Largest Travel Insurance Companies
Around the number of 770,000 records of personal information consisting of travel insurance clients, names, phone numbers, email addresses, travel dates and prices for policies was stolen around December 18th. Aussie Travel Cover notified 3rd party agents, but did not … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, 2015, breach, Google Dorking, hacked, hackers, owasp, privacy, sql injection
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Hacker’s List
A new service is online where a person posts a problem to solve as a job and another person bids on the work if they know how to solve it. So far, most problems look to be in regards to: … Continue reading
Blackhat Behind the Scenes Movie Trailer
Back in September, I wrote about Thor being a black hat hacker. Here is the behind the scenes extended trailer. The trailer seems pretty good with some research on the back end. I hope the actual movie is good! Post … Continue reading
Stealing Biometrics & Bypassing Authentication
Using today’s common high resolution smart phones, it’s possible to remotely enable a camera, and pull someone’s PIN in the reflection of their screen off the user’s eye! This is one of the reasons we shouldn’t install apps, like the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, biometrics, Chaos Computer Club, facial recognition, fingerprints, hackers, hacking, Information Technology Security Awareness, Jan Krissler, proof of concept, retina, two-factor, video tutorial
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Anunak, Russian/Ukraine Bank Hackers
An ATM gang has stolen more than $15 million from Eastern European banks, To gain a foothold inside financial institutions, the “Anunak group” — sent bank employees targeted, malware-laced emails made to look like the missives were sent by Russian … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, ATM, banks, Brian Krebs, Group iB, hackers, malware, passwords, phishing
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Iran vs. Las Vegas Sands
You may have heard that Las Vegas Sands was hacked recently, but it happened nearly a year ago on February 10th of 2014. PCs and Servers were getting shut down and their hard drives started to erase. The phone lines … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, billionaire Sheldon Adelson, hacked, hackers, Iran, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Sands Las Vegas
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Hey Bebe!
According to an article written by Brian Krebs, it sounds like Bebe is undergoing a credit/debit breach investigation. The data copied from the magnetic stripe on the backs of credit cards, which bad-guys can use to write to blank cards … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, Bebe, breach, Brian Krebs, credit card, debit, hackers, home depot, malware, Michaels, Neiman Marcus, Security Awareness, target
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