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Dumping Data from Deep-Insert Skimmers
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:19:02 +0000
I recently heard from a police detective who was seeking help identifying some strange devices found on two Romanian men caught maxing out stolen credit cards at local retailers. Further inspection revealed the devices to be semi-flexible data transfer wands that thieves can use to extract stolen ATM card data from “deep-insert skimmers,” wafer-thin fraud devices made to be hidden inside of the card acceptance slot on a cash machine.
Read MoreGetting NASA to Comply With Simple FOIA Requests Is a Nightmare
Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:00:00 +0000
NASA often refuses to complete Freedom of Information Act requests using the excuse that it is “unclear what specific NASA records you are requesting.”
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Six Tricks to Get the Most Out of WhatsApp
Credit to Author: Richard Diesing| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 13:00:00 +0000
We compiled the best codes, tricks, and add-ons to help you have a lot more fun with the messaging app.
Read MoreIs mobile killing the LAN?
Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 05:11:00 -0700
I was talking with an industry CEO the other day and he offered an intriguing thought. He said that the LAN is dead — along with its associated routers and hubs and other network hardware — and that mobile has killed it. But the LAN isn’t dead, I resisted, noting that there are LANs within just about every corporate campus in the country.
And yet his argument can’t be dismissed. All of the data and security assumptions that existed when LANs came into being have gone away, courtesy of cloud and mobile. Still, I insisted, that’s an argument for why LANs should be dead, not that they are.
Let’s explore this a bit more. The CEO I was chatting with is Steven Sprague, from a cybersecurity vendor called Rivetz.
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Yeast Can Be Engineered to Turn Astronaut Pee Into Spaceflight Materials
Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 09:00:00 +0000
“We are planning to try to get our yeast to the International Space Station in next couple of years.”
Read MoreAmerica Wasted $160 Million Trying to Get Afghanistan to Use E-Payments
Credit to Author: Matthew Gault| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 04:00:00 +0000
Will that be cash, charge, or bribe?
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