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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 259 days ago
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/030608-hacker-cracks-smartcard.htmlBy John CoxNetwork World 03/06/2008People are starting to wake up to the fact that RFID-enabled smartcards now can be far more easily, and cheaply, cracked than ever before, as a trio of young computer experts recently showed.These are a particular type of processor-embedded cards, and are different from credit cards. The actual decryption work by the researchers was done on the widely deployed Mifare Classic wireless smartcard, now m read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 221 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: uks popular wifi router defaults insecurity comments Discuss  
Come and get itFrom the folks at security think tank GNUCitizen comes yet another demonstration of the insecurity that's present by default in the UK's most popular home broadband router.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 143 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: uk popular destination scams comments Discuss  
One in four Nigerian spams sent to BlightyThe United Kingdom is the most popular destination for 419 scams - emails which promise huge riches in exchange for up-front arrangement fees.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 140 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:18:47 -0500 (CDT)http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/03/AR2008070303799.htmlBy Glenn KesslerWashington Post Staff WriterJuly 4, 2008Government workers repeatedly snooped without authorization inside the electronic passport records of entertainers, athletes and other high-profile Americans, a State Department audit has found. One celebrity's records were breached 356 times by more than six dozen people.The audit, b read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 52 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: nasty web bug descends worlds popular sites comments Discuss  
ING, New York Times bitten hardUnderscoring the severity of of an exotic form of website bug, security researchers from Princeton University have cataloged four cross-site request forgeries in some of the world's most popular sites.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 52 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:17:38 -0500 (CDT)http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/30/web_bug_bites_sites/By Dan Goodin in San FranciscoThe Register30th September 2008Underscoring the severity of of an exotic form of website bug, security researchers from Princeton University have cataloged four cross-site request forgeries in some of the world's most popular sites.The most serious vulnerability by far was in the website of global financial services company ING Dire read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 46 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: boffins finally publish hack worlds popular smartcard comments Discuss  
Mifare weakness officialTwo research papers published Monday have finally made it official: The world's most widely deployed radio frequency identification (RFID) smartcard - used to control access to transportation systems, military installations, and other restricted areas - can be cracked in a matter of minutes using inexpensive tools.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 45 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: researchers crack popular smart cards comments Discuss  
Researchers have published a cryptographic algorithm and source code that could be used to duplicate smart cards used by several major transit systems, including Boston's Charlie Card and the London Oyster card. read more »
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