If you have copied any sensitive documents lately there is a possibility that those documents still exist on the hard drive inside the copier you used. A CBS News team bought up some used copiers; they reported all kinds of personal data stored within. The Federal Trade Commission has verified that this is a real problem for businesses.
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Security researchers at Matousec.com have come up with an ingenious attack that can bypass every Windows security product tested and allow malicious code to make its way to your computer. As you can see the list is very long!
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Gadget site uncovers simple way to force other users to follow you, even big movie and TV stars, but Twitter staffers rush out a fix to the weakness in the system. MORE
“According to various reports, in the past few days a number of websites created using WordPress have been hacked.” MORE
The problems with security and privacy on Facebook hit a new gear today with news that a site vulnerability exposed live chat sessions and other private user data. MORE
Barnaby Jack, a security researcher plans to give the talk, entitled Jackpotting Automated Teller Machines, at the Black Hat Las Vegas conference, held July 28 and 29, 2010.
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Mr Jack will demonstrate several ways of attacking ATM machines, including remote, network-based attacks. He will also reveal a “multi-platform ATM rootkit,” and will discuss things that the ATM industry can do to protect itself from such attacks. Jack doesn’t say which ATMs he plans to discuss, but it could be any major vendor, according to Black Hat Director Jeff Moss. “He’s got a living room full of a lot of different brands of ATMs, and they all seem to suffer from one or the other problem,” he said.
ATMs haven’t received a lot of serious scrutiny by security researchers, so Jack’s talk will break new ground.
