If you run a small business, and think that none of your data was of interest to a hacker, consider this: what if a hacker could take stolen bank account or credit card information from your computer and package it with the same information from a hundred or a thousand other small businesses? View full [...]
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Why Hackers Set Their Sights on Small Businesses
March 22nd, 2012 
If you run a small business, and think that none of your data was of interest to a hacker, consider this: what if a hacker could take stolen bank account or credit card information from your computer and package it with the same information from a hundred or a thousand other small businesses? Would it [...]
How to hack someone's computer
March 22nd, 2012 As the digital world becomes more and more complex, the need for deliberate, thorough security grows. Yes, we know, you’ve got everything “password protected.” And yes, not every hacker is like the guys in the movies who are able to keyboard their way through complicated layers of encrypted, password-protected security faster than a gamer boots [...]
“Inside the Mind of a Hacker” Event Unveils the Truth About Hackers
March 20th, 2012 Presented by Professional Hacker; Witness a Real-World Hack; Learn How to Protect YourselfSt. Louis, MO (PRWEB) March 16, 2012 Parameter Security is pleased to announce that its popular “Inside the Mind of a Hacker: What Corporate America Should Know” executive breakfast is hitting the road and heading to Kansas City, Missouri. Presented by professional, world-renown, [...]
Security Wonks Tussle Over Tolly Test
March 20th, 2012 Security experts have been debating for years the merits of whitelists versus blacklists in securing an enterprise, and last week the debate continued to rage with the release of some test results from the Tolly Group. The group tested three endpoint protection programs: McAfee Endpoint Protection Suite, Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 and Parity Suite 6.0 [...]
Scotiabank introduces online security centre
March 19th, 2012 As part of Fraud Prevention Month, Bank of Nova Scotia has launched a new online security centre ( www.scotiabank.com/securitycentre ) to help Canadians better protect themselves from fraud by introducing them to five cyber criminal profiles. View full post on bank security hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results Other links you may like: Recommendations & [...]
"Great personal danger": Inside hacker Sabu's guilty plea hearing
March 9th, 2012 The hacker known as "Sabu" inspired fear in corporations and loyalty from his LulzSec /Anonymous associates, but when he showed up in a Lower Manhattan federal courtroom on August 15, 2011, he was a humbled man. Hector Monsegur was there to plead guilty to 12 counts of hacking, bank fraud, and identity theft. Only 27 [...]
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Comments OffThe Pwn Plug is a little white box that can hack your network
March 6th, 2012 When Jayson E. Street broke into the branch office of a national bank in May of last year, the branch manager could not have been more helpful. Dressed like a technician, Street walked in and said he was there to measure "power fluctuations on the power circuit." To do this, he'd need to plug a [...]
Leslie Pulipa
March 6th, 2012 Hacker Barnaby Jack demonstrated a closer-to-life, dangerous application of his trade recently. Hacking, be it into bank cash machines or websites including social networking sites, is common as hackers find more ways to bypass the upgraded security systems. View full post on bank security hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results Other links you may like: [...]
The Little White Box That Can Hack Your Network
March 3rd, 2012 When Jayson E. Street broke into the branch office of a national bank in May of last year, the branch manager could not have been more helpful. Dressed like a technician, Street walked in and said he was there to measure “power fluctuations on the power circuit.” View full post on bank security hacker – [...]
New Banking Hack Chats with You as It Empties Your Account [Security]
March 2nd, 2012 # security Recent attempts to separate a user from his banking credentials have employed some highly advanced methods . But this new take on the Man in the Browser attack just seems downright dastardly—we're talking mustache-twirling levels of deviousness. More » View full post on bank security hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results Other links you [...]
Card ‘hacker’ gets arrested
March 2nd, 2012 DID something suspicious happen to your credit card account lately? You might want to check with your bank. Law enforcers arrested a 25-year-old suspected credit card hacker during an entrapment in Barangay Punta Princesa, Cebu City late Thursday afternoon, saying he had illegally charged purchases to a doctor’s card. View full post on bank security [...]
I.B.M. Turns to Big Data Algorithms for Computer Security
February 24th, 2012 I.B.M. is now the latest company to attempt to take a more holistic approach to corporate security using "Big Data." On Wednesday, the company will roll out QRadar, its new security intelligence platform, to track corporate vulnerabilities in real time and cross-reference unusual activity by mining I.B.M.'s X-Force database, the world's largest repository of threat [...]
Stolen credit cards for $3.50?
February 17th, 2012 In mid-September, a European hacker nicknamed Poxxie broke into the computer network of a U.S. company and, he said, grabbed 1,400 credit card numbers, the account holders' names and addresses, and the security code that comes with each card. View full post on bank security hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results Other links you may [...]
$3.50 online: Stolen credit cards
February 17th, 2012 In mid-September, a European hacker nicknamed Poxxie broke into the computer network of a U.S. company and, he said, grabbed 1,400 credit card numbers, the account holders' names and addresses, and the security code that comes with each card. View full post on bank security hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results Other links you may [...]
