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Police in Indonesia have arrested three suspected members of an e-commerce hacking crew that employed JavaScript attack code to steal customer and payment card data. Joint press conference by Indonesian National Police & #INTERPOL on Operation Night Fury led by INTERPOL's #ASEAN Desk, sharing the successful arrest of 3 suspects involved in JS-sniffer campaign compromising e-commerce websites to steal credit card or online payment information pic.
King County voters will be able to use their name and birthdate to log in to a Web portal through the Internet browser on their phones, says Bryan Finney, the CEO of Democracy Live, the Seattle-based voting company providing the technology. Once voters have completed their ballots, they must verify their submissions and then submit a signature on the touch screen of their device.
New York state senators have proposed two bills that would require government agencies to tell ransomware attackers to get lost. We've seen mayors in US cities resolve to eschew paying ransom to get their systems back from attackers, but New York is the first state to make a move in that direction - and to back it up with actual legislation.
From a big Microsoft data breach to the seizing of a stolen-creds site by the FBI - and everything in between. It's weekly roundup time.
Past attacks were often rudimentary in strategy, uncoordinated, and opportunistic. Attacks used generic phishing lures posing as streaming services, banking institutions, or travel agencies.
Businesses continuing to run Windows 7 should tread carefully and keep Windows 7 at their peril. Compatibility should not be a big issue as Windows 10 can run on most systems that supported Windows 7.
Patients and consumers deserve better access to personalized, actionable health care information to empower them to make better, more informed decisions - but it should not drive up health care costs or compromise the privacy of their personal health data, according to a poll of patients and consumers from Morning Consult and America's Health Insurance Plans. A strong majority of patients want their data and privacy protected more than ever, even if it means foregoing easier health data access.
The 10 top trends that will drive the most significant technological upheavals this year have been identified by Access Partnership. "Shifts in tech policy will disrupt life for everyone. While some governments try to leverage the benefits of 5G, artificial intelligence, and IoT, others find reasons simply to confront Big Tech ranging from protectionism to climate urgency."
The Indonesian National Police in a joint press conference with Interpol and cybersecurity firm Group-IB earlier today announced the arrest of three Magecart-style Indonesian hackers who had compromised hundreds of international e-commerce websites and stolen payment card details of their online shoppers. Group-IB helped Interpol identifying the suspects with its digital forensics expertise and "During the special operation, Indonesian Cyber Police seized laptops, mobile phones of various brands, CPU units, IDs, BCA Token, and ATM cards."
Grandstream, connecting the world since 2002 with award-winning unified communication solutions, announced the release of the two newest additions to their GWN series of Wi-Fi Access Points. The new GWN7602 is a 2×2 802.11ac Wi-Fi AP with an integrated Ethernet switch that supports 100-meter wireless coverage range and up to 80 concurrent Wi-Fi clients.