Security News

MagSpoof: A device that spoofs credit cards, disables chip-and-PIN protection (Help Net Security)
2015-11-25 15:00

Hacker and security researcher Samy Kamkar, who's noted for being the author of the first Web 2.0 worm, creating zombie cookies, and USBdriveby, has now come out with a new project. Dubbed MagSpoof...

Week in review: Criminals hacked chip-and-PIN system, secret code in printers allows tracking, and insecure WD self-encrypting hard drives (Help Net Security)
2015-10-26 06:42

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: Criminals hacked chip-and-PIN system by perfecting researchers' PoC attack When in 2010 a team of computer scientist...

Criminals hacked chip-and-PIN system by perfecting researchers' PoC attack (Help Net Security)
2015-10-20 13:40

When in 2010 a team of computer scientists at Cambridge University demonstrated how the chip and PIN system used on many modern payment cards can be bypassed by making the POS system accept any PIN as...