Security News

Nine arrested in UK investigation of criminal network defrauding bank customers (Help Net Security)
2015-10-26 07:00

Detectives investigating an organized criminal network responsible for defrauding bank customers across the UK out of approximately £60 million have arrested nine people. On Wednesday, 21 Octo...

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...

America’s Thrift Stores breached by Eastern European criminals (Help Net Security)
2015-10-13 10:53

America’s Thrift Stores, a for-profit organization that operates thrift stores in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, is the victim of a data breach. According to the organizati...