[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: opensc-0.11.13-6.fc13

OpenSC is a package for for accessing smart card devices. Basic functionality e.g. SELECT FILE, READ BINARY should work on any ISO 7816-4 compatible smart card. Encryption and decryption using private keys on the smart card is possible with PKCS 15 compatible cards, such as the FINEID Finnish...

Pune police conducted 'Cyber Safe Pune 2010' !

The Pune police commissionerate conducted 'Cyber Safe Pune 2010' initiative from December 16 to 22 in the city. The initiative was aimed at creating awareness among people regarding cyber safety. The cyber crime cell conducted lectures at housing societies, schools, banks and colleges last week...

Hackers Shut Down Six Websites, Including Credit-Card Sharing Forums

A group of hackers recently attacked and took offline several websites belonging to credit-card sharing groups, security experts, and other hacking communities that had neglected basic security practices. On Christmas morning, the administrators of six websites discovered their sites had been...

Users Credit Card Information Stolen by Hackers from CitySights NY Website !

Most of us believe that by making online purchases through a secure website, with reputable companies, our credit card information is safe, right. That is not entirely true, as users of the popular website, CitySights NY recently discovered. You see, while the site itself may be secure, the...

CitySights NY Data Breach Exposes 110,000 Customers' Personal Information

CitySights NY, a company that organizes New York City tours on double-decker buses, has experienced a significant data breach. The personal information of 110,000 customers, including names, addresses, email addresses, credit card numbers, expiration dates, and Card Verification Value CVV2 codes,...

Beware of Christmas E-Cards: Tips to Avoid Holiday Scams

Your mailbox may be filling up with Christmas cards from friends and family, and so might your email inbox. But, as the song says, 'you better watch out,' because some of those merry emails could be from an internet Grinch looking to steal your peace of mind. Christmas cards are a great way to se...

Law Enforcement Officers Witness Cyber Theft Demonstration at UNLV Conference

Nearly 100 law enforcement officers recently witnessed how easily an identity thief can steal electronic information. During a UNLV conference, a cybercrime expert used a $30 device to intercept data from their smartphones. Welcome to the dark side of the 21st century. As technology advances, so ...

Sightseeing Firm Overlooks Security, 110k Credit Card Numbers Stolen

CitySights owner Twin America says the credit card details of 110,000 customers were stolen in a Web based attack and suggests it wasn’t following Payment Card Industry guidelines for storing card data. The parent company of the CitySights sightseeing tours company, Twin America LLC, said in a...

Dell Integrated Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) Web Interface Detection

The web interface for Dell Integrated Remote Access Controller iDRAC, formerly known as Dell Remote Access Controller DRAC, was detected on the remote host. C Tenable, Inc. Thanks to Jason Haar for his help! include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid51185; scriptversion"1.32";...

Globalization Fuels Cybercrime: A Threat to Australian Credit Card Holders

Globalization benefits consumers and businesses but also provides opportunities for organized crime. Many internet criminals join or form organized crime groups, motivated by economic, cultural, or technical reasons. Globally, individuals and mafia groups engage in illegal online activities, ofte...

Hackers Leverage Cloud Computing to Crack Passwords Efficiently

On-demand cloud computing is a valuable tool for companies needing temporary computing capacity without long-term investment in fixed capital. However, this same convenience makes cloud computing useful to hackers. Many hacking activities involve cracking passwords, keys, or other forms of brute...

Comriesoftware Pay Roll Time Sheet & Punch Card Authentication Bypass

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Comrie Software Pay Roll Time Sheet Punch Card - Authentication Bypass

Comrie Software Pay Roll Time Sheet Punch Card - Authentication Bypass Author: L0rd CrusAd3r aka VSN [email protected] Exploit Title:Comriesoftware Pay Roll Time Sheet & Punch Card Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Version:1.0 Price:50$ Vendor...

Comrie Software Pay Roll Time Sheet & Punch Card - Authentication Bypass

Author: L0rd CrusAd3r aka VSN [email protected] Exploit Title:Comriesoftware Pay Roll Time Sheet & Punch Card Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Version:1.0 Price:50$ Vendor url:http://www.comriesoftware.net/codewidgets/product.aspx?key=123 Published: 2010-11-02 Thanx to:r0073r inj3ct0r.com,...

iPhone Jailbreak Tool Sets Stage for Mobile Malware

SAN DIEGO–The success of a group of hackers in compromising the security of Apple’s iPhone may set the stage for more malware for the popular handset, including rootkit-style remote monitoring tools and data stealing malware. In a presentation at the ToorCon Hacking Conference here on Saturday,...

Cyber Criminal Underground: The Comics Edition

The criminal underworld is an insular community shrouded in secrecy. That’s helped lend an air of mystique to cyber crime. See also: Bruce Willis in “Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard.”. But it turns out that, like so much else, real life cyber crime is… well… pretty dull. How dull? Comic artist...

Researcher Develops Small Device to Intercept, Modify Electronic Payments

With bank fraud and attacks against financial institutions and online banking applications having turned into an epidemic, researchers, banks and other concerned parties have been looking for new ways to protect the integrity of financial transactions. A researcher at the University of Cambridge...

NJ Takedown puts spotlight on sophisticated bust out schemes

HED: NJ Takedown puts spotlight on sophisticated bust out schemes DEK: Mike Braatz of Memento Security says the complex schemes can run for years and may be the biggest source of banking fraud – but you didn’t hear that from the banks When FBI agents descended on Sang-Hyun a.k.a “Jimmy” Park and...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pcsc-lite (MDVSA-2010:189)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in pcsc-lite : The MSGFunctionDemarshall function in winscardsvc.c in the PC/SC Smart Card daemon aka PCSCD in MUSCLE PCSC-Lite before 1.5.4 might allow local users to cause a denial of service daemon crash via crafted SCARDSETATTRIB message...

Stolen Credit Card Data Is Worth $1.50

A glut of stolen data — combined with innovation and cutthroat competition among vendors — is conspiring to keep prices for stolen account numbers exceptionally low. Read the full article. KrebsonSecurity...