December 29, 2009 7:58 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Automatic Theft Machines,
cloud computing,
Cloud Security,
information security,
SQL Injection,
Start Laughing Now,
TCM (Truly Clueless Management)There are a bunch of year end studies coming out, predicting various sorts of rises and decreases in criminal activity on the Internet. ("cybercriminal" sounds way too glamorous for me.)
So I thought I'd offer up, in the spirit of the season, my two cents:
Under the Category of Bad...
September 22, 2009 4:33 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
ATM Security,
Automatic Theft Machines,
Data Breaches,
Hardware & InfoSec,
information securityI was over on identitytheft.info watching some video feeds when I came across this one. It's worth taking a look at not because the technique for attaching Bad Things is all that different, but...
September 17, 2009 9:07 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
ATM Security,
Automatic Theft Machines,
Hardware & InfoSec,
information securityI hadn't really thought about it, but it made perfect sense the first time I read about it: thieves are capturing credit card and debit card data at the gas pump.
Given that the pump is acting as a big cash register, it makes perfect sense that skimmers could be attached the...
June 19, 2009 2:05 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
ATM Security,
Automatic Theft Machines,
Data BreachesAs you may know, one of my favorite posting topics has to do with ATMs. I call them Automatic Theft Machines because there are way too many stories of equipment being hacked, and/or swiping hardware being installed, or people just driving away with them.
Well, along comes
April 15, 2009 7:01 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Automatic Theft Machines,
Data Breaches,
PCI DSS,
Security DevicesYesterday Wired released a story that reveals a startling detail about the TJMaxx data breach: hackers were able to cash in on stolen debit cards because they had a way to crack PINS.
This "minor detail" was buried in an affadavit...
March 9, 2009 11:59 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Automatic Theft Machines,
Data Breaches,
PCI DSSA story on Wired came out recently about a $9 million ripoff of RBS WorldPay. Further reading on Wired led me to articles about, variously, a cracking of an ATM network in 7-Eleven stores that linked to
February 20, 2009 3:06 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Automatic Theft Machines,
credit card crime,
Data BreachesIf you want to know what to look for in the growing cybercrime market of ATM card skimming, read the article and check out the pictures.
Knowing what to look for is half the battle. And kudos to the author,
December 11, 2008 5:27 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Automatic Theft Machines,
DataManagement,
Hardware & InfoSec,
Identity theft,
Security Devices,
Stupid TechnologyDid you know that a store that puts in an ATM for customer use also provides a daily log of transactions to the owner? The log includes the Bank name, last four numbers of the account, the customer name, and the transaction.
So if I do an account balance request, that comes up in the log. ...
