Gift Card Fraud
December 31 2024It’s becoming an organized crime tactic:
Card draining is when criminals remove gift cards from a store display, open them in a separate location, and either record the card...
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Salt Typhoon’s Reach Continues to Grow
December 30 2024The US government has identified a ninth telecom that was successfully hacked by Salt Typhoon.
Read moreCasino Players Using Hidden Cameras for Cheating
December 27 2024The basic strategy is to place a device with a hidden camera in a position to capture normally hidden card values, which are interpreted by an accomplice off-site and...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Squid on Pizza
December 27 2024Pizza Hut in Taiwan has a history of weird pizzas, including a “2022 scalloped pizza with Oreos around the edge, and deep-fried chicken and calamari studded throughout the middle.” Blog...
Read moreScams Based on Fake Google Emails
December 27 2024Scammers are hacking Google Forms to send email to victims that come from google.com. Brian Krebs reports on the effects. Boing Boing post.
Read moreSpyware Maker NSO Group Found Liable for Hacking WhatsApp
December 24 2024A judge has found that NSO Group, maker of the Pegasus spyware, has violated the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by hacking WhatsApp in order to spy on...
Read moreCriminal Complaint against LockBit Ransomware Writer
December 24 2024The Justice Department has published the criminal complaint against Dmitry Khoroshev, for building and maintaining the LockBit ransomware.
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Squid Sticker
December 21 2024A sticker for your water bottle. Blog moderation policy.
Read moreMailbox Insecurity
December 19 2024It turns out that all cluster mailboxes in the Denver area have the same master key. So if someone robs a postal carrier, they can open any mailbox. I get...
Read moreNew Advances in the Understanding of Prime Numbers
December 19 2024Really interesting research into the structure of prime numbers. Not immediately related to the cryptanalysis of prime-number-based public-key algorithms, but every little bit matters.
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