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Malware In Hilton Hotels Results in Card Details Being Stolen
How often do you use your card? When you pop down to the shop and breaking that ten-pound note will result in too many coins to carry back? How about when you’re buying things online? Finally, how many have used their cards to book hotels? If you’ve stayed at a…
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Apple Contemplates Targeting Ads Based On Bank Balance
How much do you earn? I expect you to tell me it’s none of my business, and you would be right, this information should be private to each individual. But Apple might see things differently and are contemplating targeting specific adverts which are based on your bank balance. The United…
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Apple Pay Now Live In The UK
You may have noticed that in the UK contactless payment is becoming a large thing, with many shops now allowing you to use the system to pay for items if their value is under a set amount (normally around £20). This means that in order to pay for your sandwich…
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How a Hacker Made $45,000 Selling 0Day Exploits to Hacking Team
We previously reported that Italian spyware company, Hacking Team, has been hacked and had 400 GB of data publicly released via torrent websites. Well, Arstechnica reportedly found how easy it was doing business with the latter company by digging through their emails. It seems that a Russian hacker approached the…
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Dyre Wolf Attack Reels in over $1 Million in Wire Transfers
IBM’s Security division has been researching a malware attack they have named ‘The Dyre Wolf’ which is said to have been responsible for stealing over $1 million. It is said that the hacking campaign uses targeted spear phishing emails, malware and a phone conversation on organisations that use wire transfers.…
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Meet Snapcash – Send Money Through Snapchat
Snapchat has just revealed their first product partnership with a third party company – Square Cash, claiming they have been big fans since it’s creation. Square Cash allows you to send money to your friends by simply typing a dollar value into a subject line on your email and hitting…
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JPMorgan Customers Target in Huge Phishing Campaign
JPMorgan, the No. 1 U.S. bank by assets, has confirmed that spammers have launched a phishing campaign targeting its customers. The spam-campaign is dubbed Smash and Grab and was launched on Tuesday by an unknown group. It however bears the resemblance of Eastern European cybercrime gangs and most of the…
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Hackers Want to Make You Play ‘Doom’… on an ATM!
Normally when you hear about hackers and ATMs, you think of someone attempting to steal your credit card details or make the machine spit-out some bills. This time however, it is more fun than drama, since you can get to see how a game can be played on an ordinary…
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GoZeuS Returns a Month after Authorities Take Measures Against the Malware
Though authorities had taken action against the GoZeuS and CryptoLocker malware which stole hundreds of thousands of banking logins from users and blackmail them for millions of pounds, it seems that the malwares are back. A month after the campaign, online criminals seem to have tried to rebuild the sophisticated…
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Google is Forced to Censor Negative Information through ‘Right to be Forgotten’
The law given by the European Union, forcing Google to remove links to information people wish to no longer have available on the Internet, is apparently working like a charm. It is so perfect that even criminals, higher-ups and even ordinary people can remove negative information about them, having corrupt…
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Windows XP Still Installed In 95% Of ATMs Around The World
Bloomberg reports that around 95% of ATMs around the world still run on Microsoft’s 12 years old operating system, which is going to be discontinued in April. Though update support will still be available until 2015, they will still be susceptible to a variety of malware and viruses. Still, ATMs…
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Luxa2 Power Banks and Mobile Accessories Expands At CES 2014
When it comes to premium mobile accessories that don’t carry a premium price tag, Luxa2 is without a doubt one of the top names to look for. Over the last couple of years we have been watching the range of products expand and develop and her in 2014 the story…
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Man Buys $27 Worth Of Bitcoins From 2009, Now They’re Worth $886,000
You ever forgot that you had some money in the bank? Or perhaps you found and old wallet with £20 in the back, some change in your pocket when your doing the washing, or maybe a few pennies in your cars ashtray? Of course you have, but that isn’t worth…
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Texan Briefly Becomes Worlds First Trillionaire Due To Bank Glitch
Can you image what might happen if you found the almost unimaginable amount of money in your bank account that Reggie Theus did? Four trillion dollars was sitting in Mr Theus’ bank account when he logged into his bank to check his account status, but I can bet he wasn’t…
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