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Security Issues in PoS Terminals Open Consumers to Fraud

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Point-of-sale terminal vendors Verifone and Ingenico have issued mitigations after researchers found the devices use default passwords. Researchers are detailing widespread security issues in point-of-sale (PoS) terminals – specifically, three...

Mount Locker Ransomware Offering Double Extortion Scheme to Other Hackers

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By: Ravie Lakshmanan A relatively new ransomware strain behind a series of breaches on corporate networks has developed new capabilities that allow it to broaden the scope of its targeting...

What is AES encryption and how does it work?

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AES encryption, or advanced encryption standard, is a type of cipher that protects the transfer of data online.Currently, AES is one of the best encryption protocols available, as it...
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‘Fingerprint-Jacking’ Attack Technique Manipulates Android UI

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Researchers explore fingerprint-jacking, a user interface-based attack that targets fingerprints scanned into Android apps.Many modern smartphones have a fingerprint scanner to authorize device access and enable account login, payment...
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Juvenile Pleads Guilty to 2016 DNS Attack

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Enterprise VulnerabilitiesFrom DHS/US-CERT's National Vulnerability Database CVE-2020-26271PUBLISHED: 2020-12-10 In affected versions of TensorFlow under certain cases, loading a saved model can result in accessing uninitialized memory while building the computation graph....