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Catch not-so-smart hackers to send message to smart hackers

2007-05-10 07:00:33 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...smart" in the phrase "smart hackers" distinguishes those hackers who can compromise Confidentialy, Integrity and Availability in such a way that they leave minimal or no audit trail There are technical controls [tools such as Vontu ] available to monitor deviant computer usage of employees of a company. It is extremely difficult to catch a...
 
Tags: not-so-smart hackers, hackers, not-so-smart, smart, smart hackers, employee, smart-deviant employee, hackers interact, smart hacker
 
 
 
 
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RFID encryption flawed in smart cards, researchers claim

2008-03-06 00:00:00 by Network World Staff in Network World on Security
 
New research showing that smart cards with encrypted RFID chips might not be as secure as previously thought is raising concerns in Boston
 
Tags: smart cards, rfid chips, boston, concerns, secure, research, previously
 
 
 
 
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RFID hack could crack open 2 billion smart cards

2008-03-14 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A University of Virginia researcher has found a way to easily break into smart cards created by NXP Semiconductors
 
Tags: smart cards, nxp semiconductors, virginia researcher, university, easily
 
 
 
 
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Ex-MS staffer to demo Vista smart card hack

2008-03-18 13:32:41 by Editor in ElectricNews.net - SECURITY
 
A former Microsoft worker has identified security vulnerabilities in smart card plug-in software for Windows Vista that might allow hackers to take over vulnerable PCs
 
Tags: vulnerable pcs, windows vista, security vulnerabilities, microsoft worker, hackers
 
 
 
 
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Video: Smart Card Hacker's Tools Include Acid, Red Nail Polish

2008-05-30 22:50:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
Fresh from a high-profile civil trial that cleared his former employer of piracy charges, satellite TV hacker Christopher Tarnovsky opens the door of his private lab to show Wired.com how he circumvents security on smart cards. Please don't try this at home
 
Tags: high-profile civil trial, circumvents security, piracy charges, smart cards, fresh, employer, door, lab, home
 
 
 
 
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Smart phones 'bigger security risk' than laptops

2008-06-02 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Senior IT personnel are more worried about the security of their end users' smart phones than they are about laptops, according to a newly-released survey
 
Tags: smart phones, laptops, security, survey, personnel, senior, users
 
 
 
 
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Dutch launch open-source smart card software project

2008-06-20 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b0d4f0 in Network World on Security
 
A Dutch charity is funding an open-source project to design smart card software that offers stronger protection of personal data in light of security vulnerabilities found with cards used today in the U.S., U.K. and Netherlands
 
Tags: offers stronger protection, security vulnerabilities, personal data, dutch charity, open-source project, cards, light, netherlands
 
 
 
 
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Do smart phone viruses really threaten your network?

2008-06-23 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Nobody claims smart phone viruses are currently a threat to your network, but IT managers are starting to get nervous
 
Tags: network, nervous, threat, managers
 
 
 
 
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From the Eye of a Legal Storm, Murdoch's Satellite-TV Hacker Tells All

2008-05-30 15:00:00 by Kim Zetter in Wired Security
 
...smart cards and thousands of dollars worth of microscopes and computers used for researching chips, he talked excitedly at lightning speed about his strange journey, which began in a top-secret Pentagon communications center, and ended with him working both sides of a heated electronic war over pay TV Satellite-TV hacker Chris Tarnovsky...
 
Tags: smart cards piled, cards, nds cards, access cards, sample directv cards, directv cards, smart cards, nds smart cards, nds