Jun 13 2021

FBI/AFP-Run Encrypted Phone

Category: Backdoor,Crypto,CryptograghyDISC @ 9:33 am

If there is any moral to this, it’s one that all of my blog readers should already know: trust is essential to security. And the number of people you need to trust is larger than you might originally think. For an app to be secure, you need to trust the hardware, the operating system, the software, the update mechanism, the login mechanism, and on and on and on. If one of those is untrustworthy, the whole system is insecure.

It’s the same reason blockchain-based currencies are so insecure, even if the cryptography is sound.

Tags: Australia, backdoors, cryptocurrency, encryption, FBI, law enforcement, trust


Jul 08 2011

How to protect ourselves from Payment Fraud

Category: Cyber Threats,Cybercrime,pci dssDISC @ 11:26 pm

Some basic advice has been issued by Apacs, and includes:

    * Don’t let your cards or your card details out of your sight when making a transaction
    * Do not keep your passwords, login details or Pins written down
    * Do not disclose Pins, login details or passwords in response to unsolicited emails
    * Only divulge card details over the phone when you have made the call or when you are familiar with the company
    * Access internet banking or shopping sites by typing the address into your browser. Never enter your personal details on a website you have accessed via a link from an e-mail
    * Shop at secure websites by checking that the security icon is showing in your browser window (a locked padlock or an unbroken key)
    * Always log out after shopping and save the confirmation e-mail as a record of your purchase

      For more advice you can visit:

      Spotting and avoid common scams, fraud and schemes online and offline

      How the scam works and what you need to do about it.

      and

      Online payment Security and Fraud Prevention




      Tags: Australia, Business, Credit card, Financial services, fraud, Internet fraud, Online banking


      Dec 30 2009

      ATM bandits hack security

      Category: pci dss,Security BreachDISC @ 11:31 pm

      ATM at the secretary of state in Portage, MI
      Image via Wikipedia

      Overseas gangs have cracked the code of ATM anti-skimming devices in Australia just two months after their roll-out.

      ATM Security Breach News Video

      Overseas gang has cracked the code of ATM using skimming devices in Australia, where bank customers are defenseless against organized crime unless they check ATM themselves against any sign of tempering.

      Awesome Aussies in the game of cricket but their banking system still use magnetic stripe rather than magnetic chip which make it as an easy picking for the overseas gangs




      Tags: Australia, Automated teller machine, Bank, Banking Services, Banks and Institutions, Financial services, Magnetic stripe card