Remove access-management smart-card-readers
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RFID: Is it Secret? Is it Safe?

Approachable Cyber Threats

RFID uses electromagnetic fields in the form of radio waves to establish communication links between an RFID tag or transmitter and an RFID reader or receiver. Pieces of information are transmitted through the link that the reader uses to establish authenticity of the tag or transmitter and authorize access.

Risk 119
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Prilex modification now targeting contactless credit card transactions

SecureList

This is highly advanced malware adopting a unique cryptographic scheme, doing real-time patching in target software, forcing protocol downgrades, manipulating cryptograms, doing GHOST transactions and performing credit card fraud—even on cards protected with the so-called unhackable CHIP and PIN technology.

Retail 101
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Flipper Zero: Next Gen Hacking Tool for the Next Generation

SecureWorld News

It actually stopped broadcasting before I was even born, but I do recall reruns involving criminal schemes foiled by an uncannily smart bottle-nosed dolphin named Flipper. He had managed to snag a Flipper Zero and had already made some great strides in his own hacking exploits.

Hacking 103
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New ‘PyXie’ Python RAT targets multiple industries

Security Affairs

Experts at BlackBerry Cylance have spotted a new Python-based remote access Trojan (RAT) that has been used in campaigns targeting a wide range of industries. To remain stealthy, the malware deletes the temporary service from the Service Control Manager.”

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 183 – News of the week

Security Affairs

· Estonia sues Gemalto for 152M euros over flaws in citizen ID cards issued by the company. · FBI IC3 warns of cyber attacks exploiting Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). · Attackers chained three bugs to breach into the Facebook platform. · Cyber Defense Magazine – October 2018 has arrived.

Banking 58
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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

ForAllSecure

After hearing a talk, a Dallas-based hacker set out to find out what was going on inside the smart meter attached to his home, and what he found was surprising. This included the rapid adoption of smart meters. We need to install Smart Meters now to make this happen. Environmental effects caused by pollution. I'm Robert Vamosi.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking IoT

ForAllSecure

It seems everything smart is hackable, with IoT startups sometimes repeating security mistakes first made decades ago. Any device that could store information, and be accessible, either remote or internet based, and that should be it should be considered in our infrastructure and the needs that we have, we need to protect them as well.

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