Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2020

Researchers with ETH Zurich have identified vulnerabilities in the implementation of the payment card EMV standard that can allow bypassing PIN verification. Researchers David Basin, Ralf Sasse, and Jorge Toro-Pozo from the department of computer science at ETH Zurich discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the implementation of the payment card EMV standard that allow hackers to carry out attacks targeting both the cardholder and the merchant.

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WIRED Threat Level

AUGUST 29, 2020

Plus: ATM hacks, the Belarus internet shutdown, and more of the week's top security news.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2020

The FBI is warning of online romance scams and related financial losses, overall losses associated with those complaints exceeded $475 million. The Federal Bureau of Investigation warns of online romance scams (also known as confidence fraud), an ongoing criminal activity that continues to cause large financial losses along with emotional effects with unpredictable consequences.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 29, 2020

Device forensics on a deception network is, or should be, a bit of a challenge. It is a challenge because the deception net is, or should be, configured to prevent access to the outside—including the internet, as well as local networks—by any code running inside the device. In simple terms, that means that if I put an agent on a decoy and then try to extract data using the agent, all of my data will go to the sinkhole.

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Cybersecurity

Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2020

North Korea-linked APT group BeagleBoyz intensified its operations since February, US CISA, Department of the Treasury, FBI, and USCYBERCOM warn. According to a joint advisory issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) North Korea-linked APT group BeagleBoyz was very active since February 2020 targeting banks across the world.

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