Tag: banking
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Apple Pay thoughts and security
The big Apple event on Tuesday wasn’t that big a deal in my opinion. The iPhone 6 was expected although not in 2 editions but that is the least that Apple had to do to catch up with Android. Apple watch? Meh … sleek industrial design and interesting software options but ultimately I still think that smart…
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ZeuS banking trojan now into SMS
New versions of the ZeuS trojan are starting to target the SMS-TAN system which is used to send transaction numbers ( TANs ) to clients’ cell phones to authenticate that person for a online transaction. Now, the developers of ZeuS have pursued the last strategy to get trojans onto devices in an attack requiring multiple…
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ProPublica and This American Life team up to expose investment bankers and hedge fund managers
A fascinating look into the financial crash in America and world wide: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/sites/all/play_music/play_full.php?play=405 For seven months a team of investigative journalists from ProPublica looked into a story for us, the inside story of one company that made hundreds of millions of dollars for itself while worsening the financial crisis for the rest of us. A…