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Coordinated ATM attack nets $9 million
Up to 130 ATM machines in 49 cities worldwide were used in a coordinated attack on RBS Worldpay, a global payments services company. Within a 30 minute period on November 8th, 2008, the company lost an estimated $9 million dollars due to fraudulent ATM transactions.
While the company first disclosed the loss in November, the ambitious [...]
February 4, 2009
Tags: ATM, banking, cybercrime, data loss, Defense in Depth, RBS Worldpay, Robert Vamosi, security Posted in: ATM machines, Defense in Depth, RBS Worldpay, Robert Vamosi, cybercrime, data loss 
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HBGary announces FastDump Pro for physical memory investigations
HBGary, a computer security firm in Scramento, California, today announced FastDump Pro, the first memory acquisition software to offer 32- and 64-bit support for all supported versions of Windows with more than 4 gigabytes of RAM. FastDump Pro allows organizations and investigators to preserve and analyze physical memory snapshots of 32- and 64-bit editions [...]
January 13, 2009
Posted in: Greg Hoglund, HBGary, Robert Vamosi, cybercrime, forensics, investigations, physical memory, security No Comments
Scams top predictions for ID theft in 2009
Real estate scams and credit card scams will top the ways ID thieves will attempt to steal personal information in 2009, warned the ID Theft Resource Center (ITRC) on Tuesday in its annual predictions for the upcoming year.
The center’s Linda Foley said in a statement that as people find themselves strapped for cash and falling [...]
December 16, 2008
Posted in: ATM machines, Defense in Depth, ID Theft Resource Center, ID fraud, ITRC, Robert Vamosi, credit card scams, cybercrime, hacking, linda foley, real estate scams, security, skimming No Comments
