Its screen now eschews balances and transfers in favor of the familiar sight of a hand wrapped around a gun, going around dark corners and blasting stuff. Where did scrap metal hacker “Aussie50” pick this thing up? Do we have to worry about threats to our bank balances? And is he going to rig it with a coin mechanism so we can all play?
Monthly Archives: July 2014
One hoax press release, one $300 million hole in mining company
The fake press release was pretty convincing: it was sent from a domain that riffed on the ANZ Bank name, used the bank’s logo, and included the name of a PR person, along with his (NOT!) phone number. It’s yet another example of how easy it is to scam people online. 
1,000,000 lost credit cards = £150,000 fine
A UK travel company has been fined £150,000 for putting an “internal only” parking database system on the internet without securing it first. The vulnerable system was used as a stepping stone for a crook to steal more than 1M e-commerce records.
Anatomy of an iTunes phish – tips to avoid getting caught out
Even if you’d back yourself to spot a phish every time, here’s a step-by-step account that might help to save your friends and family in the future…
Panopticlick reveals the cookie you can’t delete
You know about cookies, and how to delete them, but what if there was a cookie you couldn’t delete, and what if the steps you took to guard your privacy made you easier to track? The EFF’s Panopticlick tool determines how easy you are to identify based on your web browser’s ‘fingerprint’.
How to break into people’s homes with your mobile phone
Having a tough time breaking into your neighbor’s house? Not terribly conversant with key gauges or making clay molds? Don’t worry, there’s an app for that!
Monday review – the hot 27 stories of the week
Get yourself up to date with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time.
Hacking, spamming, rogue SMSes and browsers – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
The week’s security news, turned into an entertaining lesson, turned into a 1-min video… 60 Sec Security, 26 July 2014
A Sysmas Carol – singing the praises of sysadmins everywhere!
Ever felt as though there should be a song for system administrators? Like a Sysmas Carol, perhaps, celebrating the 0x0C days of Sysmas? Well, here it is!
Sony offers games as part of $15m Playstation Network breach settlement
Sony has offered gamers digital goods as part of a $15m settlement in the 2011 PlayStation Network (PSN) data breach case.