Hitachi are rolling out around 2,000 new cash machines in Poland that take a new approach to biometrics. The infrared scanner on one of these new ATMs will literally get under your skin as it scans the veins inside your finger. A similar technology has also been devised for shops in America by Fujitsu. 
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22-year-old “organized crime” cybercrook convicted under racketeering law gets TWENTY years
David Ray Camez was just 17 when he embarked on life as a cyberfraudster, ending up in prison for seven years. But he was subsequently also convicted under racketeering laws, which provide for stiffer penalties. Now he’s been sentenced…
Seller of rigged PoS systems pleads guilty to Subway gift card hacking
Former Subway franchisee Shahin Abdollahi pleaded guilty to charges relating to a scheme to sell PoS systems rigged with remote-access toolkits to other Subway stores. 
Apple releases OS X Mavericks 10.9.3, repeats last month’s security updates
Apple just issued a Security Advisory for OS X Mavericks 10.9.3. Don’t get too excited – from a security point of view, it seems to be nothing more than last month’s fixes all over again. So, at betwen 0.5GB and 1GB to download, do you need it?
Convicted Facebook paedophile walks free
A UK man the police called “every parent’s nightmare” admitted to eight counts of inciting children to engage in sexual activity, as well as two counts of making indecent images of children. He was sentenced to 3 years of rehab, with no prison time, and people are furious at the idea that he’s walking free. 
Google opens up Glass to the US masses for $1,500 a pair
“As long as we have it on hand”, that is. Heaven forbid they run out before every stalker picks up a pair of these babies!
SSCC 147 – Why Snapchat will have to tell you the truth about security now [PODCAST]
As usual, Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin turn their insightful and entertaining gaze on the security lessons we can learn from the past few days. Give it a listen – it’s our weekly quarter-hour security podcast…
Google and Facebook join forces to take down fake tech support scammers
Web giants Google and Facebook are striking back against tech support scammers who use the companies’ ad networks to snag victims.
Dogecoin theft prompts temporary Doge Vault shutdown
Much hack. Very compromise.
Linux “got root” kernel bug patched after five years at large
Here’s a kernel bug in Linux that turned out to have been sitting there, Heartbleed style, awaiting discovery and exploitation for several years. Paul Ducklin digs in…
