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Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis

A community for discussion of Transaction Fraud systems and anlaytical techniques for bank card and financial services organisations.

Cedric Pariente - Racine Alpha - Paris | 29/08/2009 | 2471 views

Skype Tapping Trojan Online

The creator of Skype Trojan decided to publish the source code of his program that is able to intercept VOIP communications of Skype. Nice intentions but bad execution He pretends that his first goal is to allow antivirus software companies to update signatures to be able to detect it more easily. This trojan records your VOIP communications Tags: Security, Online banking

Cedric Pariente - Racine Alpha - Paris | 28/08/2009 | 5148 views

How to Crack WiFi Encryption in 1 Minute

Computer scientists in Japan say they've developed a way to break the WPA encryption system used in wireless routers in about one minute. How do they do? The attack gives hackers a way to read encrypted traffic sent between computers and certain types of routers that use the WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) encryption system. The attack was develop... Tags: Security, Online banking

Cedric Pariente - Racine Alpha - Paris | 25/08/2009 | 2815 views

Hidden Risks of Cloud Computing

Lots of users are moving their computing lives from the desktop to the cloud. They rely on hosted web applications to access emails, store photos and documents. But even if it comes with a lot of convenience, there are some hidden risks. Less Privacy Protection under the Law To search your house or your office (including documents stored on yo... Tags: Security, Online banking

Cedric Pariente - Racine Alpha - Paris | 30/07/2009 | 3693 views | 1 comment

Never Use Hotmail as Secondary Email Account

Registering for an account at any web site almost always requires an email address, and some people use a secondary address they don't care about instead of their real email address to avoid spam. If you do this, be very careful. Microsoft shuts down Hotmail accounts that haven't been logged into after nine months. So if you registered for your Tags: Security, Online banking

Cedric Pariente - Racine Alpha - Paris | 30/07/2009 | 5133 views

Windows 7 RTM Activation Already Cracked

It's been less than a week since Windows 7 was released to manufacturer and already we're seeing reports that Windows 7 RTM Ultimate has been cracked using an OEM product key from computer manufacturer Lenovo (though the crack isn't limited to their hardware). Download Squad points out that, while Microsoft could potentially sort this out, it seems... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation