Category Archives: fraud

apple, fraud, Mac, malvertising, OS X, OS/X, Privacy, Security, surveillance, vulnerabilities

Stealthy OSX/MaMi malware discovered targeting Macs | Cult of Mac

January 18, 2018 smarc

The first nasty bit of undetectable malware of 2018 has been unearthed after it was found targeting Macs this week. Security researchers revealed info abou

Source: Stealthy OSX/MaMi malware discovered targeting Macs | Cult of Mac

Android, fraud, iOS, malware, mobile phone service, Privacy, secrecy, Security, Software, surveillance

Some apps were listening to you through the smartphone’s mic to track your TV viewing, says report

January 4, 2018 smarc

There may be a reason why that ol’ “Facebook is listening to you talk” conspiracy theory refuses to die – and not just because Facebook’s ad technology has..

Source: Some apps were listening to you through the smartphone’s mic to track your TV viewing, says report

Comcast, Computer, data caps, exploits, fraud, InternetPolicy, Law & Disorder, malvertising, NowYouKnow, Political, Privacy, Security, surveillance, Tech, throttling, Xfinity

Comcast continues to inject its own code into websites you visit

December 14, 2017 smarc

Even without the repeal of net neutrality Comcast continues to show disregard for a free and open internet by inserting its own code into webpages at whim.

Source: Comcast continues to inject its own code into websites you visit

Computer, exploits, fraud, Gear & Gadgets, Hardware, malware, Security, surveillance, vulnerabilities

More than 450 HP laptop models contain hidden keyloggers capable of tracking everything you type | Alphr

December 14, 2017 smarc

More than 450 HP laptop models have a keylogger hidden away in a driver, forcing HP to issue patches for the affected devices.The keylogger, found in Synaptics’ touchpad software, is disabled by default, but hackers could potentially enable it if they had access to a computer by elevating user privileges, said Michael Myng, the researcher who discovered the flaw.

Source: More than 450 HP laptop models contain hidden keyloggers capable of tracking everything you type | Alphr

chip cards, credit card fraud, EMV, fraud, Ministry of Innovation, Square, Twitter

Square will absorb its customers’ liability for fraud during EMV shift

August 13, 2015 smarc

On October 1, 2015, US commerce will undergo a considerable change—a variety of big credit card companies, financial groups, and issuers will require that merchants upgrade their point-of-sale (POS) terminals to accept chip-based cards as well as (and eventually, instead of) magnetic stripe cards. You may have already received chip-based replacements for your magnetic stripe cards in the mail.

The plan to transition to the new payment standard—called EMV for EuroPay, MasterCard, and Visa, (the developers of the standard)—was agreed upon in 2012, but a MasterCard press release circulated today cited a survey that said that 28 percent of small and medium business owners still aren’t aware of the new payment standard. That’s particularly troubling, because in the event of magnetic stripe card fraud at a store’s POS, the store will be liable for that faulty transaction if they don’t have up-to-date hardware that can accept chip cards. (Website-based transactions, commonly considered “card-not-present transactions,” are not part of the EMV transition and are treated separately.)

Today, payments processing company Square, founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, said it wants to try to speed that adoption rate up in the next month or two, and hopefully convert some businesses to Square’s platform.

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