Tag: point-of-sale
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VB2014 paper: Swipe away, we’re watching you
Hong Kei Chan and Liang Huang describe the various aspects and the evolution of point-of-sale malware. Since the close of the VB2014 conference in Seattle in October, we have been sharing VB2014 conference papers as well as video recordings of the presentations. Today, we have added ‘Swipe away, we’re watching you’ by Fortinet researchers Hong…
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VB2014 preview: Swipe away, we’re watching you
Hong Kei Chan and Liang Huang describe the various aspects and the evolution of point-of-sale malware. In the weeks running up to VB2014 (the 24th Virus Bulletin International Conference), we are looking at some of the research that will be presented at the event. Today, we look at the paper ‘ Swipe away, we’re watching…
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Windows Error Reporting used to discover new attacks
No excuse for sending error reports in cleartext. All happy programs are the same. But each unhappy program crashes in its own way. In a report published yesterday, security firm Websense has shown how Windows Error Reporting can be used to detect hitherto unknown attacks. Windows Error Reporting was introduced by Microsoft with Windows XP…