Mahesh Balan

March 22, 2015June 1, 2015

Smart ATM offers Cardless Cash Withdrawal to Avoid Card Skimmers

Banks have tried every effort, from providing Magnetic Stripes based Credit and Debit Cards to Chip-and-Pin Cards, in order to secure its users from credit card cloning and card Skimmers.

It has been known from years that Magnetic stripe are incredibly hackable, but Chip-n-Pin cards have also been hacked and successfully cloned by a group of security researchers. A unit of Canada’s Bank of Montreal, BMO Harris Bank is launching the U.S.’s biggest cardless ATM network that allows its customers to withdraw cash within seconds, using nothing but their smartphones.

XSSYA v2.0 Released – XSS Vulnerability Confirmation Tool

XSSYA is a XSS Vulnerability Confirmation Tool.

IBM Sponsored Study Finds Mobile App Developers Not Investing in Security

The findings show nearly 40 percent of large companies, including many in the Fortune 500 , aren’t taking the right precautions to secure the mobile apps they build for customers. The study also found organizations are poorly protecting their corporate and BYOD mobile devices against cyber-attacks i 1 2 opening the door for hackers to easily access user, corporate and customer data.

AnyMeeting Sets Up Conference Calls in Minutes with One Email

Love them or hate them, setting up conference calls can be just as bad as sitting on one. A new feature from AnyMeeting makes the setup part easy. Just CC them on an email or calendar invite, and it replies with call info and link to join, right from your phone.

Security risks of networked medical devices

Networked medical devices linked to the Internet of Things (IoT) hold tremendous promise if security is built in from the outset, according to a new report by Intel Security and the Atlantic Council.

The benefits of networked healthcare come with several main areas of concern: theft of personal information, intentional tampering with devices to cause harm, widespread disruption and accidental failures.

96% say ISO 27001 is important for improving security defenses

Already established as international best practice, the information security management standard ISO 27001 has become an effective weapon in the fight against cyber crime. It is therefore unsurprising 96% of respondents to a new survey say that ISO 27001 plays an important role in improving their company’s cyber security defenses.

February 23, 2015March 3, 2015

Is It Possible to Track Smartphone Location By Monitoring Battery Usage?

Data leaks through power consumption? Don’t be surprised because security researchers have discovered a way to track your every move by looking at your Android smartphone’s consumption of the battery power,even if you have GPS access unable.

Researchers at Stanford University and Israeli Defense Research Group, Rafael, have developed a new technology, which they have dubbed “PowerSpy”, that have capability to gather the geolocation of Android phones by simply by measuring the battery usage of the phone over a certain time.

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February 23, 2015March 3, 2015

Memory Map Shows You What’s Taking up Space in Android

No matter how much space you have on your phone or tablet, you’ll eventually fill it up. If you’re running low on space, Memory Map will show you what’s using up the all that storage.

Onion.City — Search Engine for Deep Web that Works From Normal Web Browser

There is an entire section of the Internet that you probably don’t see on daily basis, it’s called the "Darknet" or "Deep Web", where all browsing is done anonymously.

Onion.City, a new search engine for online underground markets that makes it more easier to find and buy drugs, guns, stolen credit cards directly from your Chrome, Internet Explorer or Firefox browser without installing and browsing via Tor Browser.

New global report highlights ATM industry trends

At the ATM Industry Association’s 2015 U.S. conference, ATM Marketplace unveiled the fourth edition of its new ATM Future Trends 2015 report, an in-depth examination of the market forces currently working to shape the short-term outlook for the ATM industry. The Tri-annual global industry report is for the first time being offered at no charge.