New Delhi-based Ken Research has issued a new report focused on present conditions and future prospects for the Indian ATM Market.
Read the original article at ATM Market Place
Free asset tracking for SMBs
GFI Software announced Free Asset Tracking Forever, a no-charge component of the GFI Cloud suite of cloud-based IT management services that enables organizations to audit and asset manage servers and workstations across the organization, as well as identify and manage units running legacy operating systems with minimal effort, all from a single management console.
Read more at GFI Cloud
Stuxnet Expert Dismisses NIST Cyber Security Framework, Proposes Alternative
An anonymous reader writes “Ralph Langner, the security expert who deciphered how Stuxnet targeted the Siemens PLCs in Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, has come up with a cybersecurity framework for industrial control systems (ICS) that he says is a better fit than the U.S. government’s Cyber Security Framework. Langner’s Robust ICS Planning and Evaluation, or RIPE, framework takes a different approach to locking down ICS/SCADA plants than the NIST-led one, focusing on security capabilities rather than risk. He hopes it will help influence the final version of the U.S. government’s framework.”
Original article at Slashdot
The Terrifying Search Engine That Finds Internet-Connected Cameras, Traffic Lights, Medical Devices, Baby Monitors And Power Plants
Marc Gilbert got a horrible surprise from a stranger on his 34th birthday in August. After the celebration had died down, the Houston resident heard an unfamiliar voice coming from his daughter’s room; the person was telling his sleeping 2-year-old, “Wake up, you little slut.” When Gilbert rushed in, he discovered the voice was coming from his baby monitor and that whoever had taken control of it was also able to manipulate the camera. Gilbert immediately unplugged the monitor but not before the hacker had a chance to call him a moron.
Read the full article at Hitb
ElectraCard to drive e-banking services for Cambodia’s largest MFI
ElectraCard Services, a division of Opus Software Solutions providing software and processing solutions for e-payment systems, has been selected by Sathapana Ltd., the leading micro-finance institutuion in Cambodia, to provide ATM and card services. The PA-DSS compliant electraSwitch and electraDebit products will power electronic banking services for Sathapana customers.
CloudConvert Converts Almost Any File Type Between Formats
Converting files between formats is never a fun thing to do. When you’re working on different systems, it’s a pain to do, and you often need a ton of software. CloudConvert is a web app that can convert 140 different file types.
Replacing passwords and PINs with your heartbeat
We’ve been hearing for a while now that passwords will soon become a thing of the past and, as it seems now, biometric authentication is likely to take their place.
The latest innovation in this field comes from Canadian startup Bionym, whose team created Nymi, a bracelet / wristband containing an ECG (electrocardiogram) sensor that “reads” the unique heartbeat pattern of the wearer and uses it to authenticate into a variety of electronic devices (cars, computers, smartphones, TVs, etc.).
10 Years Later: Could an Epic Blackout Happen Again?
It’s been exactly a decade since a cascading blackout across the Northeast crippled commerce and transportation in the U.S. and Canada by cutting off power to 50 million people and causing up to $10 billion of damage to the economy.
An interview in Fox Business about the threats to the Power Grid and the risk of another Black Out.
India’s white label initiative off to a slow start
“Make haste slowly,” seems to be the theme of India’s initiative to bring ATM-based financial services to the country’s millions of rural unbanked citizens. Of 13 IADs that have received in-principal approval from the Reserve Bank of India to install white label ATMs throughout the country, only one — Tata Communications — has actually commenced operations.
Dbinbox: Enable anonymous uploads to your Dropbox
Dropbox is one of the most popular file synchronization and cloud hosting services on today’s Internet.
Dbinbox is a third party open source service that enables anonymous uploads on Dropbox. What is meant by that is that you can use their web service afterwards – without signing in if you want – to upload files to your Dropbox account.