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Archive for January 30, 2010
ADVISORY: Scam Application on Facebook
Jan 30th
There is a new facebook application doing the rounds by the name of Photas, it will say that a frnd of urs commented on a photo of you, and when u try to check the photo, it will take u to this page: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=448829670716 , goign there will send this trojan to all your friends and thus spread exponentially.
Do not fall for this.
In General, dont take everything for granted on sites like facebook etc, look before you add apps, u may never know what you might give away.
Forward this to your friends so that they also dont fall for this.
CRACK : Hackers crack airport access
Jan 30th
CRACK : Hackers crack airport access
By Matthias Kremp
14/01/2010
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/0,1518,671980,00.html (Translated from German by Google)
Alarming vulnerability to major German airports: With a simple 200-euro device can outsmart the security barriers. Hackers of the CCC led to ARD reporters can be scanned as easily access cards, and then electronically simulated – the police union is appalled.
After the foiled bomb attack in Detroit, the security agencies and airports have reacted quickly and sharply, before the inspection are always long queues, because the checks have been stepped up. Each piece of hand baggage is searched, each fluid control, many passengers two or three times chased through the metal detector.
It is an easy way to circumvent the controls – the ARD-Magazin “Contrasts” is now demonstrating that it appears in many German airports are a vulnerability that can be exploited by simple means.
The allegations are directed against several German airports used to access security system of the Swiss agent LEGIC It should be easy to crack – how easy to have hackers from the Chaos Computer Club (CCC reporters) presented.
The operating principle of the system is simple: Each employee receives an ID card with built-in microchip. To get into airport security areas, the card is tilted close to a reader. This takes over the air on contact with the chip that reads the data and opens the door, where the institution of the chip is identified as being authorized to access.
But with a relatively simple device can be cut short this seemingly secure protection mechanism. Namely, with a “programmable RFID reader, which can both pretend to be a reader – and can pretend to be a map,” said Karsten Nohl, CCC member of the “contrast” searchers. Assemble the apparatus, therefore, will cost less than $ 200.
With this device you can first read an access card – and then switch it so that it emulates the card, then electronically replicates. In the end, can be with the RFID reader to open those doors, which also include the original would have been granted access.
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