Blue tooth Credit Card skimmers and other skimmers steal $100k

There are also physical hacks – that can cause problems The Hacker News has an older post, and then we go down the list – pump skimmers, Bluetooth skimmer, and old fashioned ATM devices.     Fastcolabs has a video which shows where the skimmers are added (inside the pump stand – where the electronics … Read more

Google Nexus phones susceptible to Denial Of Service

GoodGearGuide out of Australia has a report:   Denial of service “attack” can cause a reboot of your phone. It affects all Android 4.x firmware versions on Google Galaxy Nexus, 4 and 5. When a phone receives a large number of SMS(Short Message Service- otherwise know known as text) messages  it could reboot    

Useful weblinks

ARIN – American registry for Internet Numbers Whois database SANS – (SysAdmin, Audit, Networking, Security) A private company teaching the ins and outs of security DIG – an excellent utility to check DNS (Domain name service on the net at Kloth.net Virustotal – An excellent online malware analysis tool (wondering if a file has malware? … Read more

Cybersecurity Framework by NIST(National Institute of Standards and Technology)

NIST Cybersecurity framework pdf The Framework Core consists of five concurrent and continuous Functions—Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover. This Framework is designed to protect critical infrastructure of the United States (utilities, police, fire, and other government functions) Small business owners can learn some things as to what to do in the primary function of the … Read more