Category Archives: Windows XP

How can malware immediately infect a Windows XP computer as soon as it goes online without any user action?

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This is a thing I used to hear back in the olden days of Windows XP…

People were telling me that a computer running on an out-of-date Windows XP system with no antivirus software was getting infected with malicious softwar… Continue reading How can malware immediately infect a Windows XP computer as soon as it goes online without any user action?→

Programs Controlling ICS Robotics Are ‘Wide Open’ to Vulnerabilities

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Dewan Chowdhury, founder of MalCrawler, talks at SAS about the risks that companies face when securing their industrial control systems and robotics. Continue reading Programs Controlling ICS Robotics Are ‘Wide Open’ to Vulnerabilities→

First ‘Jackpotting’ Attacks Hit U.S. ATMs

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ATM “jackpotting” — a sophisticated crime in which thieves install malicious software and/or hardware at ATMs that forces the machines to spit out huge volumes of cash on demand — has long been a threat for banks in Europe and Asia, yet these attacks somehow have eluded U.S. ATM operators. But all that changed this week after the U.S. Secret Service quietly began warning financial institutions that jackpotting attacks have now been spotted targeting cash machines here in the United States. Continue reading First ‘Jackpotting’ Attacks Hit U.S. ATMs→

Russian ATM hacked with 5 keystrokes – Video

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Slapping a full-size QUERTY keyboard on an automated teller machine is not the best way to keep the ATM safe from prying hands, as one Sberbank customer found out this holiday season. In early December, an employee of Russian website Habrahabr went to … Continue reading Russian ATM hacked with 5 keystrokes – Video→