Collaborate Disseminate
Even though logging is prohibited in many of the world’s threatened forests, that doesn’t stop some companies from logging in those areas anyways, then lying about the origins of the timber. Soon, however, such groups may be foiled by the wood’s chemic… Continue reading Wood’s unique “chemical fingerprint” could thwart timber fraudsters
A reporter used an AI synthesis of his own voice to fool the voice authentication system for Lloyd’s Bank.
Continue reading Fooling a Voice Authentication System with an AI-Generated Voice
Brian Krebs is reporting on a vulnerability in Experian’s website:
Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian, one of the big three consumer credit reporting bureaus. Normally, Experian requires that those seeking a copy of their credit report successfully answer several multiple choice questions about their financial history. But until the end of 2022, Experian’s website allowed anyone to bypass these questions and go straight to the consumer’s report. All that was needed was the person’s name, address, birthday and Social Security number…
I will be publishing a fingerprinting app that shows its user how much access to their Android phone’s identifiers it has. I haven’t started writing it because I need to understand how can any Android phone be identified by using only its … Continue reading Retrieving Android phone’s identifiers
Researchers claim that supposedly anonymous device analytics information can identify users:
On Twitter, security researchers Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry have found that Apple’s device analytics data includes an iCloud account and can be linked directly to a specific user, including their name, date of birth, email, and associated information stored on iCloud.
Apple has long claimed otherwise:
On Apple’s device analytics and privacy legal page, the company says no information collected from a device for analytics purposes is traceable back to a specific user. “iPhone Analytics may include details about hardware and operating system specifications, performance statistics, and data about how you use your devices and applications. None of the collected information identifies you personally,” the company claims…
Continue reading Apple’s Device Analytics Can Identify iCloud Users
Yesterday, a ransomware hit my PC. I didn’t pay the ransom and didn’t comply with what the attackers were asking for and I wiped everything and every drive on my PC and then reinstalled my stuff from a backup I made previously so everythin… Continue reading Identifying a ransomware with .mkp file extensions
Online financial services these days offer their users the ability to "prove" their identity by having them take a picture (usually from multiple angles) of an official government-issued identity document (e.g., passport, ID card… Continue reading KYC: How do fintech companies validate official identity document numbers? [closed]
I am assisting another Data Scientist with helping a bank detect and prevent fraud via data analysis and predictive modeling (Machine Learning). It’s a challenge because the proportion of known fraudulent cases is small and some fraud goes… Continue reading Fraud Detection – 2FA Bypass Methods and SIM Cloning
How is the malware file signature generated? Does it use a sequence of bytes in the beginning, size, PE (export, import, section), etc?
And can the MD5 or SHA256 be considered a file signature for a malware file?
Note: I know that there’s … Continue reading How malware file signature is generated?
Escort card (Identification) for school
When can a escort card (Identification) for school as part of security measures cannot be tampered?
Input Parameters : Photo image, Escort card material etc.
I meant to say, a fake duplicate escort c… Continue reading Escort card (Identification) for school security measures [closed]