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Students settle debit-card cheating suit
Two computer hackers admitted in a settlement Monday that they never completed a device that could cheat university campus debit card systems out of food, laundry machine use or sports tickets.
Blackboard, the maker of a vending system used by 223 colleges nationwide, agreed to drop its lawsuit against Georgia Tech student Billy Hoffman and University of Alabama student Virgil Griffith.
The settlement requires the students to apologize to Blackboard and its clients, promise that they never built a transaction processing system and serve 40 hours community service. The device could purportedly manipulate the amount of money on a debit card used in the system.
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The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
Posted on 20 May 2013. | Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a variety of tips.
Cyber espionage campaign uses professionally-made malware
Posted on 20 May 2013. | A massive cyber espionage campaign has been hitting government ministries, IT companies, academic research institutions, and more.
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Posted on 17 May 2013. | Microsoft researchers are warning about a new variant of the well-known Reveton ransomware doing rounds.
IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Let's say you want a career in information security, where do you start? What credentials do you need? What are employers looking for? Read on to find some answers.
Hacking charge stations for electric cars
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Ofer Shezaf talks about what charge stations really are, why they have to be ‘smart’ and the potential risks created to the grid, to the car and most importantly to its owner’s privacy and safety.
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