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This gizmo knows your Amex card number before you’ve received it

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A device built by legendary hacker Samy Kamkar calls into question the security of payment cards as the U.S. continues to grapples with card fraud.

Kamkar’s device, nicknamed MagSpoof, is about the size of a U.S. quarter, and it’s safe to say it would be a fraudster’s dream.

MagSpoof can predict what a new American Express card number will be based on a canceled card’s number. The new expiration date can also be predicted based on when the replacement card was requested.

It can also trick point-of-sale readers into accepting payment from cards that are supposed to have a microchip with advanced cryptographic capabilities designed to deter fraud, a system known as chip-and-PIN, but do not.

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The smartphone that knows when it’s been stolen

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A new research project teaches smartphones to familiarize themselves with their owners’ behavior so they can realize when someone might have stolen them, and lock themselves to keep them from accessing valuable information.

A NewScientist report highlights a project by researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland to find a practical use of “implicit authentication,” a process by which a smartphone requires a PIN for further use when the user is exhibiting unusual behavior.

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Mobile security that knows your touch – iAfrica.com

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Mobile security that knows your touch
iAfrica.com
Cybersecurity researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new security system that can identify individual smartphone or tablet owners simply by how they touch and swipe the screen. Called LatentGesture, it builds up a touch …

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Next NSA director knows cyber warfare – World Magazine

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World Magazine

Next NSA director knows cyber warfare
World Magazine
President Barack Obama nominated Navy Vice Adm. Michael Rogers, the head of the Navy's Cyber Command and former intelligence director, as the next director of the National Security Agency (NSA). He is also nominated for a fourth star and to serve …
Obama names advocate of cyber–warfare to head NSAWorld Socialist Web Site
Cyber–warfare specialist to head NSAThe Hindu
US Navy's cyberwarfare chief named to run NSAThe Nation
Washington Post –Examiner.com –ExecutiveGov
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