Showing posts with label Virtualabuse. Show all posts
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Monday, August 3, 2009

Fake ATM doesn't last long at hacker meet

August 2, 2009 (IDG News Service) Criminals running an ATM card-skimming scam made a big mistake this week: They tried to hit the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas.

As the conference was kicking off a few days ago, attendees noticed that at ATM placed in the Riviera Hotel, which plays host to the annual event, didn't quite look right, according to a senior conference organizer who identified himself only as Priest. "They looked at the screen where there would normally be a camera," he said. "It was a little bit too dark, so someone shined a flashlight in there and there was a PC."

The ATM looked like a working system, but when people would put their cards in the machine, it would scan their card information and record the PIN numbers they entered. He didn't know how long the ATM had been at the Riviera.

Conference organizers notified local law enforcement who hauled away the machine on "Thursday or Friday," said Priest, who said he works as a "civil servant" in his day job.

Credit card skimmers -- small devices installed on top of card readers to steal information -- and fake ATM machines are a common problem. Once the criminal records the card information and PIN number, he can use that to create a fake ATM card and then empty the victim's account.

Previously unsophisticated criminal gangs are increasingly using these devices, Priest said. "They're realizing that this is a great way to make money without getting caught."

The criminals probably didn't realize that they were installing their ATM in a hotel that was soon going to be flooded with more than 8,000 security professionals, he added.

They were smart enough to place the machine in one of the few spots in the hotel where there was no security camera to catch them, Priest said. "It was literally right next to the hotel security entrance."

Ori

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Quick updates

Im a bit pressed for time so today we will have a all in one. ^_^

Virtualabuse.org is back to life and fully functional again.

SPEC.T.E.R.S has a new team member. Lox welcome to the team!!

The weekends paintball photo's have been uploaded!! Thx Gucci!!

Keep an eye on Klankgrens for this weekends gig video's. Hope to have that up and running by this weekend as well.

The new VA 2009 design will be up and running next week.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Virtualabuse takes some DOWNTIME!!

Due to some financial issues Virtualabuse will be taking some downtime. Due to a waiting period in the payment from paypal to my hosts. The Virtualabuse.org domain has been closed till I get everything sorted.

I would like to that everyone at Evo Hosting for the understanding and support to help me keep Virtualabuse alive. Tim you rock!!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Klankgrens


With the server set backs the site will only be up and running end of the month. Until then I have uploaded a few photo's from the last gig. Have a look at the widget on www.vitualabuse.org

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Virtualabuse Google :P

Playing around with the VA-Bar I managed to get the VA logo on to Google some how.

For those of you that do not know about the VA-Bar you can download it here. Try it out and let me know what you think. If you have any suggestions please let me know. ^_^

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