The latest news on six second card hacking is very entertaining, and frankly, not reassuring. This thing is just as simple that it is stupid. The CVV2/CVC2 is a secret number computed by banks using a secret key, so they are validated by the issuing bank. Apparently, most (all?) of them have chosen not to […]
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PINs still under attack!
This summer was very interesting for new attacks. There are two that I really liked, for very different reasons. They are also both attacks on PIN codes, yet they are quite different. The first one is an attack on ATMs, with a thermal camera, hoping that your fingers stay on the keys long enough to […]