Daily Archives: February 16, 2015

EU air passenger surveillance system could be ready for take-off by year end

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Despite privacy concerns and doubts over its usefulness, a plan to track passengers entering or leaving the European Union in a series of national databases is likely to become reality by the end of the year.

The call to build national databases of so-called passenger name records (PNRs) has become louder since the recent terror attacks in Paris in which 17 people were killed.

via EU air passenger surveillance system could be ready for take-off by year end | ITworld.

Because centralised databases are a really great idea, as we’ve seen from all the times they have been abused and lost on USB sticks.

Of course it’s hardly surprising that the Chalie Hebdo affair would be used to limit our freedom of movement.

Hackers fear arms control pact makes exporting flaws illegal

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The Wassenaar Arrangement, signed by 42 nations, can be implemented differently by each of these nations. Hackers are worried that exploits are controlled by these arms controls and will be punishable.

Leaving 0-day exploits in the wild or unpublished is not good for IT security, as only the people who have them can use them and there is no incentive to report them to the makers of the software, or for the makers to fix them (if they know about them)

Hackers fear arms control pact makes exporting flaws illegal • The Register.

Hackers steal 1 billions dollars over 2 years time in greatest heist ever

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By learning about the habits of co-workers in over 100 financial institutions, mainly in Russia, the hackers infected computers using spear fishing techniques. They upped the balance of accounts and transferred away the excess money. They also programmed PIN machines to spit out money at specified times.
Hackers stelen 1 miljard dollar bij 'grootste bankroof ooit' – UPDATE 2 – Webwereld.