Card scamming gear discovered at ATM (From Clacton and Frinton Gazette)
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Card scamming gear discovered at ATM outside Old Road Shell garage, Clacton
10:10am Tuesday 18th September 2012 in News
A CARD cloning scam was discovered at a Clacton cash machine.
The cloning equipment was discovered at the cash machine outside the Shell petrol station on Old Road.
Staff at the garage found the cloning device when they checked the machine on Monday.
People who used the machine in the 36 hours leading up to the discovery have been advised to contact their banks.
Comments(3)
clacton man
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8:42pm Thu 20 Sep 12
my old mans a dustman
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10:02am Sat 22 Sep 12
Some developers have been known to use cookies to gather information without the user's knowledge. Perhaps this is one reason behind why they have been erroneously tagged as spyware. Usually this form of abuse stems from using cookies differently then the developer has stated in their privacy policy through omission or deception. This type of abuse is typically very difficult to pinpoint. Normally this type of abuse is not a major security threat but more a threat to the end user’s privacy.
Another point of potential and common abuse is in the work environment. IT Managers have been known to audit cookies. This means they may look through cookie folders and URL surfing history to determine where a user has been surfing or what they are doing with their time at the workstation. Cookies can provide a lot of information on a user’s surfing habits if you know where to look. For example it is easy to probe through the browser and other program’s data to get a general idea of what a user is doing online or where they are shopping. Likewise it will show if a user’s machine has been connected to a URL that serves adult content. This is a case of a benign technology being abused for covert purposes.
I have had them looked at by an it expert they are NOT benign by a long shot
That Guy C says...
5:35pm Thu 20 Sep 12