UPS Store tills infected by Malware in the US

UPS Store tills in the US are infected by debit and credit-card-reading malware in 51 of its branches. [1] UPS says the security breach may have exposed credit and debit card data at the affected stores between January 20, 2014 and August 11, 2014. As many as 100,000 transactions may have been snooped on, we're told, out of the millions normally running through the UPS network.

US-CERT has been warning about point-of-sale vulnerabilities for some time now. An advisory was released on January regarding Malware Targeting Point of Sale Systems [2]. 

The only way businesses could prevent carder raids is to look into adapting point-to-point encryption (P2PE).

[1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/20/ups_raises_hands_owns_up_to_hack/
[2] https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-002A

Outlook 365 Full Reset

I tried to set up Outlook 365 but I entered the wrong credentials. For some reason, which there is no point investigating further at this stage, I managed to crash Outlook 365. I was stuck with the forever loading splash screen of Outlook. There was no way for me to change the values from that loading interface. On top of that I believe the profile data file was corrupted, so there was no way to start Outlook at this stage. 

So, I had to reset Outlook 365 like it was the first time it was being used:

Black Hat: Hackers execute code on mobile POS devices, play their version of Flappy Bird

Researchers who discovered vulnerabilities in mobile point-of-sale devices (mPOS), which could allow malicious code execution on targeted payment systems, demonstrated their findings at Black Hat 2014 in Las Vegas. 

[1] http://www.scmagazine.com/black-hat-hackers-execute-code-on-mobile-pos-devices-play-their-version-of-flappy-bird/article/365390/

Gamma International; a Hacker's Hacking Guide

The original document was found at pastebin [1]. 

[1] http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=cRYvK4jb

                _   _            _      ____             _    _ 
               | | | | __ _  ___| | __ | __ )  __ _  ___| | _| |
               | |_| |/ _` |/ __| |/ / |  _ \ / _` |/ __| |/ / |
               |  _  | (_| | (__|   <  | |_) | (_| | (__|   <|_|
               |_| |_|\__,_|\___|_|\_\ |____/ \__,_|\___|_|\_(_)
                                                 
     A DIY Guide for those without the patience to wait for whistleblowers

Windows 8.0/8.1 Start Button

I don't know how useful this can be for you but for those of us who needed to buy a new laptop and had Windows 8.0/8.1 this little application may be use. Classic Shell brings back the Start Button [1]. 

[1] http://www.classicshell.net/gallery/