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NFC flaws let researchers hack an ATM by waving a phone

Chalongrat Chuvaree | Getty Images reader comments 20 with 19 posters participating Share this story For years, security researchers and cybercriminals have hacked ATMs by using all possible avenues to their innards, from opening a front panel and sticking a thumb drive into a USB port to drilling a hole that exposes internal wiring. Now,… Read More: NFC flaws let researchers hack an ATM by waving a… »

A Clubhouse bug let people lurk in rooms invisibly

Sam Whitney | Wired | Getty Images reader comments 7 with 6 posters participating Share this story “Basically, I’m going to keep talking to you, but I’m going to disappear,” longtime security researcher Katie Moussouris told me in a private Clubhouse room in February. “We’ll still be talking, but I’ll be gone.” And then her… Read More: A Clubhouse bug let people lurk in rooms invisibly »