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Criminals looking for a discontinued Nokia
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:47:05 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/854/1051854/criminals-looking-discontinued-nokia By Nick Farrell The Inquirer 21 April 2009 EAST EUROPEAN CRIMINALS are willing to pay thousands for a clapped out Nokia with a software problem, according to a fraud investigator in the Netherlands. Frank Engelsman said that cyber-gangs are paying 25,000 Euro for a Nokia 1100 phone which was once Nokia's all-time best-selling models in 2003. Engelsman said the only ones that were worth anything were made in a factory in Bochum, Germany and contain software from 2002 that is vulnerable to tampering. Apparently, the handsets can be used to intercept one-time passwords needed to complete an online banking transaction. [...] -- LayerOne 2009, Information Security for the discerning professional. May 23-24 2009 @ The Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, California Visit http://layerone.info for more information
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