Clever hackers can steal money directly from banks, ignoring customer accounts
Although we typically think of malware and phishing attacks being aimed at consumers, some cybercriminals choose to target banks directly rather than their customers so they can siphon money from unsuspecting financial institutions. If successful, these sophisticated techniques can yield impressive results.
A few months ago, unidentified attackers transferred $81 million from the bank of Bangladesh. That’s an serious amount of money, but the hackers wanted to steal close to $1 billion, and only a stroke of luck helped the banks prevent the bigger loss.
It turns out that this wasn’t an isolated incident, and hackers can pull it off again and again by taking advantage of the supposedly secure method banks use to transfer money.
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Amazon’s best dash cam is on sale for $57, and it can save you thousands
You’re driving along at the posted speed limit, operating your vehicle as any responsible motorist would, when all of a sudden an SUV blows through a red light and smashes into your car. There are no witnesses around and when the police arrive, the driver of the other car says you were the one who ran through the light. You argue but it’s your word against his so the police can’t state clearly in their report who was at fault.
In the end, you have to pay your deductible to get your car fixed. Even worse, your insurance premium balloons for the next five years. It could end up costing you thousands. But if you had spent $57 on an AUKEY Dash Cam HD 1080P Real View Rotatable Car DVR with Wi-Fi, it would have taken 10 seconds to prove who was at fault and this whole debacle would have been avoided.
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NBC’s ‘The Biggest Loser’ has a weight problem
There’s no getting around it: losing weight requires a lot of hard work — just ask our editor, who lost 50 lbs in 3 months — and maintaining one’s weight after shedding a few pounds can sometimes be an even harder endeavor.
Underscoring the challenges that often come along with keeping weight off, a look at the contestants who appeared on Season 8 of NBC’s hit show ‘The Biggest Loser’ reveals that nearly all of the show’s 16 contestants have since regained all of the weight they lost during the course of the show. And we’re not talking about 10-15 pounds either, we’re talking about contestants losing upwards of 240 pounds and gaining it all back a few years later.
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Under The Hood: 2016 Roush Stage 3 Mustang
The Roush Stage 3 Mustang has been with us now since 2001, offering an OEM level of engineering, parts quality, and installation of a supercharger system that brings phenomenal performance…
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‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Trilogy’ expected to launch for PS3, 360 next week
Last-gen gamers won’t be able to play the recently announed Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare this year, but it appears that Activision has something else waiting in the wings for fans who haven’t upgraded to a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One yet.
On Friday, listings on Best Buy’s website revealed the existence of an unannounced Modern Warfare Trilogy, scheduled for release on May 17th.
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‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ post-credits scenes have been revealed
Diehard superhero movie fans have likely already seen Captain America: Civil War, and they’re looking forward to the next big thing. Thankfully, X-Men: Apocalypse is just a few weeks away, which means it’s time to get excited about this new mutant adventure, event though not all critics are thrilled with this new X-Men movie. The new flick brings us one of the most powerful villains the X-Men have ever had to face — but don’t worry, X-Men: Apocalypse isn’t the last movie in the saga.
That’s right, the new X-Men movie has teasers for the next chapter in the post-credits scenes.
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Do you know about all the stuff you can still get for free on airplanes?
It seems like airlines like to nickel-and-dime you for everything these days, which is why you shouldn’t feel guilty about milking your flight for all it’s worth. Business Insider has done a terrific job of putting together a list of free things that you can get on many airlines and some of these freebies are things that I never expected. Basically, if you think that you always have to pay for beer and wine on your flight, you’re about to be pleasantly surprised.
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11 paid iPhone apps on sale for free today
It’s the end of yet another long week, and there’s no better way to celebrate the upcoming weekend than by grabbing a bunch of paid iPhone and iPad apps that are currently on sale for free. You’ll find 11 fresh iOS apps below, and there are even more freebies to be found in yesterday’s post if you hurry up and grab them before the remaining sales end.
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Game-changing iPhone case has a built-in photo printer
There is a whooooole lot of junk that passes through popular crowdfunding site Kickstarter, but every once in a while a product pops up that you can immediately tell is going to be something special. Such is the case with The Prynt Case for Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6, a product that was born on Kickstarter, raised more than $1.5 million, and is now widely available.
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Windows has finally fixed its awful auto-update system
Anyone who’s used a Windows PC for more than 20 minutes has probably run into the scheduled updater. This evil snippet of code will, on occasion, forcibly restart your PC, no matter how urgent a piece of work might be.
In the latest beta version of Windows 10, Microsoft has revealed how it will fix the auto-install with a new feature called “Active Hours.” It still doesn’t allow you to turn off auto-install — Microsoft is determined that you stay up to date — but it does the next best thing.
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