The malware FASTCash tampers with switch messages received from card issuers during a financial transaction, changing denials into approvals. The systems targeted often have misconfigurations preventing message authentication mechanisms from detecting tampered messages as fraudulent. The group responsible, BeagleBoyz, is a subset of North Korean-backed group HiddenCobra, which has attempted to steal nearly $2 billion since 2015 by disrupting critical banking systems.
Y chromosome loss creates hidden cancer vulnerability in men
A study initiated by a University of Arizona Cancer Center physician-scientist Dr. Dan Theodorescu revealed that the loss of the Y chromosome in men’s body
