New phonecard crackers club for Russia. "Darcenof Moscow 187" a sort of "Telecard Crackers Club" for Russians, is reported to have started. I will get more information on this as it comes.
Zmit´s site to go! A phonecard security/hacking/news site that appeared on the net to teach newbies is going off line. "Zmit" says that Gemplus (Telecard Manufacturers) is watching his site. I guess this is the reason why most phonecard hacking groups prefer to remain secretive. If the companies don´t know how they are being screwed, they can´t fix the problem. Go visit before he goes offline. Lang: English
CCC Member Dead Lang: English
T2G Hacked !!!!. Lang: English
Other Past News (in text)
Phonecard Crime (extract from report)
Gang arrested with "Fake Cards"
University study of "Phonecard Hackers"
Premium rate line scam foiled by "Operation Kiosk"
Telecard
Security Documents
What you need to know about Electronic
Telecards A document created by a
well known author in telecard circles. I take my
hat off to him. Lang: English
Electronic Telecards: How to make your own Informative. A very interesting read in it´s day but the informaton is far to old and outdated to be of any real use now. Lang: English.
What you need to know about smartcards and phonecards. Lang: English.
Telephone cards used in Finland and their security Lang: Finnish
Studying Phonecards? Let Robert Milovan give you some advice. Lang. English
Romanian Phonecard Emulation Files. Royalhacker´s Homepage. Sounds good !!! Lang: English
ISO-78162 Card Emulator this information is obsolete now, but it might be useful to study. Lang: English
Who makes the Phonecards? Click the letters below for the country you want to find out about. A special thankyou to all visitors who contributed to this document. I hope it is of use. Lang: English
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
Mailing Lists (smartcard related stuff)
Smartsec is for the discussion of smartcard related issues, background, security, hacking, attacks, vulnerabilities, that sort of thing. Subscribe. Lang: English
SCARD is a private mailing list that covers low-level, cross-platform interfaces and other stuff considered "interesting". to subscribe, you must detail your experience and how you feel you can contribute. Email them Lang: English
NEWSFLASH (updated see new page) TELEPIRATES BUSTED ! Reports are reaching us, as yet unconfirmed, that the notorious Telepirates have been raided. "Heavies" allegedly in the pay of Telecom Companies and Telecard Manufacturers are believed to have carried out vicious attacks on the Telepirates main premises in Holland, Spain and USA. It is well known that they had trusted agents world-wide who may or may not have been effected by these raids and we await confirmation of this report. It can be confirmed that their main order page on the net has been removed . This action may have been performed by themselves or by the Law Enforcement Agencies possibly involved. It has been known for some time, that Gemplus (a major smartcard producer) was thoroughly investigating telecard piracy and those connected with it. Nobody was more connected than the Telepirates who flaunted their expertise across the whole world wide web. In view of this development, and a tip off from a known Telepirate member. We recommend to our readers (perish the thought that they would consider anything remotely criminal) that they should not under any circumstances send payments to the Telepirates, until further notice as this will probably end up sequestrated or in the hands of the Authorities. It is also likely that Bank Accounts have been compromised and possibly frozen. Keep watching, we will keep you updated. If you have any information regarding this breaking story, contact us immediately in confidence. We will not divulge the source. send info (updated see new page) |
Zmit´s site back online! He now has a new "in your face" approach to Gemplus. Go and see.Lang: English
Q8 becomes first ever Asian Grand Master in TCC Reports are surfacing that the Telecard Crackers Club have appointed a new Grand Master, a Hong Kong national and smartcard cracker. "Q8" is a known figure in phonecard security circles and is reputed to have the highest ever IQ of all the Club´s members to date, scoring an amazing 100% pass on their "Grand Master Test".
He was incarcerated in prison some years ago after being arrested a whizz kid connected with the infamous Hong Kong ´Credit Card Cloning Heist´ . His tender years produced a lenient sentence and he has since gone straight and severed all links with his murky criminal past.
Now enjoyment for Q8 is the challenge of beating the system whenever it is merited and he is said to be thrilled about his new appointment of "first ever Asian Grandmaster".
Smartcard
Attacks
Hacking Chipcards by the Chaos
Computer Club. Lang: English.
Low cost attacks on tamper-resistant devices This is a good article! Lang: English
Tamperproofing of Chipcards This article discusses two methods how crooks defeat smartcard tamperproofing security. Lang: English
Tamper Resistance - A Cautionary Note. More attacks discussed, some old some new and some rarely known about. Very Interesting! Lang: English
Links of Interest
Bo Lavare´s Smartcard Security News Another personal site that has been put to together excellently. You WILL bookmark this site! Lang: English
Telecard Mapping Homepage This guy has put together a great site. Definitely worth a look. Lang: English
Tomi Engdahl's Card Technology Page Tons of info on smartcards. Lang: English
The groups featured below are referred to by some people as ´Hackers´. Others however call them ´Hobbyists´. For sake of argument I have referred to them ALL as ´Hobbyists´
Telecard Crackers Club
The infamous TCC,
have been seen in mainstream news quite alot lately. They
only hack phonecards and have emulated them from more
than 50 nations. They are noted for their secrecy. Lang:
English.
Chaos Computer
Club 
A well known group who concentrate
on many hacking subjects. Including Telecards. They allegedly
have been connected to numerous criminal activities,
particularly in Germany. Lang: German /
English
Hacking in
Progress 
A
quote from one of the members best sums up what HIP are. "We
are interested in all kinds of smartcard and chipcard
hobbyism. This includes developing readers, software and
chipcard applications". Check
´em out.
Lang: English.
The Telepirates
These guys are purely in it for the money
and they are a VERY Underground outfit but they do
deliver the goods though, because their 'Mach 2
Emulator´ was a huge success on the Black Market and is
still working over 1 year after its launch. (they even
have the nerve to write-protect their emulators against
cloning believe it or not). Lang: English.
Telecard Read/Write Programs
UNIPROG A useful yet complicated program. Developed by Germany´s notorious Chaos Computer Club. Lang: German / English
EMUL-20.ZIP Card Dumper and Emulator Program.
Discard A nice little reader program that will extract useful information from telecards. Try it. Lang: English
SCAM (Smartcard Analyzer and Manipulator) According to Bo Lavare, this program has now been improved. Check it out. Lang: English.
See my
Page
The Telecard Security Message Board This is brand new. All questions about, emulation, cloning, phonecards are acceptable providing it is done for the purposes of study. (NOT CRIME)
