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House subcommittee moves bill to boost cybersecurity
Posted on September 24th, 2009 No commentsThe House Science Research Subcommittee unanimously approved legislation Wednesday intended to address the growing threats from hackers, electronic spies and other cyber-criminals. …
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Data Breach Trends – Mary Monahan, Javelin Strategy & Research
Posted on September 2nd, 2009 No commentsThe targets are getting bigger, the fraudsters bolder, and we all have a whole lot more at stake to lose. This is the message from Mary Monahan, Managing Partner and Research Director at Javelin Strategy & Research.
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The CAE at 10: Interview with Dickie George of the NSA
Posted on September 1st, 2009 No commentsTen years ago, the National Security Agency (NSA) started up the Centers of Academic Excellence program to encourage stronger information assurance programs at colleges and universities. Initially, there were 7 designated CAE schools. Today, the ranks have swollen to over 100 CAE-designated schools, and information assurance professionals are much better prepared to tackle the cybersecurity challenges we face.
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U.S. magnetic stripe credit cards on brink of extinction?
Posted on August 4th, 2009 No commentsCreditcards.com-In the United States, fraud and identity theft cost consumers $48 billion in 2008, according to a report from Javelin Strategy and Research, but the increase from 2007 was only 7 percent. In spite of a potential European ban on magnetic stripe cards, credit card issuers in the United States aren’t rushing to make a change.
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United Nations of Identity Management
Posted on July 31st, 2009 No commentsBank Technology News-“In America we have a bias at the top levels of management; there’s a notion that standardization is non-competitive,” says Tom Wills, senior analyst in charge of security and fraud practice for Javelin Strategy and Research, who says the tech-heavy focus of most federated ID efforts hasn’t helped. “These initiatives have had trouble
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PCI Council Releases Guidelines for Wireless Network Security
Posted on July 17th, 2009 No commentsDigital Transactions-“The new guidelines provide greater specificity about wireless network security, an area where there are known vulnerabilities that hackers have exploited, most famously in the TJX data breach,” Tom Wills, senior analyst of security for fraud and compliance at Javelin Strategy & Research, tells Digital Transactions News via e-mail.
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Mercury Offers $40K Compensation For Its Breached Retailers
Posted on July 14th, 2009 No commentsFollowing word of a “if breached, we’ll cover some of your costs” program from Heartland, fellow payment processor Mercury Payment Systems has launched its own program, one featuring $40,000 of reimbursement from any of its retail customers that are breached. Mercury officials stress that it’s far from a reaction to Heartland, as Mercury started its program in late June and Heartland is only promising it for later this year.The Mercury program is limited to retailers who “have successfully completed their SAQ and quarterly scans and remedied any highlighted issues,” said Kim Mackay, Mercury’s VP of marketing. “This is as much as 15K towards a 3rd party forensic audit and as much as 25K toward fees and fines.
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BlackBerry maker warns on security vulnerability
Posted on June 3rd, 2009 No commentsBOSTON/WASHINGTON—BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd has issued a security patch for the popular device, whose users include U.S. President Barack Obama, warning that it is vulnerable to attacks by hackers.
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Heartland Data Breach: MasterCard Introduces ‘Tamper-Resistant’ Chip
Posted on May 18th, 2009 No commentsMasterCard will use a cryptographic countermeasure technology in its smart credit cards to protect them from being tampered with or read by hackers.
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Gumblar Malware Exploit Circulating
Posted on May 18th, 2009 No comments(added May 18, 2009) A full-content feed is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.atom
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