An article in Venturebeat the other day suggested 7 reasons why we are going to continue to see credit card breaches at retailers. First I will share their list, then I will add my own. Their list includes: The PCI standard is failing to protect merchants from breaches Merchants are not implementing P2PE Retailers introduce […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to an article on CNN’s web site, many traffic lights in the US are easy to hack. Earlier this summer researchers in Michigan demonstrated how easy it was to hack into the traffic lights in an undisclosed city. The traffic lights in question are made by Econolite, the largest manufacturer of traffic controls in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In an August 12, 2014 post on Pymnts.com, the information security executive at Urban Outfitters, Dawn-Marie Hutchinson, argued against disclosure of breaches. In fact, the company’s policy is to notify their lawyers first so that they can use attorney-client privilege. While I sort of understand the concept of not disclosing things too soon (like before […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It has been reported in the NY Times, among other places, that a Russian crime gang has amassed 1.2 BILLION userid/password combinations, along with 500 million email addresses. Even to me, that is a large number. The passwords represent data stolen from 420,000 web sites, including both large and small companies. The bad news is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to an item on Govtech, The FBI is looking for a little help from businesses in their effort to bring cyber criminals to justice. Assistant AG for National Security John Carlin and FBI Director James Comey said they need more than knowing how a breach occurred. They also want to know why the bad […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Those of you who have been following the Target Company’s security breach are probably aware that the publicly stated source of the breach was a heating vendor who clicked on a malicious email and set the wheels in motion for one of the largest security breaches ever. Since since the old adage says that your firm’s […]
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