A bill being considered in the French Parliament would penalize tech executives that do not provide access to encrypted communications in terrorism related investigations. 5 years in jail and a 350,000 Euro fine. The lower house of Parliament cleared the bill 474 to 32. Parliament wants phone makers to unlock phones. Period. Of course, most […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Why is nothing ever as simple as it looks? As you have probably noticed, a LOT of retailers have not migrated to chip card readers for accepting credit cards. As of last October, the liability for fraudulent transactions for those merchants who have not migrated (like Wendy’s, for example) is now the store’s and not […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While Wendy’s has been pretty quiet regarding the credit card breach that they appear to have suffered, others are not so quiet. You may remember from my February 1st post (see here) that Wendy’s VP and treasurer Gavin Waugh said a couple of years ago that Wendy’s fraud rate was so low that paying the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]21st Century Oncology, a Florida based cancer treatment center chain got that knock on the door that every CEO fears. The FBI came to them to tell them that hackers accessed a database of 2.2 million clients. The data includes names, Socials, physicians’ names, diagnosis, treatment information and insurance information. As I say all the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As many of you know, I am not a big fan of SSL. This week YET ANOTHER SSL attack was announced and patches for OpenSSL were released. There is a HUGE gap between patches being released and software being deployed in all places that use the affected software. It can take years. And all that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Dwolla, a non-bank payment processor, settled charges with the CFPB this week. The Consent Order provides some insight into the expectations that the CFPB has for protecting consumer information. Kind of like getting Al Capone for tax evasion, the CFPB hit Dwolla for misrepresenting their security practices – what they call deceptive acts and practices. […]
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