Before the Payment Card Industry issued their first Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) in January 2005, each one of the majorcredit card companieshad created their own set of standards for how their merchants, issuers, and acquirers should protect cardholder information. Visa CISP, MasterCard SDP, ...
The fate of these celebrities hacks, it turns out, is not only a concern for the famous. In the Internet Age, anyone can become well-known—and in the most unwelcome way—if images or other strictly private content gets hacked and put online. These incidents have important cybersecurity les...
It shows, over the last 30 years, the cost to companies to transport bulks goods (wheat, copper, coal, oil, iron ore, etc.) by cargo ship around the planet: (Chart source.) The first thing to notice is that it costs less to ship cargo now than it has at any time in the last ...
Security researchers have long warned tech companies and consumers about the security flaws concerning virtual assistants like Alexa. In October of last year, white hat hackers in Germany found that Google and Amazon had both approved apps for Alexa and Google Home that would eavesdrop on its users...
Over 17,000 WordPress sites hacked in Balada Injector attacks last month Report A new Magecart card skimming campaign hijacks the 404 error pages of online retailer's websites, hiding malicious code to steal customers' credit card information. Hackers modify online stores’ 404 pages ...
She compared dating apps to dieting companies in that they're designed to fail. It's difficult to get someone to engage in conversation, even more of a hurdle to agree to a date, and you're surrounded by people with different goals in mind for why they're on the app in the first ...
1. The government’s broad powers to exempt itself, demand information from companies, and retain data for an unlimited period can result in mass surveillance:The DPDP Bill allows the government to issue a notification to exempt any of its agencies from the Bill on grounds like the security ...
Nomorobo said it best - “They are not real companies,” Foss said. “It would almost be like having a ‘Do Not Murder Me list,’ right? ‘Please Do Not Steal My Money’ list. Right? That’s ridiculous. The criminals are not going to be respecting that.”...
Most of their reasoning for believing this was “classified,” of course, even though it would benefit American companies if we all knew more details (but classification trumps all when talking about the NSA). I suspect NSA is so suspicious of China because they know that they do the same ...
The breach is considered particularly serious because the type of data collected—names, social security numbers, addresses, credit card numbers, and other financial details—can potentially be used by criminals to steal people's identities for financial gain. An internal investigation into the hack c...